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- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1061 a,b
- Description
- One stocking in the making. Very fine knitting, needles are 1.0 mm thick. Ribbed at the top, which would be below the knee, it narrows at the ankle, heel is turned, and the knitting stops half way to the toes, needles intact. (b) 52.0 long and 12.0 wide at opening, this is a long stocking shaped…
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- Title
- Handknit Stocking
- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- One stocking in the making. Very fine knitting, needles are 1.0 mm thick. Ribbed at the top, which would be below the knee, it narrows at the ankle, heel is turned, and the knitting stops half way to the toes, needles intact. (b) 52.0 long and 12.0 wide at opening, this is a long stocking shaped tube of fine cotton, however there is no indication for a heel.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1061 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, wool
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1109 a-h
- Description
- 4 pair handknit Swiss style knicker stockings: a,b) ribbed dark greenish brown; c,d) olive green foot, grey calf, two tone red cabled band with grey edge, darned at toes and heels; e,f) light grey with one blue toe, darned at heels, stained on bottom of foot, decorative band at top, pink and black …
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- Title
- Socks
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, wool
- Description
- 4 pair handknit Swiss style knicker stockings: a,b) ribbed dark greenish brown; c,d) olive green foot, grey calf, two tone red cabled band with grey edge, darned at toes and heels; e,f) light grey with one blue toe, darned at heels, stained on bottom of foot, decorative band at top, pink and black diamond pattern; g,h) dark brown with cream and pale pink cabled band at top, darned at toes and heels.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- packers and guides
- Swiss guides
- Ernest Feuz
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Elise Feuz
- needlework
- knitting
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1109 a-h
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