LADDERLESS STOCKINGS!
CSnecial Correspondent.)
LONDON, Nov. 13. » Stockings tliat will not ladder are claimed to liave been perfected by a Swiss-made mactane witlx a 4 4 bearded needle" tliat makes a double loop in knitting. Tbere is at present only one macMne in existence in Switzerland, but machines for Bxitain are now being made at Leicester. Tbe first, one tbat will make 23 stockings at once, will not be ready for a year and the stockings will not be on the market for about two years. They are then expected to cost 12s 6d a pair. When an exhibition of these stockings was given in London they were 4,holed" hut did not ladder when stabbed with a penknife. I
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 November 1946, Page 7
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119LADDERLESS STOCKINGS! Chronicle (Levin), 15 November 1946, Page 7
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