The toe felling is different because of WWI. Apparently the old styles cause toe injuries if the same sock is worn for too long and this became a big issue in the trenches. As a result a whole variety of new, smoother styles for seaming knits were popularized, most famously the Kitchener.
I have found that casting on and then knitting 4-5 rows back and forth in pattern makes it very easy to divide onto double points with no worry about all the stitches going the same way. When done there’s just a small amount of stitching to close the gap at the beginning.
The detail of the "seam" up the back is my most favorite part. My other favorite part was the shaping. Such beautiful stockings! I might have to make a pair for myself next winter.
It's cool to see that not much has changed for the basics of sock knitting, I just finished a pair that work the heel, heel turn and gusset in exactly the same way :D
Those are beautiful! I wish I had the patience to knit a pair of stocking, I would darn them to hell and back, but sadly I don’t have enough patience (yet) to get even halfway XD That little leave knit swatch was so cute 🥰
Love this. Don't laugh, I'm about to knit my first pair of stockings as well. I will knit them in the modern way, but I find it funny to have found someone who does this as well. I will do striped stockings honoring the witch from the wizard of oz :O)))))
@@KristineVike Thanks for your nice words, but I meant something else. What I meant was that we are doing the same thing and that's such a nice coincident.
The seam also has to do with the fact that knitting machines (or more like knitting looms) , the 16th century invention that allowed knitted hosery to become the staple it had become at that point, only allowed to knit on the straight (instead of knitting in the round like it was the norm in hand knitting before the population of knitting pattern ) so knitted stocking made on a machine, which were already the most common between the 17th and 19th centuries were for the most part seamed at the back
I really, really want to make a pair of super fine stockings... I'm sticking to magic loop socks for now, until I feel more comfortable with knitting, but at some point I'm totally getting a set of DPNs to learn that too! My goal is to knit something ridiculously super fine, I know Hiya Hiya has 0.7 mm DPNs and fixed circulars so that's where I'm aiming. It'll probably take me, eh, a while to reach that level, though 😅
You can totally do it! I believe in you! Truth be told, as soon as my fingers got used to the wobbly spaghetti feeling of super fine needles, there was very little distinguishing them from thicker ones. It takes a bit more time obviously, but the difficulty was much the same. The next challenge was finding yarn fine enough to match. 🙂
Good day to you! May I ask how much yarn did you use for the entire project? I want to recreate these stockings (but with the fancy lace knitting at the top :D) and your video was soo helpful. Thank you for your answer in advance!
I just checked, and the pair of stockings weighed 172g, so 200-250g might be enough if you find a similar weight yarn? I used Rauma Lamull (undyed/unbleached), which is a thin, lace weight yarn and the thinnest I could find. Good luck!
How long did this take you to make the pair of them? I admire your determination and patience with tedious crafts like these. They turned out amazing so it really paid off.
Hi great video. I have a question about differences between stockings you made and stocking from circa 1790’s. Would the process be more or less same? I need to knitt a pair but I can’t find any information about how they looked. Do you think that yours would be basically the same? Thanks
I am by no means an expert in 18th century stockings, but my understanding is that they are mostly similar, especially for working class people. For wealthier people they may also be knitted from silk, and they often had knitted or embroidered design at the ankle called "clocks". If you search for 18th century clocked stockings you should find some images. Good luck!
Hi, very sorry to bother but I love the result, I am trying the newborn size to familiarize myself with the pattern and there are some things I don't quite understand. It says to do 3 intakes with 4 rounds between each, 2 int 5r between and 2int 6r between each and then 19 rounds What I am understanding is: Intake, 4r, int, 4r, int, 4r, int, 5r, int, 5r, int, 6r, int, 6r, 19r But maybe I am wrong? Btw I must have a really high tension (probably because I am used to making amigurumi and they need to be tight so you can't see the stuffing) because I use a very similar yarn and I need to use 2,5mm needles so 8 rounds are 1 inch high as the book asks (also 8 stitches are 1 inch in width for me) Thanks for the video, this is my first time knitting (apart from a very simple scarf and bird I made years ago) and I this is helping me a ton.
