Regency Household: Washing Stockings

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To wash Thread and Cotton Stockings Let them be well lathered twice and once boiled in water mixed with blue then let them be washed out and folded up without rinfing put a weight upon them and let them be preffed at least half an hour then hang them up to dry let them be rolled without ironing and they will look as well as if new To wafb Worsted Stockings Let them be washed in a cool lather till they are quite clean but no foap must be put to them only let them be rinfed out in cold water and hung up to dry fold them and they will be fit for use

These tips on washing stockings appeared The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

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