otton forward, and knit 1. Continue
this till you have 11 holes made. Bring the cotton forward and
slip a stitch, knit a stitch, pull the slipped stitch over the
knitted one, slip a stitch, knit a stitch, pull the slipped stitch
over the knitted one. Continue to slip a stitch, knit a stitch,
and pull the slipped one over it 4 times more, which should bring
you to the seam-stitch. Knit the back of the stocking, and continue
this pattern round the other two needles, which will conclude the row.
The next 3 rows are knit plain, except the seam-stitches, which must
be attended to. This finishes the pattern; and you begin again at
the first row, and repeat the pattern 45 times. You then begin
the heel: knit the seam-stitch on the 1st needle plain, then knit
the pattern-row of the stripe; knit the back of the stocking and
knit the 1st stripe off of the next needle, (using the needle
you have knit the stripe and the back of the stocking with,)
remembering that this is the pattern-row; knit the seam-stitch at
the end of the stripe plain. You have now 2 stripes and the plain
back of the stocking on the heel needles, and 3 stripes on the
front of the stocking; with the front you have at present nothing
to do. The first or pattern row of the heel is knit; the remainder
of the heel is to be knit with double thread. Second row: slip a
stitch, seam 35 stitches, knit a plain stitch, seam 15, knit 1 plain,
seam 15, knit 1 plain, seam 36. Third row: slip a stitch, knit
35, seam a stitch, knit 15, seam a stitch, knit 15, seam a stitch,
knit 36. Fourth row: slip 1, seam 35, knit 1 plain, seam 15,
knit 1 plain, seam 15, knit 1 plain, seam 36. Begin again with
the pattern-row, remembering that there is 1 plain stitch at the
beginning and end of each needle, which stitch must be slipped at
the beginning of every row. Repeat this pattern 9 times: at the
10th time slip a stitch, knit 7 double stitches, make 8 holes,
narrowing from the last hole, 7 times, in the same manner as
usual; this will reduce the pattern 6 stitches. For the 11th
time: slip 1, knit 7 double stitches, make 2 holes, narrowing
from the 2d hole in the usual manner; this will have reduced
the heel 14 stitches in each stripe, and finishes the pattern.
Knit 10 plain rows, knitting all the seam-stitches except the
middle one plain. The heel must now be closed; the narrowing must
begin in the row of plain knitting, not the seamed one. Knit 26
stitches, knit 2 together, knit 11 st