Girls’ Crochet Leggings No. 848
Reading edition
See Illustration, Page 81

Model No. 848
MATERIALS
2 hanks White Utopia Scotch Knitting Yarn. 1 Crochet Hook, No. 4.
DIRECTIONS
Ch. 54 sts., turn, 53 s. c. in every ch. st., turn, 53 s. c. in the 53 s. c. of previous row, work 25 rows without turning.
Twenty-sixth Row—12 s. c., 29 h. d. c., thread in front of needle, 12 s. c.
Twenty-seventh Row—10 s. c., 33 h. d. c., 10 s. c.
Twenty-eighth Row—8 s. c., 37 h. d. c., 8 s. c.
Twenty-ninth Row—6 s. c., 41 h. d. c., 6 s. c.
Thirtieth Row—4 s. c., 45 h. d. c., 4 s. c.
Thirty-first Row—2 s. c., 49 h. d. c., 2 s. c.
Thirty-second Row—53 h. d. c. for 12 rows, decrease 1 st. every other row at center back for next 10 rows and decrease 1 st. every row of next 4 rows, having 44 h. d. c., work 19 rows straight, at 78th row increase 811 st. at center front and draw stitch tight at back.
Seventy-ninth Row—Increase 2 sts. at center front and tight at back.
Eightieth Row—Increase 2 sts. at front.
Eighty-first Row—Increase 2 sts. at front and finish with 2 rows of s. c.