A SLEEPING SOCK.
KNITTING.—See [Page 13].
Materials—For a Lady, 2 skeins of white 3-ply Fleecy, and a pair of knitting pins, No. 12 Bell gauge; for a Gentleman the pins must be No. 10.
Commence at the sole. Cast on 28 stitches.
1st row—Slip 1, then increase a stitch by knitting the next stitch, but before taking it off the left pin, put the needle into the back of the same stitch and knit it off the pin; knit the rest of the row plain. Work 9 rows more the same.
Then work 18 rows, increasing in the same way at the beginning of every alternate row only, which will make one side slant more than the other; there will now be 47 stitches.
Knit 6 rows plain, always slipping the 1st stitch.
To form the Instep—Slip 1, knit 29, turn back, leaving 17 stitches on the pin: and on the 30 stitches knit 26 rows plain. The wool will be at the side nearest the stitches left, and with it cast 17 stitches on the pin with the 30 stitches, in all 47 stitches; and for the other side of the sole, knit 6 rows plain.
Next row—Slip 1, knit 2 together, knit the rest plain. Then knit a row plain. Work the last two rows 8 times more. Then 10 rows, decreasing every row, and cast off.
The Leg—Return to the stitches left, and with the same pin raise 14 stitches from the selvedge formed by the rows across the instep, thus: put the pin into the nearest stitch at the edge, and bring the wool through in a loop on it; then in the same manner raise 17 stitches from the stitches cast on; there will now be 48 stitches.
1st row—Slip 1, knit 1, then (pearl 2 and knit 2 alternately to the end).
Knit 29 rows more the same, then 6 rows plain, and cast off.
Sew the sides together, then the 1st and last rows of the sole, and the slanting sides, drawing the straight rows at the toe together.