Thanks Chris.  I've messed around a bit with the settings that you provided and got some interesting results.  I'm not sure if I'm doing it quite right yet, but I'm practicing.

Thanks for your help as well Bill.  What settings are you using to achieve your results?  I like what you've done!

I can't seem to get the fine detail.  When I've tried using the noise nodes as described in the "sparkly velvet dress" lesson, the white dots end up being too big.  I'm sure I'm missing a small setting.

On this A3 render, the legs look more like stone than stockings.

Thanks again!

Xan