Second row—knit two; pearl two.
Third row—Pearl two; knit two.
Fourth row—Pearl knitting.
Repeat the above four rows, twelve times,—making altogether fifty-two rows—but, in the fifty-second row, pearl fourteen stitches only, and cast off the remaining twelve stitches. Then,—
Raise fourteen stitches, pearling them at the same time, at the commenced end, leaving twelve, to correspond with those cast off at the other end. Repeat the four rows, as before, three times,—making in all twelve rows. Fasten off, by drawing up these stitches with a needle and wool, to form the toe, and sew up the shoe at the sole.
Twenty-seven stitches are now to be raised at the top of the shoe, round the leg; then,—alternately pearl one row, and knit one row, for five rows, and cast off.—This forms a finish to the top. The shoe is to be laced across with ribbon.
A Baby's Stocking.
Cast on twenty-three stitches in brown,—No. 18 needles, and knit six turns,—increasing one stitch at each end, for the toe and heel.
Knit six turns, increasing one stitch only, at the toe. There will now be forty-one stitches on the needle. Cast off twenty-five stitches, and knit the remaining sixteen stitches, for eighteen turns. One side of the shoe and instep will now be made.
Cast on twenty-five stitches, and work the other side of the shoe to correspond.