The Trossfrau sock

Jan 14by whiljascorner

Several pictures shows the trossfrau wearing some sort of socks, and
I’m currently working on figuring out the two different common styles

Would be nice to wear during summer instead of full length hosen, or if

I make it out of wool, a nice addition to colder nights.
Update; Since several people have asked about the pattern and how to
make them, I’ll give you some instruction of how to get started!
I started the project with the hypophysis that the socks is made out of
either cut off hosen or at least based on the same pattern. There is
several different nice tutorial of how to make a pair of hosen out on the
internet, but making a pair out of fabric requires some extra pair of
hand, and you don’t always have a friend around to help you, so I
suggest the Duct Tape Toille;

1) cover your foot with a sock (or fabric or a plastic wrap; it’s for not
getting an unwanted hair wax from the duct tape)
2) tape your foot with Duct Tape, not to thick layer and be sure to not
crimp your toes
3-5) draw the cutting lines; since I base mine on a pair of ordinary
hosen, I have the mid back seam that goes underneath the heal, and
then a foot piece with “wings”. This gives you a fitted hosen pattern.
6) cut the duct tape by the mid back seam so you can remove it from
your foot, then cut the rest of the lines
7-8) your pieces should look something like this, if you can’t flatten the
larger piece, then you need to adjust the “wings” a bit
9) transfer the pieces to a new paper and adjust and clean the lines
When your base is finished, you can start remodeling the edge of the
hose depending on which woodcut or painting you feel to duplicate;

Update;
After working with the pattern for a couple of days, I’m satisfied with
the result of sock A;
The pattern ended up being cut into smaller pieces, which will make
the assembly much easier.
The finished pair of socks

Update; the linen socks was great, but the wool ones are awesome!
Soft, and incredible comfortable, just like the linen ones, these protects
your shoes from filling up with a great deal of sand, stones etc, and
provides a nice soft soles.
I also found an interesting site with a different angle of how to recreate
the footsies, read and broaden your view; raised heel shoe

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