HEELLESS DESIGNS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 305, 27 December 1939, Page 10

HEELLESS DESIGNS.

KNITTING PATTERNS.

BED SOCKS AND STOCKINGS.

The instructions below are approved by the British Red Cross. The heelless operation stockings, which are 36 inches in length when finished, take about Boz of white 4-ply wool and 4 No. 8 bone needles, and are made as follow:

Oast on 68 etitehes, and knit on two needles, one row plain, and then in rib —purl 2, knit 2—for four inches. Then put the work on to three needles—24 stitches on two and 20 stitches on the third—and knit round and round, still in the rib, until work measures 34 inches. Then knit one round plain; next round decrease 1 stitch about the centre of each of two needles, and the beginning and end of third needle. Knit the next round plain. Then:

Knit 6, knit 2 together; and repeat to end of round.

Knit 6 rounds plain. Knit 5, knit 2 together; repeat to end of round.

Knit 5 rounds plain. v Knit 4, knit 2 together; repeat to end of round.

Knit 4 rounds plain. Knit 3, knit 2 together; repeat to end of round.

Knit 3 rounds plain. Knit 2, knit 2 together; repeat to end of round.

Knit 2 rounds plain. Knit 1, knit 2 together; repeat to end of round.

Knit 1 round plain.

Next Round.—Knit every 2 together; then knit 2, ejip the first knitted over the second; continue until the last stitch, through which draw the wool, leaving a length of four or five inches to fasten off neatly with darning needle.

The Heelless bed socks, which measure 22 inches, require soz of white 4-ply wool and 4 No. 8 bone or vulcanite needles, and are made as .follow:

Cast on 60 stitches (that is, 20 on each of three needles).

Knit 1 round plain

Then knit 2 and purl 2 until a length of 10 inches is worked, then knit all plain for another 10 inches.

Knit 1 round plain, next round decrease 1 stitch about the centre of each of two needles, and one the beginning and end of third needle; knit next round plain. Then:

Knit 6, take 2 together; repeat to end of—round.

Knit 6 rounds plain.

Knit 5, take 2 together; repeat to end of round. Knit 5 rounds plain. Knit 4, take 2 together; repeat to end of round. Knit 4 rounds plain.

Knit 3, take 2 together; re-peat to end of round. Knit 3 rounds plain.

Knit 2, take 2 together; repeat to end of round. Knit 2 rounds plain.

Knit 1, take 2 together; repeat to end of round.

Knit 1 round plain.

Next Round.—Knit every 2 together, then knit 2, elip the first knitted one over second; continue until last stitch, through which draw the wool, leaving a length of 4 or 5 inches to be neatly fastened off with darning needle.