MEN’S SOCKS KNIT ON 2 NEEDLES

(Courtesy of Mrs. Horace Leeds)

1½ Hanks Knitting Worsted (or 6 Ounces)

2 Steel Needles No. 12

Cast on 80 stitches. Knit 2 plain and purl 2 for 4 inches. Then plain across one needle and purl across the other for rest of sock, being careful to knit on the right side and purl on the wrong. Knit 6 inches or until heel is reached.

Beginning on the right side knit 20 stitches, purl back to beginning of the needle, continue for 16 rows, then narrow one stitch each time at the beginning of the needle until you have 14 stitches on the needle. Bind off all but the last stitch. Take up the stitches on the side of the heel and knit across the needle. Purl back for the other side of the heel and continue as for the first half of heel, narrowing at the end of the needle until there are 14 stitches and binding off as before. Take up stitches on this side of heel, narrow one stitch on each side where heel joins the top until you have 70 stitches. Knit 6 inches, narrow once in 7 stitches, then knit 7 times across, narrow once in 6 stitches and knit 6 times across, and so on until you narrow every stitch, and continue until about 8 stitches remain, then bind off. Sew sock up the back and it is finished.