Aran Villager's Stockings by Anne Carroll Gilmour

Aran Villager's Stockings

Knitting
October 1996
Sport (12 wpi) ?
6 stitches and 7.5 rows = 1 inch
in stockinette stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
390 - 430 yards (357 - 393 m)
adult medium & large (2 sizes and 2 gauges)
English

Another pattern I wrote for the Happy Trails Socks Book. This one a very traditional type worn by Aran Villagers in the 19th century- I used colors that are close to traditional Indigo Pot blue and the natural wool white they used for heels & toes, the Aran Island knitters of the time believed it was stronger than the dyed yarn.

Happy Trails Socks is a booklet available from the following retailers: Wild West Woolies,