Pick up the stitches, with white, across the instep. Knit two turns, catching in one loop of the sides of the shoe, in each row, to join them together.
Knit one turn in brown; two in white; one in brown; two in white; and one in brown.—The shoe and instep will now be finished.
Pick up the stitches of the shoe, on each side of the piece which forms the instep. There should now be forty stitches on the needle.
Knit seven turns in white; then, eighteen turns, increasing a stitch at the beginning and end of every other turn. Knit three plain turns; then eighteen turns,—decreasing one stitch in every other turn, at the beginning and end.
Forty stitches will now be found on the needle. Knit and pearl two, alternately, for five turns. Knit two plain rows. Knit one row in red; then, cast off loosely.
The shoe is to be sewn up into its shape, and the stocking closed up.
A Carriage Boot.
Two colours,—say blue and claret,—four, or six-thread fleecy,—Needles No. 6.
Cast seventeen stitches on each of three needles, with claret; pearl six rounds, knit five rounds.—Then,—
With blue,—knit one round, pearl one round, alternately, for six rounds.