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Show Direction For I Knitting Socks I Socks must not have a ridge under the heel nor at tho end of the too. Do not knit coarse yarn on flno needles. Never finish a too by placing stltche3 on two needles and casting off from both needles together; never do this under the heel. Break any knots In thopvool and Join again by running each end Into tho other with a darning needle for about six Inches. To make the heel moro durable, white Dexter knitting cotton No. 20 may be knitted In with tho wool. Always wash socks carefully before be-fore giving them in. Materials Required: Six to seven-ounce wheeling or fingering 36 or 37 strands; four steel knitting needles, No. 13. This makes a largo sock. Measurements of finished sock-Length sock-Length from top of sock to bottom of heel, 14 1-2 inches; length of foot, 11 1-2 Inches; length of ribbing, 4 1-2 Inches; length of leg, to commencement com-mencement of heel, 12 Inches. (Note: To each threo dozen of this slzo are desired one dozen with olevon-lnch foot nnd one dozen with twelve-Inch foot.) Instructions: Cast on CS stitches; rib 4 1-2 Inches, 2 plain, 2purl, knit plain 7 1-2 Inches. (Making 12 Inches in all.) Heel Knit plain 34 stitches onto ono needle; turn, purl back theso 34 stitches; turn, knit plnln; repeat theso two 'rows (always slipping tho first stitch) sixteen times (seventeen In all). j With tho inside of the heel toward 'you, purl 19 stitches, purl, two together, to-gether, purl one. ' Turn, knit 6 stitches, slip one, knit one, pull slipped stitch over, knit one, turn, purl 7 Btltches, purl 2 together, purl one. Turn, knit 8 stitches, slip 1, knit 1, pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn, purl 0 stitches, purl 2 together, purl 1. Turn, knit 10 stitches, Blip 1, knit 1, pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn, purl 11 stitches, purl 2 together, to-gether, purl 1. Turn, knit 12 stitches, slip 1, knit 1, pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn, purl 13 stitches, purl 2 togther, purl 1. Turn, knit 14 stitches, slip 1, knit 1, pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn, purl 16 Btltches, purl 2 together, to-gether, purl 1. Turn, knit 1G stitches, slip 1, knit 1, pull slipped stitch over, knit 1, turn, purl 17 Btltches, purl 2 together, to-gether, purl 1. Turn, knit 18 stltchos, slip 1, knit 1, pull slipped stitch over, knit 1. Pick up nnd knit 18 Btltches down tho sldo of tho heel piece. Knit tho 34 stitches or tho front needles onto ono needlo. Pick up nnd knit tho 18 stitches at tho other sldo of tho heel pieco. Divldo tho heel stitches onto tho two oldo needles, and knit right around again to tho contor heol. First needle Knit to within 3 stitches of tho front end of sldo needlo, knit 2 togothor, knit 1. Front noodle plain. Third needlo Knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pull slipped stitch over, knit plain to end of needlo. ' This reducing to bo dono every I other row until there are 69 stltche3 I on tho needles. H Knit plain until tho foot (from tho I hack of the heel) measures 9 1-2 H Inches. H Too Divldo tho 69 stltche3 bo- I tween the threo needles, 23 on each H needle. BJ First Row Knit together first and second stltche3 on each needle. BJ Third row Knit together third I and fourth Btltches on each needle. I And bo on, beginning again with I first and second stitches after reach- I Ing tho last stitches on each needle. I Decrease to 9 stitches (three on I each needle). Draw wool through .BJ stitches and darn in carefully. t3 |
