STOCKING TOPS IN FINGERING WOOL. NO. 5
If checks and plaids are knitted in Alloa yarn, carrying on wool at the back, they are so thick and clumsy no one likes them. I therefore give directions for patterns to be knitted in 3-ply Fingering wool and larger needles. After you have knitted the top, you continue the rest of leg with Alloa yarn and the smaller needles. Be careful to match exactly colour of Fingering and Alloa.
No. 1
Required.—4 needles No. 10. Small quantity, say ½ cut, of Fingering wool, same colour as Alloa the stocking is to be knitted with, and ½ cut of crimson Fingering.
Cast on 80 stitches, 30 on two, 20 on 3rd needle, with darker Fingering.
1st round.—K 1, p 1 alternately.
2nd round.—P 1, k 1 alternately.
3rd round.—Same as 1st.
In next round you work with both colours, carrying them on at the back. You must be particular not to pull or drag them too tightly. (Read carefully the "General Directions.")