Time Traveler's Stockings by Laura Bain

Time Traveler's Stockings

Knitting
April 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
US 1 - 2.25 mm
750 - 875 yards (686 - 800 m)
S, M, L, XL
English
This pattern is available from etsy.com for $8.00.

Do you time travel for work or pleasure? Do you day-dream nostalgically about bygone eras? This pattern is for you! This is a perfect project for those who wish they could pass through the veils of time, as well as those who work diligently to the share the minute details of material culture from the Stuart, Georgian or Victorian eras as living history interpreters and reenactors. This modern interpretation is a stitch for stitch translation of an antique pattern that has been brought up-to-date for the contemporary knitter. The pattern utilizes construction techniques documented to have been in use as early as the middle of the 17th century - links to some primary sources are included. Mathematical calculations have been used to allow for larger sizes (without altering the number of stitches per inch). Finished objects produced using this pattern may be worn by people looking to wear authentic items that could have been knit throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.