Bicycle and Golf Stockings.
Pattern A, with Strap.
(The Stocking Leg shows the light brown mixed yarn.)
The increasing popularity of the wheel and the game of golf has revived the interest in knitting, especially since desirable and exclusive patterns in bicycle and golf stockings are not easily obtained in the ready made goods.
The designs given here are knit from wool and silk. The silk is made especially for this work and in combination with wool the effect is very handsome. The best results can only be secured by the use of the exact material called for in the instructions. Corticelli Bicycle and Golf Silk is made of specially selected stock dyed in fast colors, and will be found easy to knit. Fleisher's German Knitting Worsted, Golf and Cycle Mixtures, is just the right size to use in connection with the silk. To identify this yarn look for the name "Fleisher's" on the ticket attached to each hank. The colors of silk to go with the different colors of yarns harmonize perfectly. Ordinary yarn, no matter of what kind or color, will not do to work these patterns.
Those who do not care to knit the complete stocking can make the tops alone. These are frequently made separate, but the stocking (purchased at any store) on which they are put should not be cut, but the top sewn on just in place to turn over in the right position. The extra thickness is no disadvantage, in fact, rather the contrary. This suggestion is entirely practical, especially since stockings with fancy tops and plain legs are now the vogue.
Care must be taken to knit the top of stockings quite loosely, allowing plenty of slack in the thread especially when changing from silk to yarn and vice versa. Without this slack the tops of Patterns B and C will not give or stretch, making it difficult to draw them on and off. To knit these patterns four No. 13 steel needles are required. The quantity of silk and yarn necessary for each pair of stockings is given on the following pages. Among the twelve patterns will be found one which cannot fail to suit every individual taste as to the proper color combinations of yarn and silk.