Eighteenth-Century Cape Breton Kilt Stockings by Barbara Kelly-Landry

Eighteenth-Century Cape Breton Kilt Stockings

Knitting
November 2020
Sport (12 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in 24 sts and 32 rnds = 4" in St st.
US 2 - 2.75 mm
670 yards (613 m)
111/2" calf circumference, 91/2" foot circumference, and 11" long from back of heel to tip of toe; foot length is adjustable.
English
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Keep your shapely calves warm with a fetching pair of handspun, eighteenth-century-inspired kilt stockings. The long, lustrous locks of Cotswold knit up into a sturdy pair of stockings with crisp stitch definition.

Materials

  • Fiber 12 oz Cotswold locks. Yarn 2-ply; 670 yd; 1,050 ypp; 14 wpi; sportweight.
  • Needles Size 2 (2.75 mm) (see Notes). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
  • Notions Markers (m); tapestry needle.

Gauge 24 sts and 32 rnds = 4” in St st.

Finished Size 111/2” calf circumference, 91/2” foot
circumference, and 11” long from back of heel to tip of
toe; foot length is adjustable.