These long stockings have a “short-row” or “Niantic” heel, which Weldon's Practical Stocking Knitter says originated as an imitation of the way the “Niantic” knitting machines turned the heel of a stocking. This is one of the earliest patterns to use a short-row heel.
Approx Date:
1886
Designer:
Weldon's Practical Stocking Knitter, First Series
Sock Type:
Historical
Yarn:
Fingering
Needles:
US 000
Pattern Source:
Weldon's Practical Needlework, Vol. 1
