Here I knew exactly what to make. When I last wore my folk costume, at Uppsala castle in the beginning of November I noticed large holes at the heels of my wool knee stockings. So I decided to upgrade. Those were bought and had rib knit and contained some elastan to keep them up better. And I think it's wonderful that you can buy stockings for folk custumes, but since the rest of the costume is based on garments from late the 18th-early 19th century period I thought that I should have stockings that matched historically.
Mönstret som jag använde, som är mer en guide för hur du beräknar måttstickade strumpor än ett mönster, hämtade jag här. Fast jag improviserade hälen, för då orkade jag inte läsa längre utan bara körde på, och gjorde sen likadant på den andra. De stickades på stickor nummer 2, 5 mm i Permins babysockgarn, som är ull med en liten syntetinblandning, som borde göra att de håller längre.
The pattern that I used I got from here. Except that I improvised the heel, because when I reached that stage I was too tired to read instructions and just improvised, and then did the second one the same way. The were knit on size 1,5 needles in Perin's baby sock yarn, which is wool and some synthetics to make them last longer.
Ursprungsplanen var att även fläta riktiga strumpeband till dem för den här utmaningen, men jag har haft alldeles för mycket att göra med jobbet för att hinna med det. Men jag ska sen. Nu blir det vävda band.
The original plan was to braid proper garters for this challenge too, but I have had way too much work to do, so for now I'm using woven ribbon.
The Challenge: #7 Tops and toes
Fabric: Permin baby sock yarn
Pattern: Mara Riley's 18th century stocking pattern
Year: 18th century
How historically accurate is it? Apart from the nylon content, very. So maybe 90 %
Hours to complete: I didn't count - maybe 40?
First worn: Not yet, I don't wear my folk costume that often
Total cost: ca 80 SEK/ 12 dollars, the yarn was on sale.
