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Weldon's Practical Stocking Knitter, First & Second Series eBook

Project Type Socks, Baby/Children
Categories Knitting
Author Weldon’s Practical Needlework
Format eBook

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This eBook is an exact reproduction of the sock knitting content from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 1, which was published in 1886. The First Series addresses "How to Knit Every Kind of Stocking for Ladies, Gentleman, and Children," including techniques for knitting durable stockings and you will be introduced to a multitude of sock knitting styles.

The Second Series introduces 18 patterns for knitting useful stockings for ladies, gentlemen, and children.

The First Series contains:

  • No. 1. Stocking Knitting.
  • No. 2. Materials for Stocking Knitting.
  • No. 3. General Rules for Stocking Knitting.
  • No. 4. A Stocking Top, with Ribbing Commenced
  • No. 5. Stocking Top, with Ribbing Finished.
  • No. 6. Stocking Leg, with Decreasings Commenced.
  • No. 7. German Method of Commencing a Stocking.
  • No. 8. Common Heel, or Square Heel.
  • No. 9. Manufacturer’s Heel.
  • No. 10. Balbriggan Heel.
  • No. 12. Dutch Heel, Or Horse-shoe Heel.
  • No. 13. French Heel.
  • No. 14. German Heel.
  • No. 15. Swiss Heel.
  • No. 16. Welsh Heel.
  • No. 17. Niantic Heel.
  • No. 18. Double-knitted Heels.
  • No. 19. Re-heeling Stockings and Socks.
  • No. 20. Flat Toe.
  • No. 21. Wide Toe.
  • No. 22. Round Toe.
  • No. 23. French Toe.
  • No. 24. Pointed Toe.
  • No. 25. Star Toe of Four Points.
  • No. 26. Star Toe of Five Points.
  • No. 27. Sock for Child of Three.
  • No. 28. Gentleman’s Bicycle Stocking.
  • No. 29. French Sock for Child of Two.
  • No. 30. Lady’s Open-knit Stocking.

The Second Series contains:

  • No. 1. Gentleman’s Sock
  • No. 2. Lady’s Striped Plain Knit Stocking
  • No. 3. Lady’s Plain Stocking
  • No. 4. Gentleman’s Shooting Stocking.
  • No. 5. Gentleman’s Striped Stocking.
  • No. 6. Lady’s Ribbed Stocking.
  • No. 7. Gentleman’s Cable Knit Stocking.
  • No. 8. Lady’s Plain Knit Stockings.
  • No. 9. Ribbed Stocking for Girl of Nine.
  • No. 10. Striped Stocking for Boy of Nine.
  • No. 11. Striped Stocking for Boy of Eight.
  • No. 12. Ribbed Stocking for Girl of Six.
  • No. 13. Gentleman’s Striped Sock.
  • No. 14. Sock for Child of Five.
  • No. 15. Striped Stocking for Boy of Seven.
  • No. 16. Child’s Fancy Knit Long Sock.
  • No. 17. Gentleman’s Ribbed Sock.
  • No. 18. Sock for Child of Four, with Open Knit Front.

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