round.—Same as 1st.

Rib 4 rounds.—7 stitches on back needle rib.

Decreasing once in Round

1st round.—Back needle. P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, knit 2 together, k 3, etc. After the decreasings, purl or knit the next rib according to pattern.

2nd and 3rd rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 6, etc.

Observe two rounds only are knitted between decreasings.

4th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, knit 2 together, k 2, etc.

5th and 6th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 5, etc.

7th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, knit 2 together, k 2, etc.

8th and 9th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 4, etc.

10th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, knit 2 together, k 1, etc.

11th and 12th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 3, etc.

13th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, knit 2 together, etc.

14th and 15th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, etc.

16th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, knit 2 together, etc.

17th and 18th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, etc.

19th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 1, purl 2 together, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, etc.

20th and 21st rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 4, etc.

22nd round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 1, purl 2 together, p 1, etc.

23rd and 24th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 3, etc.

25th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, purl 2 together, p 1, etc.

26th and 27th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, etc.

28th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, purl 2 together, etc.

29th and 30th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 1, etc.

31st round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, knit 2 together, k 1, etc.

32nd and 33rd rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 4, etc.

34th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, knit 2 together, k 1, etc.

35th and 36th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 3, etc.

37th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, knit 2 together, etc.

38th and 39th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, etc.

40th round.—P 2, k 2, p 2, knit 2 together, etc.

41st and 42nd rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 2, k 1, etc.

43rd round.—P 2, k 2, p 1, purl 2 together, p 2, etc.

44th and 45th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 4, etc.

46th round.—P 2, k 2, p 1, purl 2 together, p 1, etc.

47th and 48th rounds.—P 2, k 2, p 3, etc.

49th round.—P 2, k 2, p 1, p 2 together, etc.

This finishes the decreasings. You will have 10 stitches left on your back needle, 57 stitches in all on the needles. Your decreasings will have formed a good V-shaped slant.

Continue ribbing until the stocking measures, from casting on, 22 inches. You must not pull out the stocking, but place it flat on the table and measure it with a rule.

Heel

Prepare for heel by ribbing to end of back needle, from next needle knit off on back needle the broad rib of 9 stitches. Knit on a 2nd needle the small ribs and 5 of the next broad rib stitches, in all 15 stitches. On a 3rd needle k 4 and next small ribs, 14 stitches in all. Now pass the 9 stitches of broad rib on to the heel or back needle. This gives you 28 stitches on the heel needle.

The heel is formed by knitting the heel needle backwards and forwards.

1st row.—Slip 1 (when you slip 1st stitch put in needle from right to left), k 8, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 9, turn.

2nd row.—Slip 1, p 8, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 2, k 2, p 9, turn.

Repeat these two rows until you have knitted 30 rows.

To round Heel

1st row.—Slip 1, k 15, knit 2 together, k 1, turn.

2nd row.—Slip 1, p 5, purl 2 together, p 1, turn.

3rd row.—Slip 1, k 6, knit 2 together, k 1, turn.

4th row.—Slip 1, p 7, purl 2 together, p 1, turn.

5th row.—Slip 1, k 8, knit 2 together, k 1, turn.

6th