Stockings from the second half of the 16thc were usually sewn from wool or linencloth. In the early 17thc knit stockings often bore resemblance to cloth sewn stockings as shown in the details of shape, false seaming and patterned ‘clocks’ at the ankle. At Plimoth-Pautuxet Museum in Massachusetts. The interpreters wear the stockings until the feet give way. They are then repaired by members of the Greater Boston Knitting Guild. A pair of stockings can take 50 hours to knit. Refooting is much quicker!
The refooting process below…
