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Select ColorWhite Musket Fawn Moorit Sholmit Emsket Black

 

Yarn Only (you already have a copy of Designs for Knitting Kilt Hose and Knickerbocker Stockings )		Yarn and Designs for Knitting Kilt Hose and Knickerbocker Stockings (save $3.00 over price if purchased separately!)
$20.00		$32.00

Each Kilt Hose Kit will make a pair of stockings similar to the cream-colored kilt hose on the left and contains:

4 oz Elemental Affects Jumper Weight (Fingering) Shetland , approx. 460 yds., natural color 100% North American Shetland Wool.

If you already own Designs for Knitting Kilt Hose and Knickerbocker Stockings , you do not need to purchase it again. If you do not already have a copy of this classic, you may purchase it with the kit at a savings. The complete pattern combines designs on p. 24 and p 8.

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Suggested Needle Size, Gauge, Notions and Other Materials: US1 to 3/2.5mm-3.25 -- probably a US 2 would be "just right" for most of you - either dpns or two circular needles, your choice; tapestry needle

Skill Level: Enthusiastically Intermediate - not because the knitting is so difficult (it isn't) but because Lady Gainsford wrote in an older style which requires more of the reader/knitter

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Knit your own kilt stockings in their traditional Shetland! With the recent reprint of Lady Gainsford's classic collection and Elemental Affects superb Shetland wool, you can recreate one of the most elegantly useful sock knitting traditions. Once you've finished, you'll find yourself rediscovering why Shetland yarn has sustained it's popularity, despite being out of step with more modern fashions: it is lightweight, strong and very, very warm. Like linen, it also softens with use and washing. A traditional yarn from an ancient breed of sheep - worthy of the esteem with which it has been held throughout the years.