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Bootee, baby's

Description

One of a pair of baby's bootees of red wool with leather soles, with a late 19th-century label stating that they were probably made about 1780. The technique is a form of slip-stitch crochet, formerly known as shepherd's knitting or Scottish knitting, and was executed with a flat hook.

Museum reference

H.TWG 4.1

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Bootee, baby's

Date

c. 1780

Materials

Wool, Leather

Physical description

Wool, red; leather

Associations

Ansges Talyor

References

Cary Karp, 'Evolution in early Crochet: from Flat-Hook Knitting to Slip-Stitch Crochet', Piecework Magazine, Winter 2020, pp. 46-52

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