Materials Required:
2 balls (½ oz.) Three Rabbit Angora Wool or 8 small balls.
1 pair Bear Brand nickeled knitting pins, No. 8.
1 small bone crochet hook.
Cast on 30 stitches. Purl 1 row, knit 1 row, * purl 2 rows, knit 2 rows.
Repeat from * twice, then purl 2 rows.
Seventeenth row: k. 1, * over, k. 2 together and repeat from *, ending
row with k. 1. Purl one row.
The foot of the bootee is in plain garter stitch throughout. First row:
k. 14, over, k. 2, over, k. 14. Second row: plain.
Repeat the first and second rows until 21 rows in all have been made for
the foot. On each widened row there will be one more stitch on each side
of the widenings that are required to shape the front. The 2 center
stitches are knitted between widenings always.
On the 52 stitches, on needle, knit 5 rows.
Twenty-seventh and twenty-ninth rows: narrow by knitting the second and
third stitches together and the two next to last stitches together. All
the even numbered rows are plain, without increase or decrease.
[Illustration]
Thirty-first row: k. 1, narrow (k. 2 tog.), k. 16, narrow, k. 6, narrow,
k. 16, narrow, k. 1.
Thirty-third row: k. 1, narrow, k. 14, narrow, k. 6, narrow, k. 14,
narrow, k. 1.
Thirty-fifth row: k. 1, narrow, k. 12, narrow, k. 2, narrow, k. 2,
narrow, k. 12, narrow, k. 1.
Bind off. Sew up the back seam and sole: then crochet an edge of tiny
shells around the top, as follows: * 1 s. c., ch. 2, 1 d. c. in same
place, skip 2 stitches and repeat from *.
[Illustration:
Dresden Baby Afghan
]