Scotch wheeling-yarn—1 lb. at 4s. 3d. makes nearly 3 pairs. They are very strong and nice for the poor. Pins, 15 or 16.
Cast on 69. Knit 14 rounds, 2 plain, 2 pearl; make the first stitch the seam-stitch. Then 50 plain rounds. Decrease on each side of the seam-stitch 5 plain rounds. Increase 3 times with 5 plain rounds between each, increasing 20 plain rounds. Decrease with 6 plain rounds between every decreasing until you have only 53 stitches. Do 34 plain rounds for the ankle. Divide for heel and do the flap, 29 rows. Take up 18 stitches on each side. Reduce at the instep until you have 52 stitches. Do the foot as in preceding pattern, except that this one need only be 9½ inches long.
For a Boy’s or Girl’s Stocking, about Eight Years Old. Ribbed.
In white Scotch fingering-yarn.
Cast on 80. Knit 12 rounds, 1 plain and 1 pearl. Plain knitting for 4 inches. Rib 1, knit 3, until you have done 66 rounds. Now decrease on each side of the seam-stitch. Knit 5 rounds and increase in the same way. Do this twice more, and you ought now to have 84 stitches. When 11 inches are done decrease every 8 rows, and knit plain until the stocking is 16½ inches long; then divide for heel. Knit and pearl 32 rows, and proceed as on [page 18]. Pick up 16 side-stitches, and after 2 rounds keep decreasing every row for the instep until you have only 68. Work 7¼ inches and decrease. The foot ought to be 9¼ inches long. Cast off and sew up.
Gentleman’s Sock.
(LARGE SIZE.)
The same as the following pattern, but cast on 94. When you have decreased the instep, let the foot be 92.