Speckled Wool.—Rib until your stocking measures, from casting on, six inches. To make your stocking top fall over correctly, you must now turn your work inside out and continue the rib until your stocking measures, from casting on, nine inches. Be careful after you have turned it to knit 5 over the knitted stitches, and to purl over the 2 purled ones.
Increasing for Calf
Directions are only given for the back needle, where the increasing is made. Follow the usual ribbing in the rounds.
Back needle. 1st round.—This must be a needle with 28 stitches on it. (See directions for raising in general directions.) K 5, p 2, k 5, p 1, raise 1, p 1, etc. By etc. understand is meant continue the usual rib.
2nd round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 3, etc.
3rd round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 1, raise 1, p 2, etc.
4th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 4, etc.
5th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, raise 1, p 2, etc.
6th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 1, p 2, etc.
7th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, raise 1, k 1, p 2, etc.