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.)
[Illustration: 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.
=_To Knit the Strap._=--Divide the stitches into two parts for the
strap, making the division at the center back, and center front ribs.
Beginning at the center back rib, * k 1, n, knit across the needle
till but 3 stitches are left, sl and b, k 1; turn, purl back across
the needle, repeat three times from *. After this do not to sl and b
at the end of the needle but continue to narrow at the beginning of
the needle each time in knitting across, till the number of stitches
is decreased to 16. Then knit the other half of the strap to match, as
follows: beginning at the center front rib *k 1, n, knit across the
needle till but 3 stitches are left, sl and b, k 1, turn, purl back
across the needle, repeat three times from *. After this do not narrow
at the beginning of the needle, but continue to sl and b at the end of
the needle till the stitches are decreased to 16.
Now fold the right sides of the two parts just knitted together; k 1,
then k 2 stitches (one from each needle) together and bind the stitch
previously knitted over them; continue till all the stitches are bound
off. Work in single crochet once around the edges of the strap to give
extra strength.
=_To Knit the Foot._=--Divide the stitches so that there will
be 34 stitches on one needle for the heel. Decrease 3 stitches, and
keeping the center back stitch in the center of the heel, knit plain on
the right side and purl back on the wrong side until there are 15 loops
at each side. Then knit across 19 stitches, n, k 1, turn, sl 1, purl
back 9 stitches, n, p 1, turn, * sl 1, k across, knitting the stitch
following the last narrowing together with the next of the stitches
left on the needle; k 1, turn, sl 1, purl back and purl the stitch
following the last narrowing together with the next stitch, purl 1;
repeat from * until all the stitches on each side of the needle are
used.
Pick up the 15 loops on each side of the heel for stitches. Place the
stitches of the instep on one needle and the stitches of the sole on
two more needles; work to the beginning of the first sole needle, k 1,
n; knit across to within 3 stitches of the end of the 2d sole needle,
n, k 1; repeat the narrowing in every other round till the number
of stitches is decreased by 18. Then k 24 rounds without narrowing,
continuing the ribs along the instep. Now knit one round narrowing 7
times across instep. Then knit 2-1/2 inches plain and narrow at the
toe, as follows: place half the stitches on the instep needle and the
other half on the two sole needles; at the beginning of the instep
needle k 1, n, k across to within 3 stitches of the end of the needle,
n, k 1; first sole needle k 1, n, knit to within 3 stitches of the end
of second sole needle, n, k 1; narrow in this way in every other round
until 12 stitches are left on the instep needle and 6 on each of the
sole needles.
Bind off in this way, k 1, then knit 2 stitches together (one from the
sole and one from the instep needle) and bind the stitch previously
knitted over them; continue till all the stitches are bound off.
_Stocking No. 7, Pattern B. Light Brown Mixed Yarn with Olive Green and
Dark Brown Silk._
_Materials_--1 pair Stockings: Fleisher's German Knitting Worsted, Golf
and Cycle Mixture, 2 skeins No. 207; Corticelli Bicycle and Golf Silk,
1 skein each Nos. 110 and 528.
_Stocking No. 8, Pattern B. Green and Brown Mixed Yarn with Dark Green
and Old Purple Silk._
_Materials_--1 pair Stockings: Fleisher's German Knitting Worsted. Golf
and Cycle Mixture, 2 skeins No. 200; Corticelli Bicycle and Golf Silk,
1 skein each Nos. 586 and 676.
_Stocking No. 9, Pattern B. Tan and Brown Mixed Yarn with Dark Green
and Dark Red Silk._
_Materials_--1 pair Stockings: Fleisher's German Knitting Worsted, Golf
and Cycle Mixture, 2 skeins No. 214; Corticelli Bicycle and Golf Silk,
1 skein each Nos. 586 and 543.
Dealers can furnish all of the above material. See pages 92 and 94.
_Pattern B._