With your friend’s suggestion, you’d get two instances where two intakes happen right after one another, which I think may not have been what they intended. In the video, I am doing it like you wrote out, with multiple rounds in between each and every intake. As for tension, that may also be affected by how thin your yarn is to some degree. But as long as you like the result and you’re not straining your hands/wrists too much so you get hurt, you can knit with any tension you prefer so long as it is even. Some recipes (which I personally like) still write out that if the stitch per inch is not like the knitter in the pattern, to go up or down in needle size until you get it where it should be (provided the yarn is the same or similar weight). Which I think is a good way to remind us all that people do things differently, but that is completely all right. :) Good luck!
Thanks a ton! Don't worry, I am not straining my wrists at all, I find it very comfortable to knit with my tension, I just size up almost every time I make a crochet or knitting project to compensate it. My yarn is almost similar meters per gram and 75% wool instead of 100% like yours is. I am using Opal 4 ply. I will continue knitting with the pattern how I interpreted it as I also don't think they intended for some intakes to be next to another. Also, Merry Christmas! ❤
If it were me I would use the lace as an insertion in lieu of the seam stitch. Though this is from someone whose ADHD has forbid sock knitting as evidenced by the singular knee high sock I knit... 9 years ago? Never to be mated. Even fingerless mitts are a struggle, but being less fiddly and at a larger gauge the Single Sock Syndrome really doesn't hit as hard. What size needle did the pattern prescribe? Perhaps it is speaking in terms of wire gauge? Like size 16 wire?
How have you found the toe has worn with use now,I know kitcner stitch was supposedly invented by lord kitchner but I always wonder which of his female staff or friends he saw knitting it. He then asked that people use this type of finish to save the soldiers toes and so his name was put to it. I suppose we will never know unless socks turn up that show it used before his time, as Elizabeth Zimmerman said nothing is really new in knitting.I was using magic loop long before it became the go to,at least now I don’t feel odd using it out in public,I used to get stranger looks than usual but didn’t understand why more people were not using it, it saved worrying about where you dropped your needle 🪡 in public transport
For anyone who tries the newborn size there is an error on the book. On the second row it says "Knit 16 rounds, 2 plain and 2 pearl stitches alternately, or 2 inches in length" This makes no sense as after the intakes it says "Knit 19 plain rounds for the ankle, or 1,25 inches in length" After checking the math I found out that the "or 2 inches in length" part was accidentally moved, it's supposed to at the next phrase. So it should be: "Knit 16 rounds, 2 plain and 2 pearl stitches alternately. Knit 31 plain rounds with a seam-stitch, or 2 inches in length" If you check, 16 rounds should be 1 inch in length so 31 are 1,9375 inches (roughly 2 inches) and 19 are 1,1875 inches (they probably rounded it out to be 1,25 so it's less confusing). I even checked the rest of sizes that call for a Needle size 16 and they all are 16 rounds = 1 inch length. So I was right at first when I was using 1,5mm needles. I knew these stockings were way too big for a newborn!! Anyways.. I will finish them with the 2,5mm needles and use it as Christmas decoration for next year, it's just a test to familiarize myself with the pattern so it doesn't matter. Hope this helps!
The toe felling is different because of WWI. Apparently the old styles cause toe injuries if the same sock is worn for too long and this became a big issue in the trenches. As a result a whole variety of new, smoother styles for seaming knits were popularized, most famously the Kitchener.
Ah, that makes some kind of sense. The trenches really did change a lot of things!
I have found that casting on and then knitting 4-5 rows back and forth in pattern makes it very easy to divide onto double points with no worry about all the stitches going the same way. When done there’s just a small amount of stitching to close the gap at the beginning.
The detail of the "seam" up the back is my most favorite part. My other favorite part was the shaping. Such beautiful stockings! I might have to make a pair for myself next winter.
Oh, totally recommend making a pair, they’re my new favourite! 😁
These are so beautiful. I bet they're lovely and cozy.
It's cool to see that not much has changed for the basics of sock knitting, I just finished a pair that work the heel, heel turn and gusset in exactly the same way :D
I agree! So much is exactly the same way I learned it! Only the toe was unusual. ^^
as a sock knitter, i really enjoyed this, and marveled at the needle size that you used and the number of cast-on stitches. thank you!
Those are beautiful! I wish I had the patience to knit a pair of stocking, I would darn them to hell and back, but sadly I don’t have enough patience (yet) to get even halfway XD
That little leave knit swatch was so cute 🥰
Thank you! I’m lucky that I find these things meditative.
