Gunnison news-champion., 1918-08-16
A STOCKING IN RHYME
Mary o. o'c

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Cast on three needles and NO more:
Eaeh needle stitches eight and twenty,
Then one for seam stitch will be plenty
Two plain, two puri, alternately,
Che top must give adequately,)
Except the seam stitch which you do
One plain one purl the whole way thru
a hnger plain, you next must knit
Ere you begin to narrow il.
Tho, II you like the stocking long,
Two fingers length will not be wrong
And then the narrowings to make,
Two stitches you together take
Each side the seam then rounds plain
Before you narrow II again.
Ten narrowings you will surely find
VIII shape the stocking to your mind;
Then 20 rounds, knit plain must be
And stitches sixty-five you'll see
These just in half you must divide
With thirty-two on either side.
But on one needle there will be
Seam stitch in middle-thirty-th
One-half on needles two you place,
And leave alone little space
The other with seam in middle
To manage right is now the riddle
Backward, and forward you must knit
And always purl the backward bit,
Seam stitch purl and plain you know
And slip the first stitch, every row
When 80 rows you thus have done
Each side the seam knit two in one,
In each third row till sure you feel
That forty rows are in your heel.
You then begin the heel to close
For this choose one of the plain rows,
Knit plain to seam then two in one
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One plain stitch more must be done
Then turn your work, purl as before,
The seam stitch-2 in1 once more
Then turn again, knit till you see
Where first you turned q gap will be
Across it knit together two.
And don't forget one plain to do
Then turn again, purl as before
And so-'till there's q gap no more
The seam stitch you no longer mind
That, with the heel, is left behind,
When all the heel is quite closed in,
To knit q plain row you begin
And at the end you turn no more
But round and round knit as before;
For this on side needle take
The loops the first slip stitches make
With your heel needle knit them plain
To meet the old front half again =
This on one needle knit should be;
And then you'll have a needle free,
To take up loops the other side
And knit round plain, and to divide
The back parts evenly in two,
on the heel needle some are due
Be careful that you count the same
On each back needle; knit round plain
But ~ the foot is much too wide,
Take two together on each side.
On the back needle where they meet,
The front; to make seam quite neat,
Each time between knit / plain round
TIL stitches sixty-four are found
And the front needle does not lack
As many rs on both the back
You next knit fiftyysix rounds plain,
But do not narrow 1t again,
Twill then be long enough and SO
Begin to narrow at the toe.
Two first In the next row to match,
Your long front row knit plainly thru
But ttat its end knit stitches two.
Tiny meaning you'll not fail to catch)
Then on the other side knit plain,
Half round and do the same again.
That is, two last together catch
Two first in the front row to match,
At first knit four plain rounds between
Then two, then one until 'tis seen
You've knit enough to clos the toe
And then decrease in every row
Until to stitches eight you've brought
Then break the thread off not too short
And as these stitches eight you do
Each time your end Of thread pull thru
Then draw mp all and close it tight,
And with a darning needle bright
Your end Of thread securely run
And then, Hurrah, the stockings done.
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