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We note long stockings made in a variety of different lengths. Mothers knitting stockings at home could of course knit the stockings to what ever length they desired. Thus home-knitted stockings exisited in a large range of lengths. Commercially produced stockings were made in more standardized lengths. This varied over time with changes in fashions and clothing styles--especially the length of pants and skirts.
hus home-knitted stockings exisited in a large range of lengths. In earlier periods both in America and in Europe some long stockings were hand-knitted at home and could of course be made any length needed. Mothers knitting stockings at home could of course knit the stockings to what ever length they desired. This was very common in the 19th century and still not unusual in the early 20th century.
Here we are discussing stocking length in reference to the stockings purchased at stores or from manufacturers. Commercially produced stockings were made in more standardized lengths. This varied over time with changes in fashions and clothing styles--especially the length of pants and skirts. Normally advertisements did not specify the length. This was because the stockings offered were often the same standard length which was affected by the contemporary fashions. We note some advertisements with different lengths of stockings offered, but this was not very common. The major variable here was the length of pants and skirts worn by children. When boys mostly wore mostly kneepants, long stockings only needed to extend to just above the knee. Even this varied as some kneepants came to only calf length. Later when boys mostly wore them with short pants and girls with shorter skirs, the available stockings needed to be longer. There was only one length for each size, based roughly on age.
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