Military pattern knitted balaclava helmet with a single curved opening and a double thickness peak to form eye slit. Factory sample, label with crown AM (for Air Ministry) J Pick and Sons Ltd 1939. ID Number: L-C-1-1991-55

The stockings have a green wool embroidered decoration. ID Number: PH 178

Tartan stockings were fashionable in the 1890s. This stocking is in Dress Stewart tartan, made using the intarsia technique*. The welt, heel, toe and English foot are in dark green wool. There are no manufacturer's marks. ID Number: NCM 1994-841 *…

Stockings knitted on the stocking frame in thick white cotton to demonstrate the probable quality of hose knitted on William Lee's original stocking frame of 1589. They are 12 gauge. A moderately fine stocking would be between 30 and 40…

5 pair of ladies' combinations made by Elliot of Swanwick. Some are in silk, some in wool and all have button fastening at the front with an open crotch. The letter 'E' is worked into all the garments. ID Numbers: PH 504 - 508

Red wool glove with tartan and stripe patterning. Long wrist banded in red and green, fingers and thumb in plain red moss stitch. ID Number: L-C-445-1951

Man's circular knitted socks in blue and black marled wool in their original box. They have deep ribbed cuffs and are stamped in green and white on the sole 'Two-fold Botany Wool, Meridian Viking Regd, Made in England' and in white on the toes…

Man's black wool and linen circular knitted socks in their original box. The socks have deep cuffs edged with two lines of blue rayon and are mostly in 3:1 rib. They are stamped in green on the soles 'Meridian, Linsply Regd, Pure Linen Splicing,…

Although William Elliot invented a fast black dye for silk in the 18th century, fast black dyes for wool and silk were not achieved until the end of the 19th century. This black wool stocking which is made on a circular machine is stamped in gold…

A pair of digital socks in black wool. They were probably knitted on a glove machine. They have ribbed cuffs. One sock has a card attached with matching wool (for darning) and is stamped in gold 'The Jaeger Co., Ltd, London, Pure Wool, Foreign'. Dr…