stocking is knit 5, purl 2.

Work 6 rounds of this rib, k 5, p 2.

Blue Wool.—One round plain knitting.

2nd round.—The rib, k 5, p 2. Each time you change the wool the 1st round must be plain knitting, the other rounds are ribbed. Don't break off the different coloured wool until told to do so.

Tan Wool.—Seven rounds. Recollect to knit all 1st round.

Speckled Wool.—Two rounds.

Blue Wool.—Nine rounds.

Speckled Wool.—Two rounds.

Tan Wool.—Seven rounds.

Blue Wool.—Two rounds.

Now break off all the wools, excepting the speckled.

Speckled Wool.—Rib until your stocking measures, from casting on, six inches. To make your stocking top fall over correctly, you must now turn your work inside out and continue the rib until your stocking measures, from casting on, nine inches. Be careful after you have turned it to knit 5 over the knitted stitches, and to purl over the 2 purled ones.

Increasing for Calf

Directions are only given for the back needle, where the increasing is made. Follow the usual ribbing in the rounds.

Back needle. 1st round.—This must be a needle with 28 stitches on it. (See directions for raising in general directions.) K 5, p 2, k 5, p 1, raise 1, p 1, etc. By etc. understand is meant continue the usual rib.

2nd round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 3, etc.

3rd round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 1, raise 1, p 2, etc.

4th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 4, etc.

5th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, raise 1, p 2, etc.

6th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 1, p 2, etc.

7th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, raise 1, k 1, p 2, etc.

8th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 2, p 2, etc.

9th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 1, raise 1, k 1, p 2, etc.

10th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 3, p 2, etc.

11th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 2, raise 1, k 1, p 2, etc.

12th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 4, p 2, etc.

13th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 3, raise 1, k 1, p 2, etc.

14th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, etc.

15th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 4, raise 1, k 1, p 2, etc.

16th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 6, p 2, etc.

17th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 5, raise 1, k 1, p 2, etc.

18th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, k 7, p 2, etc.

Repeat 18th round until your stocking measures, from casting on, 12½inches. You will have 37 stitches on your back needle.

Decreasing

This is done every other round. In the intermediate rounds follow the ribbing as usual, and where the decreasing has been made knit, if over knitted stitches, purl when over-purled.

1st round.—Back needle. K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, knit 2 together, k 5, etc.

3rd round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, knit 2 together, k 4, etc.

5th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, knit 2 together, k 3, etc.

7th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, knit 2 together, k 2, etc.

9th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, knit 2 together, k 1, etc.

11th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, knit 2 together, p 2, etc.

13th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 2, purl 2 together, p 1, etc.

15th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, p 1, purl 2 together, p 1, etc.

17th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, purl 2 together, p 1, etc.

19th round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, purl 2 together, etc.

21st round.—K 5, p 2, k 5, knit 2 together, k 4, p 2, etc.

23rd round.—K 5, p 2, k 4, knit 2 together, k 4, p 2, etc.

25th round.—K 5, p 2, k 4, knit 2 together, k 3, p