And yes, totally want to find somewhere for those leaf patterns! 🥰🌿
Those are simply beautiful! Well done. Your videos are always so inspiring. I have never learned to knit, but now must.
You can do the thing!! :D
Love this. Don't laugh, I'm about to knit my first pair of stockings as well. I will knit them in the modern way, but I find it funny to have found someone who does this as well. I will do striped stockings honoring the witch from the wizard of oz :O)))))
I would never laugh at someone learning new things and acquiring new skills. That is awesome! You can do the thing! I believe in you! :D
@@KristineVike Thanks for your nice words, but I meant something else. What I meant was that we are doing the same thing and that's such a nice coincident.
It is mesmerizing listening to you, but it all remains a mystery!
Beautiful and patient work....
Как же это круто, спасибо большое❤
I amazed at your skills! I learned to knit, but really did not master it. Those are just beautiful
Thanks! :)
These are great! How many stitches per inch? Thanks
LOVE THEM__great job!
It would be a challenge to size them correctly but I would love to try them as tights! 😱😛💖😺
Thank you! :D
I love them,! You've done a beautiful job of them,, I think I might try to knit a pr myself,,
Thank you! They really were not that difficult, just a bit time consuming on the tiny needles. 😊
love this, thank you for the resource,. hugs
Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
The seam also has to do with the fact that knitting machines (or more like knitting looms) , the 16th century invention that allowed knitted hosery to become the staple it had become at that point, only allowed to knit on the straight (instead of knitting in the round like it was the norm in hand knitting before the population of knitting pattern ) so knitted stocking made on a machine, which were already the most common between the 17th and 19th centuries were for the most part seamed at the back
Wonderful ❤❤
I really, really want to make a pair of super fine stockings... I'm sticking to magic loop socks for now, until I feel more comfortable with knitting, but at some point I'm totally getting a set of DPNs to learn that too! My goal is to knit something ridiculously super fine, I know Hiya Hiya has 0.7 mm DPNs and fixed circulars so that's where I'm aiming. It'll probably take me, eh, a while to reach that level, though 😅
You can totally do it! I believe in you!
Truth be told, as soon as my fingers got used to the wobbly spaghetti feeling of super fine needles, there was very little distinguishing them from thicker ones. It takes a bit more time obviously, but the difficulty was much the same. The next challenge was finding yarn fine enough to match. 🙂
Knitting is still a mystical language to me, but this was mesmerising to watch. I love that shaping, too. Are they as comfortable as they look? :o
They are! Especially after blocking, which makes them a lot softer. :D
Total schön geworden! Aber ich hätte tatsächlich die Ferse mit Beilaufgarn verstärkt.
Good day to you! May I ask how much yarn did you use for the entire project? I want to recreate these stockings (but with the fancy lace knitting at the top :D) and your video was soo helpful.
Thank you for your answer in advance!
I just checked, and the pair of stockings weighed 172g, so 200-250g might be enough if you find a similar weight yarn? I used Rauma Lamull (undyed/unbleached), which is a thin, lace weight yarn and the thinnest I could find. Good luck!
47000 pairs of finely knitted stockings were found in a british seized cargo ship hoard from 1840 from the Faroe Islands.
Ma'am, the archive had shut down (maybe temporarily) but have you saved the manual pdf?
How long did this take you to make the pair of them? I admire your determination and patience with tedious crafts like these. They turned out amazing so it really paid off.
It's a bit difficult since I'm filming at the same time, but each stocking took about a week. I'm not tied to my needles that whole week though.
@@KristineVike actually a week per stocking isn’t bad. Hopefully they’ll last you a good long while.
Hi great video. I have a question about differences between stockings you made and stocking from circa 1790’s. Would the process be more or less same? I need to knitt a pair but I can’t find any information about how they looked. Do you think that yours would be basically the same? Thanks
I am by no means an expert in 18th century stockings, but my understanding is that they are mostly similar, especially for working class people. For wealthier people they may also be knitted from silk, and they often had knitted or embroidered design at the ankle called "clocks". If you search for 18th century clocked stockings you should find some images.
Good luck!
Hi, very sorry to bother but I love the result, I am trying the newborn size to familiarize myself with the pattern and there are some things I don't quite understand.
