Open-work Pattern.
Cast on in sixes.
1st row. Bring the wool forward before the needle, knit 1, wool forward, knit 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over, knit 1.
2nd row. This and every alternate row pearled.
3rd row. Wool forward, knit 3, wool forward, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over.
5th row. Knit 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slipped over, knit 1, wool forward, knit 1, wool forward.
7th row. Slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slipped over, wool forward, knit 3, wool forward.
Always cast on 2 or 4 stitches over, so as to have 1 or 2 stitches plain at the beginning of each row.
Notice that an open-work pattern of a sock is broader than plain knitting: it is as well to have a few less stitches for open-work knitting than for plain knitting.