Knitting a Patch
On Thursday, April 3, 2014 4:22:33 PM UTC+3, Danny Breidenbach wrote:
Hallo Danny , i forgot to tell that sometimes my mother used to add another thread only to the heel part of the sock ,, to strengthen it from the begining .
if you like reading Historical tyrivia [of knotting] here are books i recommend
Socks & Stockings, By Jeremy Farrell, B.T.Batsford Limited London , 1992
Stockings & suspenders , a Quick Flash, by Rosemary Hawthorne, Souvenir Press 1993.
A History of Hand knitting, by Richard Rutt, Interweave Press, Loveland Colorado, 1987.
mirjam
I love learning this sort of historical trivia.
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