Knitting Vintage Socks: New Twists on Classic Patterns

Searching for new sock patterns? Try some old ones! Knitting Vintage Socks: New Twists on Classic Patterns adapts sock patterns from the Weldon's Practical Needlework book series (Interweave Press), a compilation of "newsletters" published more than 100 years ago.

Knitting Vintage Socks features 24 classic patterns updated for today's knitters with gauges, up-to-date yarns, and twenty-first-century methods and sizes including the following:

• Gentleman's Shooting Stockings with Fluted Pattern
• Ladies Silk Stockings with Clocks
• Baby's Bootikins
• Heelless Sleeping Sock
• Evening Stockings for a Young Lady
• Child's French Sock in Citron Pattern
• Diaper Knitting
• Fascinating household and historic tidbits from the era, along with little-known tips like an unconventional way to shape a heel.
• Thorough but easy-to-follow patterns and instructions - including a helpful Techniques section
• A sturdy spiral binding that makes this book a breeze to bring along.

Introduction

• Early Handknitted Stockings
• A Means of Livelihood
• The Industrial Revolution
• In Retrospect

• General Rules of Stocking Knitting
• Heel Shaping
• Toe Shaping
• Simple Ribbed Socks

• Gentleman's Shooting Stockings with Fluted Pattern, 1887
• Gentleman's Sock in Railway Stitch, 1889
• Gentleman's Sock with Lozenge Pattern, 1895
• Bed Sock in Lemon Pattern Fancy Knit Stripe, 1896
• Ribbed Cycling or Golf Stockings with Fancy Cuff in Trellis Pattern, 1897
• Heelless Sleeping Socks, 1897
• Child's French Sock in Citron Pattern and Diaper Knitting, 1898
• Child's First Sock in Shell Pattern, 1899
• Gentleman's Half Hose in Ringwood Pattern, 1900
• Gentleman's Sock for Evening Wear, 1900
• Evening Stockings for a Young Lady, 1900
• Fancy Silk Sock for a Child of 5 or 6 Years, 1900
• Gentleman's Fancy Sock, 1901
• Gentleman's Plain Winter Sock with Dutch Heel, 1901
• Child's Sock in Miranda Pattern, 1904
• Baby's Bootikin, 1905
• Little Child's Sock, 1907
• Infant's Fancy Silk Sock, First Size, 1909
• Ladies Useful Stockings, 1913
• Ladies Silk Stockings with Clocks, 1914

Nancy Bush is the author of Knitting on the Road (Interweave Press, 2001), Folk Knitting in Estonia (Interweave Press, 1999), and Folk Socks (Interweave Press1994). She has published articles and designs in Interweave Knits, Piece Work, Spin Off, Vogue Knitting,and Knitter’s magazines. Owner of the Wooly West, a mail-order source for knitters, Nancy lectures and teaches workshops worldwide.