The handknits featured in the Columbia book are very coarse for a day
dress, unless you're a farmer's wife. Even then, there would be some
pressure to have store-bought hose, which were fairly well available
by then. The Amish cotton stockings are fine for the 1860s, but. . .
I'm not getting the vibe for the teens.
Much depends on where you lived, what your social expectations were,
and how fashionably you dressed in general. Since patterned hose were
ordinarily available in the previous generation, a young woman in day
dress in 1917 would probably not be seen in hand knit stockings unless
they were all she could afford, or it was a bitterly cold winter. MHO
of course.
A definite on seams. They read right.
==Marjorie Wilser
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On Aug 27, 2012, at 6:21 PM, [email protected] wrote:
There were so many options by that time. Lots of machine-made
stockings.
Remember that seams on nylons were around through the 1950s. Shaped,
seamed stockings would be nicer than machine-knit in the round.
There is something written about that time about how to dress with
taste,
and I think it had some info about stockings.
Also there are Amish cotton stockings that are fairly fine, if you
want
something opaque and unobtrusive.
-Carol
Something along these lines:
http://archive.org/stream/columbiabookofya02schu#page/202/mode/1up
from the Columbia Book of Yarns, 1916 edition.
Ann in CT
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I'm outside my usual area of 19th century clothing. What kind of
stockings would be worn with a 1917 lawn day dress? It falls about
mid-calf, and will be worn with lace-up oxford type shoes.
Thanks!
Vicki Betts
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