Materials—1 pair Stockings: Fleisher's German Knitting Worsted, Golf and Cycle Mixture, 2 skeins No. 218; Corticelli Bicycle and Golf Silk, 2 skeins No. 794.
Dealers can furnish all the above material. See pages 92 and 94.
Pattern A.
For Stockings Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Cast 100 stitches Yarn on to 4 No. 13 Steel Needles and knit as follows: Knit 4 rounds, 2 plain, 2 purl Yarn;—5th and 6th rounds, k plain Yarn;—7th round, k 1 Silk, 9 Yarn;—8th round, k 2 Silk, 7 Yarn, 1 Silk;—9th round, k 3 Silk, 5 Yarn, 2 Silk;—10th round, k 4 Silk, 3 Yarn, 3 Silk;—11th round, k 5 Silk, 1 Yarn, 4 Silk;—12th round, k 4 Silk, 3 Yarn, 3 Silk;—13th round, k 3 Silk, 5 Yarn, 2 Silk;—14th round, k 2 Silk, 7 Yarn, 1 Silk;—15th round, k 1 Silk, 9 Yarn;—16th round, k Yarn;—17th and 18th rounds, purl Yarn and reduce 16 stitches;—19th round, k plain Yarn;—20th round, * k 1, n; turn, sl 1; p 1; turn, k 3; turn, p 3; turn, k 3, n; turn, p 4; turn, k 5; repeat from * all the way around in Yarn.—*21st round, in Silk, pick up 5 stitches behind; turn, k 5; turn, p 4; p 1 Silk and 1 Yarn together; turn, k 5; turn, p 4; p 1 Silk and 1 Yarn together; turn, k 5; turn, p 4; p 1 Silk and 1 Yarn together; turn, k 5; turn, p 4; p 1 Silk and 1 Yarn together; turn, k 5; turn, p 4; p 1 Silk and 1 Yarn together; repeat from * all around;—*22d round, pick up 5 stitches in Yarn the other way around; turn, p 5; turn, k 4; k 1 Yarn and 1 Silk together; turn, p 4; turn, k 3; k 1 Yarn and 1 Silk together; turn p 3; turn, k 2; k 1 Yarn and 1 Silk together; turn, p 2; turn, k 1; k 1 Yarn and 1 Silk together; turn, p 1; turn, k 2 and repeat from * all around. (Note, when you change color, always work reverse way.) Pick up stitches till you have 100 on your needles.—23d round, k Yarn;—24th and 25th rounds, p Yarn;—26th to 35th rounds, same as rounds 7th to 16th;—36th to 40th rounds, k plain Yarn;—41st and 42d rounds, p Yarn. This completes the top.
To Knit the Leg.—Knit 3 rounds plain, then purl 1, k 1 for 2 inches. Now turn the stocking inside out and proceed to knit the leg by the instructions given below. (The part just knitted forms the turn over top of stocking. It will be wrong side out while the leg is being knitted, but turns over right side out when the work is completed as shown by the engraving.)
Stocking Top of Pattern A.
Purl 3 rounds, knit 15 rounds plain; then p 1, k 4 all around; knit this way for 3 inches. The narrowing begins at the center rib of the back of the stocking and ends at the center rib in the front of the stocking. Make the first or center back narrowing as follows: on one of the needles which begins, p 1, k 4, purl the purled stitch, k 1, sl 1, k 1, pass slipped stitches over and k 1. This completes the first narrowing and the rib now consists of 1 purled stitch and 3 plain ones only. All the narrowings are made the same way. * Knit 3 rounds. In the fourth round knit to the rib preceding the narrowed center rib and narrow that rib as before; then knit to the rib, following the narrowed center rib, and narrow it; also repeat from *, always narrowing in every fourth round at each side of the previous narrowing until all the ribs, including the front center one, are narrowed. After knitting 4 inches more the leg is complete, and you are ready to begin the strap or the foot.
The strap is commonly used on bicycle and golf stockings although some prefer the complete foot. Below we give directions for knitting both.