It says to do 3 intakes with 4 rounds between each, 2 int 5r between and 2int 6r between each and then 19 rounds
What I am understanding is:
Intake, 4r, int, 4r, int, 4r, int, 5r, int, 5r, int, 6r, int, 6r, 19r
But maybe I am wrong?
Btw I must have a really high tension (probably because I am used to making amigurumi and they need to be tight so you can't see the stuffing) because I use a very similar yarn and I need to use 2,5mm needles so 8 rounds are 1 inch high as the book asks (also 8 stitches are 1 inch in width for me)
Thanks for the video, this is my first time knitting (apart from a very simple scarf and bird I made years ago) and I this is helping me a ton.
A friend thinks it's:
int, 4r, int, 4r, int
int, 5r, int
int, 6r, int
Which probably makes more sense 😅
With your friend’s suggestion, you’d get two instances where two intakes happen right after one another, which I think may not have been what they intended. In the video, I am doing it like you wrote out, with multiple rounds in between each and every intake.
As for tension, that may also be affected by how thin your yarn is to some degree. But as long as you like the result and you’re not straining your hands/wrists too much so you get hurt, you can knit with any tension you prefer so long as it is even. Some recipes (which I personally like) still write out that if the stitch per inch is not like the knitter in the pattern, to go up or down in needle size until you get it where it should be (provided the yarn is the same or similar weight). Which I think is a good way to remind us all that people do things differently, but that is completely all right. :)
Good luck!
Thanks a ton!
Don't worry, I am not straining my wrists at all, I find it very comfortable to knit with my tension, I just size up almost every time I make a crochet or knitting project to compensate it.
My yarn is almost similar meters per gram and 75% wool instead of 100% like yours is. I am using Opal 4 ply.
I will continue knitting with the pattern how I interpreted it as I also don't think they intended for some intakes to be next to another.
Also, Merry Christmas! ❤
I don’t have a wool skirt I do have a wool frock coat and breeches
If it were me I would use the lace as an insertion in lieu of the seam stitch. Though this is from someone whose ADHD has forbid sock knitting as evidenced by the singular knee high sock I knit... 9 years ago? Never to be mated. Even fingerless mitts are a struggle, but being less fiddly and at a larger gauge the Single Sock Syndrome really doesn't hit as hard.
What size needle did the pattern prescribe? Perhaps it is speaking in terms of wire gauge? Like size 16 wire?
How have you found the toe has worn with use now,I know kitcner stitch was supposedly invented by lord kitchner but I always wonder which of his female staff or friends he saw knitting it. He then asked that people use this type of finish to save the soldiers toes and so his name was put to it. I suppose we will never know unless socks turn up that show it used before his time, as Elizabeth Zimmerman said nothing is really new in knitting.I was using magic loop long before it became the go to,at least now I don’t feel odd using it out in public,I used to get stranger looks than usual but didn’t understand why more people were not using it, it saved worrying about where you dropped your needle 🪡 in public transport
❤🧦
Is there a way to translate this to a toe up pattern? I haven't had any success knitting cuff down.
I’m afraid I have no experience knitting toe up. But I’m sure there are savvy people out there who can!
She shows leg in this one. There is a god.
For anyone who tries the newborn size there is an error on the book.
On the second row it says "Knit 16 rounds, 2 plain and 2 pearl stitches alternately, or 2 inches in length"
This makes no sense as after the intakes it says "Knit 19 plain rounds for the ankle, or 1,25 inches in length"
After checking the math I found out that the "or 2 inches in length" part was accidentally moved, it's supposed to at the next phrase.
So it should be:
"Knit 16 rounds, 2 plain and 2 pearl stitches alternately. Knit 31 plain rounds with a seam-stitch, or 2 inches in length"
If you check, 16 rounds should be 1 inch in length so 31 are 1,9375 inches (roughly 2 inches) and 19 are 1,1875 inches (they probably rounded it out to be 1,25 so it's less confusing).
I even checked the rest of sizes that call for a Needle size 16 and they all are 16 rounds = 1 inch length.
So I was right at first when I was using 1,5mm needles. I knew these stockings were way too big for a newborn!!
Anyways.. I will finish them with the 2,5mm needles and use it as Christmas decoration for next year, it's just a test to familiarize myself with the pattern so it doesn't matter.
Hope this helps!