Snow boot in Ribbed or Russian Crochet 1869

“No matter how Snow Boots are made, they are never very becoming. In country places you often see a knitted sock drawn over the boot to protect it from snow and the wearer from slipping, which it does most effectually. Still there are few country places so isolated that the inelegance of a man’s sock can be tolerated. The pattern of a fleecy boot, on page 38, has all the good qualities of a sock, and in a town the disfigurement to the foot is no greater than a shoemaker’s snow boot, added to which the expense is most trifling. “ Source: The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady’s Calendar for 1869, pp 38 & 41 #historicalcrochet #historicalfashion #victorianfashion #victoriancrochet