When did stocking Caps become beanies?
Stocking caps (aka watch caps or toques) are knit and never referred to as beanies.  Beanies in my childhood were made of woven fabric and were for children in warm weather.  Stocking caps were for the winter.  You couldn't pull a beanie down over your ears they wouldn't stretch.  I suppose this is part of the words have no meaning English in Wonderland movement.
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