38
35 36 42
40 40 46
50 42 50
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SCALLOPED EDGE (figs. 355 and 356).--This is the simplest and
strongest edge you can have for a stocking, and is called the
cat's-teeth edge.

[Illustration: FIG. 355. SCALLOPED STOCKING EDGE. EDGE OPEN.]

[Illustration: FIG. 356. SCALLOPED STOCKING EDGE. EDGE FOLDED TOGETHER.]

Having cast on the stitches, knit 6 to 10 rounds plain, according to the
size of the cotton, then one round of alternate intakes and overs. Knit
as many plain rounds as before, and with a sixth needle take up as many
of the cast on stitches, as you have stitches on one of the upper
needles. Turn this needle inwards, and place it against the outside
needle and knit off both needles together. See that you knit the
corresponding stitches off together, otherwise the scallops that form
the edge will be crooked.

COMMON HEEL (fig. 357).--This is the simplest form of heel, and can be
knitted either with or without an outside seam. Divide the stitches into
four, and put two more on each of the heel needles than on the others,
then make, according to the size of the cotton, from 15 to 20 seams;
knit off all the stitches on the right needle and a third of those on
the left. Supposing that you have 24 stitches, knit off 8, then slip 1,
knit 1, and pull the slipped stitch over, knit 2 plain, turn the work,
slip the first, and purl the next 8 stitches of the second needle; purl
the 9th and 10th together, purl 2, turn the work to the right side, and
slip the first stitch on to the right needle. By means of these
successive intakes after the 8 stitches, the knitting forms a plait on
both sides of the heel.

[Illustration: FIG. 357. COMMON HEEL.]

In all heels that are made after this pattern, the intakes must begin on
the right side and the last one must be made on the wrong, so that once
the heel is finished and the work turned, you can go on knitting plain.

When you have finished the stitches of the two heel needles up to the
outside seams, take up the stitches on the sides of the heel with a
spare needle and knit them on to the left heel needle, then knit the
stitches reserved for the instep, take up the stitches on the right side
of the heel again and knit them on to th