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