The Finchley Graft // Technique Tuesday

This method of grafting produces the same result as the Kitchener stitch, but is easier to learn, remember, and execute. It can be used to graft stockinette fabric from the purl side. This technique was described in Volume 4 of the Finchley Manuals of Industry, published in 1852, as a method of repairing stockings and other things (no mention was made of using it to close sock toes).

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Introduction 0:00
Finchley graft: 0:25
Where did I leave off? What to do if you lose your place: 3:44
Catching mistakes before they happen: 4:20
Finishing the graft/final steps: 4:40
Information about this technique, and a bit about the history of grafted sock toes: 5:22

Swatch instructions to practice the Finchley graft: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rox-rocks/topics/3926557

Finchley Manual of Industry #4; Plain Needle-work and all its branches: https://tinyurl.com/y2levdqu

The earliest sock patterns from WWI to incorporate a grafted toe seem to have come out of Australia. This pattern appeared in an Australian newspaper 22 Sept 1914, just two months after the start of the war. It uses the technique we call the Kitchener stitch today, although it was referred to simply as grafting. https://tinyurl.com/y2e5zjtz
The British Red Cross booklet of patterns published in 1914 includes a sock with a round toe and a drawstring closure. It's not clear when/if the British Red Cross published patterns later in the war that included a grafted toe. https://tinyurl.com/yy42tomn
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