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 Knitting Vintage Socks
$21.95
“A fascinating look into the history of sock knitting… beautiful sock patterns for the modern knitter.”
—INKnitters
"An excellent resource for creating personal, hand-crafted gifts."
—Library Bookwatch
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About Knitting Vintage Socks
Knitting Vintage Socks: New Twists on Classic Patterns
by Nancy Bush
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. |
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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:
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Gentleman's Shooting Stockings with Fluted Pattern
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Ladies Silk Stockings with Clocks
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Baby’s Bootikins
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Heelless Sleeping Sock
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Evening Stockings for a Young Lady
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Child's French Sock in Citron Pattern
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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
Paper over board, with concealed wire-o, 7 x 9¼, 128 pages, 30+ color photographs, 30+ illustrations, ISBN 10: 1-931499-65-9 ISBN 13: 978-1-931499-65-1
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Baby Bootikin
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