Re: [h-cost] knit stockings

2006-01-14 Thread Carol Kocian
OK. I can make knit yardgoods (5 knitting machines). What would the stitches per inch be? Is there a decent pattern anywhere? Hi Julie, Kannik's Korner has a pattern for cut & sewn stockings. What era are you aiming for? How fine can your machines knit? I suspect they are t

[h-cost] knit stockings

2006-01-13 Thread Julie
OK. I can make knit yardgoods (5 knitting machines). What would the stitches per inch be? Is there a decent pattern anywhere? Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Ok, I'm convinced the cut-from-yardgoods stockings existed. > >Come to think of it, there is a stocking I looked at from aro

Re: [h-cost] knit stockings

2006-01-09 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
stockings with. Thanks Bjarne - Original Message - From: "Ann Catelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:54 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] knit stockings --- Bjarne og Leif Drews <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [h-cost] knit stockings

2006-01-08 Thread Ann Catelli
--- Bjarne og Leif Drews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tryed to knit silk stockings. But the silk thread > was two slippery, i lost > the stitches all the time. > Now i have tryed with cotton thread, and its a > little easyer for me. > I made a sampler and it shows that i use 5 stitches > to ea

Re: [h-cost] knit stockings

2006-01-08 Thread Glenda Robinson
Have you taken into account the stretch of the stocking? 40cm seems like a very large diameter. Glenda. - Original Message - From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:55 AM Subject: [h-cost] knit

[h-cost] knit stockings

2006-01-08 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
I tryed to knit silk stockings. But the silk thread was two slippery, i lost the stitches all the time. Now i have tryed with cotton thread, and its a little easyer for me. I made a sampler and it shows that i use 5 stitches to each cm. This meens that i have to start with 200 stitches at the top.