Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-14
about AZ inches. Tor inches

three needles. Knit TWO and purl two
for 4 " inches. Knit plain " inch
es. Heel: Put 80 stitches on one nee
die for the heel, ieaving the other
stitches on two needles. On the heel
needle knit back and forth, knitting
on the right side and purling on the
wrong, slipping off the first stitch on
each row onto the other needle with
out knitting it. When there are IA !
loops on each side not counting the
one on the needle, on the purl side |
nlrl 81 stitches, purl together the
next two stitches. Turn the work
around. leaving tn seven remaining
stitches on the needle. Slip off the
stitch last made. Knit twelve stitch
es, and knit together he eighth and
Turn as before leaving sven stitches
on the needle. Slip the first stitch,
purl twelve stitches, purl together,
the seventh and eighth stitches from
the left hand end. Turn and continue
in this manner, decreasing each time
by one the number of stitches on the
ends of the needles, until there are
| fourteen stitches only.
| Foot: Take up stitches through
the loops on the left side of the
heel There should be fourteen Knit
across the two needles which were
left for the instep. Take up fourteen
stitches on the other side of the heel,
knit half the fourteen stitches which
were left from the heel. Now arrange
each heel needle seven stitches left
from the heel, fourteen from loops
taken up and two taken from the
instep needle, twenty-three in all.
There will be 26 on the instep nee
die. Let us call the heel needle on
which we first took up the loops the
firsth eel needle and the other the
second Knit once all the way around
and almost to the end of the first heel
needle. There knit together the third
and fourth stitches from the left
hand end. Knit two, knit across in
step needle. Knit two stitches on sec
ond heel needle, knit together third
and fourth stitches by slipping and
binding or by plain narrowing. In
order to slip and bind take off one
stitch as if to knit it but without do
ing so, knit the next one, with the left
hand needle draw the unknit stitch
over the knitted one. Wherever the
fabric seems to lap towards the len
it looks better to slip and bind bV
plain narrowing will do in every
, case. Knit all the way around plain
and as far as the place where the
and fourth together as before and the
same on the other heel needle Con
tinue in this way narrowing every
other round until there are seventeen
stitches on each heel needle, sixt,
all the way around. Knit plain unit
the foot measured from the back o
the heel is S1a inches long.
Toe: Slip two stitches from eacl
needle onto the instep needle. Ther'
are now fifteen stitches on each hee
, needle and thirty on the instep nee
. slip and bind or narrow the thir,
and fourth together. knit %, marrow
n third and fourth from the left han'
a end, knit two. Next needle, knit two
Ia -. I'll
- fourth, knit eleven stitches. Thir
4 needle, knit eleven stitches, narroN
third and fourth from end. Knit two
You have now narrowed four time
in one round. Knit two rounds plain
Make narrowing round by narrow
% ing four times in the same place a
w before. Knit two rounds plair
O Make a narrowing round. Knit on
round. Narrow every other round III
G. til there are five stitches on eacn het
~ needle and ten on the instep. Kn
K around once plain and slip all he'
N stitches onto one needle.
~ Kitchener Toe: Break off threa
10 leaving about foot. Thread on boz
of kin or darning needle. Hold wor
IA with thread at right end. Pass wo
c sted needle drought first stitch
a. front knitting neecle as If knittir
70 and slip stitch off-pass through 2r
~ stitch as if purling-leave stitch o
IN pull thread through LIST stitch of ba'
of needle as if purling, slip stitch o
no purl thread through 2nd stitch
IT. back needle as if knitting. leave Il
n stitch on. Repeat from until
II stitches are off the needle.
ON Sock when finished should me
en- sure:
lie Foot, from tip of heel to tip
NJ toe. IL inches.
le Leg. from tip of heel to tip of le
Ne IA inches.