Almanac for Homemakers

A Dictionary of Hosiery Terms "If you are one of the many homemakers who also also has a part or full time job, chances are that the cost of hosiery makes up a good part of your clothing budget." Can we just take one second to look at this picture? Gross. Now back to our post. ... There are surprisingly a lot of different types of hosiery. You would not have guessed. The idea of this post is to save some money by wearing the correct type of hosiery for your day. I decided to pick my favorites from the list! Let's explore these hoes! Full Fashioned Stockings Stockings with seams. Vertical seam at the back makes the leg appear slimmer. ooo lala Fishnets Oh Snap! In the 70's the fishnet design was a little less obvious. It was a smaller net design. Panty Hose Growing up I called all stockings and types of hosiery 'panty hose'. These are the one piece sheer or opaque stockings that are topped with pa...

Nylon - The Granddaddy of Man-Made Fibers   "Ten years of research had preceded the granting of a patent for nylon to Dr. Wallace Carothers. The first truly synthetic fiber, nylon is made from such basic materials as coal, air, and water."   Nylon was first showcased at the 1939 World Fair in New York. In 1940, nylon stockings hit the market.   Everyone and their grandma got in line for these babies. Then the war came.   Nylon was in need for use in the military. Wool and silk were in short supply so a campaign to collect nylon stockings was started to reuse the material for clothing and parachutes. This led to some creativity by stocking-less women.  They would draw seams on their legs or even paint on tinted shades. Today nylon is used in a variety of ways or blended with other fabrics. Now nylon and other synthetics are typically delicate fabrics.  You gotta follow the wash instructions on your clothes...