The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness

INFANT'S KNITTED SOCKS. Half an ounce of White Lamb's Wool. Three No. 13 Knitting Needles. Cast on Thirty stitches. 1st row--Knit. 2nd row--Knit two; make or enlarge one stitch by picking up one from the previous row and knitting it; knit all the rest. 3rd row--Knit. Repeat second and third rows alternately four times more each of them. 12th row--Knit two; make a stitch according to directions above given; knit rest until four remain; knit two together; knit two. 13th row--Knit. Repeat these two rows alternately three times more each. 20th row--Knit two; enlarge one as before directed; knit rest until two remain; enlarge one; knit two. 21st row--Knit. Repeat these two rows alternately three more times each. 28th row--Knit. 29th row--Knit fourteen stitches, and leave the other upon the needle. Take up the third needle and knit twenty rows more, of fourteen stitches each. 49th row--Knit two together; knit twelve; on same needle, and with same wool, cast on twenty-seven stitches. 50th row--Knit. 51st row--Knit two; knit two together; knit rest until four remain; knit two together; knit two. 52nd row--Knit. Repeat these two rows alternately twice more each. 57th row--Knit two; make one in manner directed; knit rest until four remain; knit two together; knit two. 58th row--Knit. Repeat these two rows alternately three times more each. 65th row--Knit all until four remain; knit two together; knit two. 66th row--Knit. Repeat these two rows alternately four more times each. 75th row--Knit. 76th row--Cast off. This completes the slipper portion of the sock. We now begin the instep-piece. Take the wool and knit off ten stitches from the needle on which the twenty-seven stitches were left; knit these ten from the toe-end, or that where the twenty rows of fourteen stitches each has been made; leave the remaining seventeen stitches still on the same needle. Knit twenty rows of ten stitches, and in every other one pick up the edge-stitch of the toe-piece and knit it with the tenth stitch, so as to unite these two portions, viz: the toe and the instep. With each stitch of the twentieth row, an edge-stitch of the side at the toe-end of the slipper must be picked up, knitted and cast off, and a neat and entire union of the toe of the slipper and the instep piece formed.