English Sleeping Socks
Materials Required:
2 skeins Bear Brand Germantown, 4-fold.
1 pair amber knitting pins, No. 2, 10 inches long.
1 No. 2 amber crochet hook, 10 inches long.
Cast on 72 stitches and purl one row.
Second row: k. 1, increase (by picking up and knitting the thread) k. 34, increase, knit 2, increase, k. 34, increase, k. 1.
Third and every alternate row: purl.
Fourth row: k. 2, increase, knit 34, increase, k. 1, increase, k. 2 for center, then reverse directions.
Sixth row: k. 1, increase, k. 39, increase, knit 2 and reverse.
Eighth row: k. 2, increase, k. 39, increase, k. 1, increase, k. 2 and reverse. Purl 1 row.
First pattern row: with crochet hook make 1 double crochet (see page 6 ) in the first stitch. * 1 d. c. through two taken together, 1 d. c. through the back of the same two and repeat from * ending with 1 d. c. in the last stitch.
Second row: k. 1, increase, purl the row, ending by purling the last 2 stitches together.
Third row: like first. Purl three rows.
Repeat the first and second rows.
Ninth row: k. 43, * slip 1, k. 2 tog., pass the slipped stitch over and repeat from *, k. 43.
Tenth row: p. 40, slip 1, k. 2 tog. pass the slipped stitch over, p. 2, slip 1, k. 2 tog. pass the slipped stitch over, p. 40.
Eleventh row: (crochet) 1 d. c. * 1 d. c. through 2, 1 d. c. in the back of same 2 and repeat from * 17 times, more. 1 d. c. through 2, 1 d. c. through next 2 stitches, 1 d. c through next 2 and 1 d. c. in the back of same 2 (center) and reverse directions.
Twelfth row: purl 37, slip 1, k. 2 tog., pass the slipped stitch over, slip 1, k. 2 tog., pass the slipped stitch over, purl 37.
On the thirteenth row the instep tab is commenced. Knit 33, k. 2 tog., k. 6, k. 2 tog. Turn.
Fourteenth row: slip 1, purl 6, purl 2 tog. Turn.
Fifteenth row: slip 1, knit 6, knit 2 tog. Turn.
Repeat the last 2 rows.
Nineteenth row: slip 1, k. 6, k. 2 tog., k. 1. Turn.
Twentieth row: slip 1, purl 7, purl 2 tog., p. 1. Turn.
Twenty-first row: slip 1, k. 8, k. 2 tog. Turn.
Twenty-second row: slip 1, p. 8. p. 2 tog. Turn.
Repeat the last 2 rows until there are 40 stitches, in all, on the pins; then continue along the row, knitting the 15 stitches on the left hand needle. Purl 1 row.
First leg row: (crochet) 1 d. c., * 1 d. c. through 2, 1 d. c. in the back of same 2 and repeat from * 1 d. c. in final stitch. Purl 1 row.
Repeat first row.
Fourth row: purl 1, increase, purl the row ending by purling the last 2 stitches together.
Fifth row: k. 1, increase, knit along row, increase k. 1.
Sixth row: purl 3, increase, purl along the row, ending by increasing, then purling last 3.
Repeat the first and second rows, twice, then repeat the fifth and sixth rows.
Repeat these last 6 (six) pattern rows, twice, then make four plain rows of alternate knitting and purling and bind off. Sew up seams.