Finds - New Sock Fashions in Wool

This was volume 69, sold for 20 cents, and was printed in 1949 by Fashions in Wool located in Mount Vernon, NY.

My favorite part? "Styled by Hilde."

I'd loved to have met Hilde Fuchs. Hilde is, apparently, a woman with a no-nonsense attitude. There is no introduction, no exclaiming the virtues of this kind of yarn or that kind of needle. Not Hilde. She jumps right in on page one with the instructions for "No. 291 - Cable Socks." The No. 292 Variation Diamond Socks have 4 colors in them.



I'm not sure why the socks with the arrows are called "Clock Socks" - but the arrow is duplicate stitch with the pattern noting that you can make the center line to any length you desire.



Most of the patterns call for the knitter to end at the toe with 20 stitches still on the needles. The directions then say to weave stitches together. Could this be code for kitchener stitch?



I love how the activities for wearing the socks are suggested in the photos. "Ladies anklets" for playing tennis..



and "sport socks" for ice skating.



Here we've got "man's ribbed socks," "herringbone socks," and "fancy ribbed socks." The fancy rib is a knit 4, purl 2 rib. The patterning comes from alternating rounds of that rib with a round of knitting the 2nd stitch from the back, not slipping it off, knitting the 1st stitch from the front and then slipping both stitches off the needles. Then knitting the 4th stitch from the front, leaving it on the needle, knitting the 3rd stitch from the front and slipping both stitches off the needles.



There are "large diamond socks" and "argyle clock socks."



The best-dressed golfer will be seen in "diamond-band socks" or "multicolored socks."



For visiting with your friends (while smoking the omnipresent pipe), "two-toned cable-clock socks" and an uninspiringly named pattern - "men's socks."



For outdoor visiting, "variation argyle socks" and "diamond-chevron socks."



"Spiral socks without heel."



The only acknowledgment in this 23 page booklet is a note under the instruction abbreviation on the last page that lets the knitter know that all models in the booklet were made with Susan Bates Precision Knitting Needles.

Hilde was one busy knitter. The advertisement on the back cover shows three other booklets - "Crochet Baby Book - Vol. 66," "Youngsters' Fashions in Wool - Vol. 67," and "Babies' Fashions in Wool" - all "styled by Hilde."