A Bluestocking Knits

A pair of knitted stockings (strumpor), dated apparently before 1876, when they were acquired by Nordiska Museet in Stockholm.  This particular pair are from Orsa parish, in what was then known as Kopparberg, now called Dalarna.  Quite a few generations of David's family were from this parish.  Very plain, serviceable stockings, with what may be a variation on the round heel, though little or no gusset, it looks like.