Following a 150 Year Old Knitting Recipe! Victorian Stockings from 1870

Wherein I read to you directly from this great and incredibly condensed little manual, because I thought that would make a fun little detail. Also condensing over two weeks of work into a more bite-sized chunk. :)

The Stocking Knitter’s Manual: https://archive.org/details/krl00393973/mode/2up

Needles: As far as I can tell, the historical UK size 16, equates to European size 1.25 mm, and US size 0000 (and probably modern UK size 18?).
Wool: Thin undyed lamb’s wool from Norwegian spinnery Rauma. 235 m/50 g (257 yards/1.76 oz) : https://www.raumagarn.no/produkt/garn/lamullgarn

The beautiful embroidered flower pendant was a generous gift from the amazingly talented Sina Mook on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pasttimesewing/

The cowl I’m wearing is (with a small variation to the rib-knit collar) this one, and it has been keeping me supremely warm in all the right places: https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=8064&cid=19

The skirt I am wearing was made by me and documented on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnWYrPaaHA

Extant stockings at the end:
[1] Woman's stocking with the decor at the top, made of cotton, c. 1890-1899 https://digitaltmuseum.no/021028591668/strompe

[2] Woman's stocking with decor knitted at the ankle and top of the foot (machine knitted), c. 1850 https://digitaltmuseum.no/011023189104/strompe

[3] A pair of folk costume (Bunad) women's stockings from Setesdalen, Norway. Patterns knitted all over. c. 1800-1850 https://digitaltmuseum.no/011025288753/strompe

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