Ladies’ Slumber Boots of White Utopia Germantown Yarn and Blue Shetland Floss, No. 569

Model No. 569

MATERIALS

¼ less than full skein of Germantown Yarn and 2 skeins Blue Shetland Floss. 1 Crochet Hook, No. 4. (Floss to be used double.)

DIRECTIONS

With wh. y. ch. 7, wk. 6 h. d. c. on 1 side of ch. sts., 3 h. d. c. in last ch., 6 h. d. c. on ch. opposite 6 sts., turn; 2d row, wk. same st. through e. preceding st., with 3 sts. in center for inc.; 3d r., attach 2 threads of bl. y., wk. 1 r. s. c. in e. st., inc. in center st. as before, turn, wk. 2d r. bl. in back ½ of top ch. in preceding r. of sts., to make rd., no inc. in this r., attach wh. y., wk. 2 rs. h. d. c., inc. in center st. on e. r., re. directions for bl., and alternate the bl. and wh. stripes (inc. in both rs. of wh. wk. and on 1 r. of bl.) to have 5 wh. and 5 bl. sections to vamp end, 6th gr. of wh., wk. to center st., ch. 24, wk. back h. d. c. straight along to sole edge, now alternate bl. and wh. patt. on 46 sts. to have 6 rds. bl., 7 grs. wh., 1 r. of last gr. wh. on 46 sts., 1 r. 22 sts. Join to vamp on inside of wk. with sl. sts. for neat seam, trim boot with bl. scallop of 5 st. shells on top and fr. edges, tip with wh. y., close fr. edges on right side with ch. and sl. st. for pretty finish on seam, make furry balls of bl. y., ch. ¼ yd. of wh. to e., sew 2 to top of boot and 2 at ankle.

For Sole—Wk. 12 d. c. exactly at center back, cro. 12 rs. back and forth, dcr. 1 st. e. end of r. on 5 rs. to shape toe, fit sole carefully to boot top, cro. together on right side with ch. and sl. st. all around, even through back sts. Turn s. c. back over edges to show attractively, copy 2d boot carefully and tack pair together.

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