(_Courtesy of Bear Brand Yarn Mfrs._)
1½ Hanks Knitting Yarn
1 Pair Amber Needles No. 5
Cast on 6 stitches. Knit 8 rows plain. Next row: knit 1, knit 2 into
next stitch, knit plain to end of row. Increase thus a stitch in each
row until you have 26 stitches in all. Knit 40 rows plain. Next row:
knit plain till within 3 stitches of end of row, knit 2 together, knit
1. Decrease thus until you have 6 stitches on the needle, knit 8 rows
plain, and bind off.
Pick up 60 stitches along one side, knitting each stitch as you take it
up. Knit 3 rows. Knit 2, purl 2, for 28 rows. Bind off. Take up 60
stitches on the other side of the centre piece in the same manner, and
finish as above.
If desired, the knee cap may be finished thus: after ribbing in rows of
knit 2, purl 2 for 28 rows, knit 4 rows plain: next row * knit 1,
increase 1 in second stitch, knit 2 together, and repeat from * to end
of row. Knit 4 rows plain. Bind off, and run a piece of elastic through
the holes.