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FANCY TOP, NO. 4

This is a very simple but effective top. With wool your stockings are to be knitted, cast on 78 st.i.tches.

Rib, that is k 2, p 1 alternately for five rounds.

_With red wool._--Make 1, by throwing wool over the needle, and knit 2 together. Repeat this throughout this round and three more rounds.

_Dark wool._--5 rounds of make 1 and knit 2 together.

_Red wool._--9 rounds of same.

_Dark wool._--5 rounds of same.

_Red wool._--4 rounds of same.

_Dark wool._--Knit 1 round plain.

Rib, that is k 2, p 1 alternately until your top measures 6 inches from casting on.

Rest of stocking knit according to directions. (See receipts Nos. 1 or 2.)

STOCKING TOPS IN FINGERING WOOL. NO. 5

If checks and plaids are knitted in Alloa yarn, carrying on wool at the back, they are so thick and clumsy no one likes them. I therefore give directions for patterns to be knitted in 3-ply Fingering wool and _larger_ needles. After you have knitted the top, you continue the rest of leg with Alloa yarn and the smaller needles. Be careful to match exactly colour of Fingering and Alloa.

No. 1

_Required._--4 needles No. 10. Small quant.i.ty, say cut, of Fingering wool, same colour as Alloa the stocking is to be knitted with, and cut of crimson Fingering.

Cast on 80 st.i.tches, 30 on two, 20 on 3rd needle, with darker Fingering.

1st round.--K 1, p 1 alternately.

2nd round.--P 1, k 1 alternately.

3rd round.--Same as 1st.

4th round.--Same as 2nd.

In next round you work with both colours, carrying them on at the back. You must be particular not to pull or drag them too tightly.

(Read carefully the "General Directions.")

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1st _pattern_ round.--Crimson wool k 1, *, dark wool k 6, crimson k 2, repeat from *, end with crimson k 1.

2nd round.--Crimson k 2, *, dark k 4, crimson k 4, repeat from *, end with crimson k 2.

3rd round.--Crimson k 3, *, dark k 2, crimson k 6, repeat from *, end crimson k 3.

4th round.--Crimson k 2, *, dark k 4, crimson k 4, repeat from *, end crimson k 2.

5th round.--Crimson k 1, *, dark k 6, crimson k 2, repeat from *, end crimson k 1.

6th round.--Dark k 3, *, crimson k 2, dark k 6, repeat from *, end dark k 3.

7th round.--Dark k 2, *, crimson k 4, dark k 4, repeat from *, end with k 2.

8th round.--Dark k 1, *, crimson k 6, dark k 2, repeat from *, end with k 1.

9th round.--Dark k 2, *, crimson k 4, dark k 4, repeat from *, end dark k 2.

10th round.--Dark k 3, *, crimson k 2, dark k 6, repeat from *, end dark k 3.

Repeat these 10 rounds _three_ times _more_. Break off crimson wool.

41st round.--Knit all.

42nd round.--K 1, p 1 alternately.

43rd round.--P 1, k 1 alternately.

Repeat 42nd and 43rd rounds until your stocking top measures, from casting on, _six_ inches.

The rest of stocking is knitted in Alloa yarn with needles No. 12. You can knit it either as pattern No. 1 or 2. See "Stocking Leg." Having 80 st.i.tches on your needle, you must, in commencing the ribbing, narrow off the extra st.i.tches.

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ZIGZAG TOP IN FINGERING, No. 6

_Required._--4 needles No. 10. 3-ply Fingering wool in two colours cut of each.

With dark wool cast on 80 st.i.tches, 30 on two, 20 on third needle.