1st double row—Raise the loops thus:—Keep the loop on the needle, miss the first chain stitch, * put the needle into the next stitch, and bring the wool through in a loop on the needle. Repeat from * until there are 28 loops on the needle; then, to “work back,” take the wool on the needle, and bring it through the last 2 loops on it. Repeat, bringing the wool through 2 loops each time, until there are only 2 loops on the needle. Join on the white wool, still leaving the blue, and bring it through the 2 blue loops to finish the row. A double row is worked with the two colors alternately, throughout the shoe, and they need not be cut off; the end of every row is to be worked the same.
2nd row—White. Miss the edge stitch, and putting the needle into the perpendicular loop of the 1st row, bring the wool through; raise 9 loops more the same, and, to † increase a stitch, put the needle in the wool between the next 2 stitches and raise a loop; then raise a loop from the next stitch. Repeat from † 5 times more, than raise 12 loops as usual, when there will be 34 on the needle. Work back, as in the 1st row.
3rd row—Blue. Work a double row.
4th—White. Work a double row. Repeat these 2 double rows 9 times; making, in all, 22 rows.
23rd row—Blue. Make 8 chain, miss 1, raise 7 stitches from the 8 chain; then, on the 22nd row, raise 13 stitches as usual; increase a stitch, as before, then raise 8 stitches; increase a stitch, raise 13 stitches. Take a piece of blue wool, make 8 chain, tie it to the last stitch of the 23rd row, and raise the 8 stitches of it; there will be 52 loops on the needle.
24th row—White. Work a double row of 52 stitches.
25th row—Blue. Raise all the stitches; but at the end take the last 2 stitches together to decrease a stitch. Work back until there are only 3 loops on the needle, then bring the white wool through all 3 to finish the row; this will decrease a stitch.
26th row—White. Miss the 2 loops close together, raise the rest of the loops as usual, and take the last 2 stitches together; work back to the last 3 loops, then bring the blue through them to finish.
Repeat as the last row, working the colors alternately, until there are only 20 stitches left, then with a rug-needle draw all these stitches together, and sew them firmly to form the toe. The stitches added at the 23rd row are for the instep, the shoe being joined up the front in single crochet, thus—work with the blue wool doubled; commence with a single stitch at the toe, place the slanting selvedges together, * put the needle into the right edge, then into the left edge, bring the wool through, and also through the loop on the needle. Repeat from * until the front is joined; fasten off.
For the back, double the 1st row and join the sides, drawing about 6 stitches together in the centre for the heel. Fold the blue wool in three, and with it work a row of single crochet along the top of the shoe, making a stitch to each double row; then, with the single wool, work a row of 1 chain, and 1 single in each stitch of the former row. Fasten off.