Fancy patterned knitted stockings
traditionally were used as wedding gifts in
Selbu, Norway, and became popular skiwear across
Norway and beyond. These knee-high stockings are
patterned in a simple repeating Selbu rose motif, which
is decreased at the back of the calf. Each stocking
has an unshaped peasant heel and no gusset shaping, both
of which often are seen in old stockings from the
Selbu area. I worked the sole in an overall
pattern of diamonds in a lattice: I re-created the
pattern from a photograph in Norske Strikkemønstre by
Annichen Sibbern Bøhn (see the preceding article), as
well as my examination of other Selbu-styled stockings
from the early twentieth century.
Designer: Terri Shea
Photographer: Joe Coca