Girls’ Socks No. 856

Model No. 856

MATERIALS

4 balls Utopia Scotch Heather. ½ ball Red, same material. 5 Steel Knitting Needles, No. 8.

DIRECTIONS

With red cast on 96 sts., 24 sts. on each of 4 needles, k. 1 row.

First, Second, Third and Fourth Round—K. 4, p. 4.

Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Rounds—P. 4, k. 4.

Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Rounds—K. 4, p. 4.

Thirteenth Round—P.

Fourteenth Round—K. 2 sts. together, * throw thread over needle, k. 2 sts. together, repeat from * all around.

Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Rounds—Change to brown, k. 4, p. 4.

Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-second Rounds—P. 4, k. 4.

Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Rounds—K. 4, p. 4.

Twenty-seventh Round—P.

Twenty-eighth Round—K. 2 sts. together, * over, k. 2 sts. together, repeat from * all around.

Twenty-ninth Round—P.

Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty-third Rounds—Change to red, k. 4, p. 4.

Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Rounds—P. 4, k. 4.

Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Forty-first Rounds—K. 4, p. 4.

K. 4 rounds. Change to brown, k. 2, p. 2, for 4 inches, start pattern for leg, p. 5, k. 1.

Second Round—K.

Third Round—P. 5, k. 1, repeat these two rows alternately for pattern to heel, after knitting 4 inches of pattern decrease on 1st needle, p. 1 for seam k. 1, k. 2 together, k. around to last 3 sts. on 4th needle, slip 1 st., k. 1, draw slip st. over k. st., k. 1, decrease in this way every 7th row for 10 times.

K. pattern until leg measures 10 inches.

Heel—Take 36 sts. on 1 needle for heel, having 20 sts. on each of two needles for instep; on the 36 sts. for heel, k. 1 row.

P. 1 row alternately for 30 rows, always slip 1st st., turn heel as follows:

P. 20 sts., p. 2 sts. together, p. 1, turn, slip 1, k. 4, k. 2 together, k. 1, turn, slip 1, p. 5, p. 2 together, p. 1, turn, slip 1, k. 6, k. 2 together k. 1, turn, continue working in this way toward sides of the heel, decreasing every row until all sts. are worked up, having 20 sts. on needle.

Pick up and k. 15 sts. on left side of heel, k. the 2 instep needles with same pattern as on leg, pick up and k. 15 sts. on right side of heel, divide the heel sts. on 2 needles, 25 sts. on each, k. 1 round, continue with pattern on the two instep needles, then decrease, k. to the last 3 sts. on 1st needle, k. 2 together, k. 1, k. across instep, on last 77needle k. 1, slip 1, k. 1, draw slip st. over k. st., decrease in this way every 2nd round until there are 16 sts. left on each heel needle, k. these 2 needles and the two instep needles with pattern until foot measures 6 inches from heel. Toe, k. to the last 3 sts. on 1st. needle k. 2 together, k. 1, on next needle, k. 1, slip 1, k. 1, draw the slip st. over k. st., k. to end.

Third needle same as first needle.

Fourth needle same as second needle; repeat this, narrowing every other row until there are 8 sts. left, put 4 sts. on each of 2 needles, and sew together with joining st.