(Foot measures 10½ inches)
4 Ounces of 4-Ply Fingering
4 Steel Needles No. 12
Cast on 60 stitches (20 on each needle), rib in rows of knit 2, purl 2,
or knit 3, purl 1, for 4 inches. Knit plain until the leg measures 11
inches including the ribbing. Divide the stitches so that one needle
contains 30 stitches with 15 on each of the other 2 needles.
_To Make Heel_—Work forward and backward along the needle with the
greatest number of stitches, slip 1, purl 1. Every row is the same, knit
16 rows and finish along the inside row. _To turn the heel flap._ Begin
on an outside row. Slip 1, knit 11, * knit 2 together, knit 2, knit 2
together, knit plain to end of row * then purl along the inside row.
_Outside Row._ Slip 1, knit 10 and repeat * to *. Continue knitting the
inside and outside rows, knitting 1 less after the slip one in each
outside row until there are 12 stitches on the needle. Finish along an
inside row. _To pick up the sides of the Heel Flap._ Pick up and knit
the inner loops of the chain at the left side of the flap, adding these
to the 12 already on the heel needle.
Knit along the front of the sock, working the stitches on to one needle
ready for the instep. Pick up and knit the inner loops of the chain at
the right-hand side of the flap, and take off half of the 12 heel
stitches on to this needle, dividing the stitches evenly on the 2 heel
needles. The foot is knitted plain.
Now count the stitches in the whole round. The _difference_ between this
number and the number of stitches in a round at the ankle will give the
number of stitches to be decreased at the instep. Then divide number of
stitches to be decreased by two and this will give the number of rounds
in which intakes must be worked.
To work round of instep decreasings. Knit to within 2 stitches of the
end of the left-hand heel needle, knit these 2 together. Knit along the
instep needle. At the beginning of the right-hand heel slip 1, knit 1,
and pull the slipped stitch over the knitted one. Knit to the end of
round. Go on decreasing in this way until you have 4 consecutive rounds,
then every other round until you have 15 stitches on each heel needle;
the number of stitches on the 2 heel needles should be equal to the
instep needle. Continue knitting plain rounds until the foot measures 9
inches, then commence to shape the toe, by beginning on the instep
needle with 30 stitches.
1st round. * Slip 1, knit 2 together, † slip 1, knit 1; repeat from † to
within 3 stitches of the end of the needle, then knit 2 together, knit
1. The 2 back needles with 15 stitches on each are to be treated as one
needle and worked as the instep needle, therefore repeat from *. This
completes the round.
2nd round. † knit 1, slip 1, repeat from † to end of round, knitting the
last stitch.
3rd round. † Slip 1, knit 1, repeat from † to end of round, knitting the
last stitch. Repeat from * to the end of third round 3 times. There
should be 44 stitches in the round.
Next round. ** Slip 1, knit 2 together; * Slip 1, knit 1; repeat from *
to within three of the end of needle, then knit 2 together. Knit 1.
Repeat from ** for the working of the two back needles, treating them as
one.
Next round. * Knit 1, slip 1; repeat from * to end of round, but knit
the last stitch. Repeat from ** till the stitches number 12.
Divide the stitches equally on 2 needles and cast off, darning the end
of the wool up and down the side of the toe to make the fastening very
secure. Fold the sock along the centre back of leg and press under a
heavy weight.