2 Ounces of Paton’s 3-Ply Superior Wheeling Yarn
4 Steel Needles No. 12
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Set up 44 stitches on 3 needles (1st needle 12 stitches, 2nd needle 16
and 3rd needle 16 stitches). Knit 2 plain and 2 purl for 30 rounds and
knit the 31 and 32 rounds plain.
_For the Thumb_—On the 33d round knit 2, make increase of 1 stitch, knit
2, again make an increase of 1 stitch and finish the round plain. Knit 2
rounds plain and on 36th round knit 2, make an increase of 1, knit 4,
increase 1 and finish round plain. Then knit 2 plain rounds. You will
now have 38 rounds.
Start 39th round by knitting 2, increasing 1, knitting 6, increasing 1
and finish round plain. Again knit 2 plain rounds.
Start 42nd round by knitting 2, increasing 1, knitting 8, increasing 1
and finish as before. Then knit 2 plain rounds.
Continue increasing every 3 rounds by knitting as directed with 2 plain
rounds between until the 1st needle holds 28 stitches; leaving each time
2 more stitches between the increase (16 in all). You will now have 54
rounds. Knit 55th round plain.
Begin 56th round by knitting 4, purling 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl
2, knit 2, purl 2, and finish round plain. Repeat this four times.
Begin 61st round by knitting 2 and cast off 16. Knit other 10 stitches
on 1st needle and finish round plain.
Begin the 62nd round by knitting the 2 stitches left on 1st needle and
continue, joining the 10 stitches on other side of the thumb and finish
round plain. Knit 7 rounds plain.
Begin 70th round by knitting 2 and purling 2 all around and repeat 15
times. Then cast off as follows:
Knit 1 then place this stitch back on to the left-hand needle, knit 2
together * place the resulting stitch back on the left-hand needle, knit
2 together and repeat from *.