Knitted Stocking Hints
This page has a formula for knitted Elizabethan stockings (or hose, whatever) that I've found to be pretty helpful in converting patterns. Yes, I know I should have put it up a couple days ago with my last post. Sue me!
http://www.dabbler.com/ndlwrk/stocking.html
Added comment: OK, so this link for some reason doesn't work any more like three days after I had Googled it myself. I've got it on a disk somewhere. I'm looking...