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| Project Type | Socks, Baby/Children |
|---|---|
| Categories | Knitting |
| Author | Susan Strawn |
| Format | Project/Pattern |
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Login Purchase Single ProductChild size version of the stockings adapted from an 1847 issue of Codey's Lady's Book.
Finished Size: 5 inches (12.7 cm) foot circumference and 4ΒΌ inches (10.8 cm) long from back of heel to tip of toe
Yarn: Brown Sheep Nature Spun, 100% wool yarn, fingering weight, 310 yards (283.5m)/50 gram (1.8 oz) skein, 2 skeins of #200 Bordeaux; www.brownsheep.com
Needles: Needles, set of double pointed, sizes 1 (2.25 mm) and 2 (2.75 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: Marker; Tapestry needle
Gauge: 36 sts and 50 rnds = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in St st on larger needles
Originally Published: Knitting Traditions, Spring 2015.
About Susan Strawn: Susan Strawn, an associate professor at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, teaches classes about textiles, including the history of costume and cultural perspectives of dress. She is the author of Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2007).
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