The Lady's Knitting-Book / Containing eighty clear and easy patterns of useful and ornamental knitting

Chapter 9: For a Boy of Fifteen, in Scotch Wheeling-yarn.

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A practical manual presenting eighty clear knitting patterns and step-by-step directions for garments and household items, from stockings, socks, shawls, and jackets to cushions, purses, and rugs. It explains yarn types, needle sizes, tension, and approximate costs, and covers techniques such as ribbing, brioche, cable, loop, and double knitting. Detailed procedures are given for heels, toes, decreases and increases, sizing adjustments, and finishing, with plain-language explanations aimed at inexperienced knitters and tips for achieving fit and durability.

For a Boy of Fifteen, in Scotch Wheeling-yarn.

Cast on 54. Proceed as in above pattern, without any decreasings, until you come to the heel. Divide your stitches, knit a flap of 3 inches, turn your heel, reduce for the instep until you have 48 stitches. Make the foot 8 inches long, decrease until the foot is 10 inches altogether in length. Cast off and sew up. This wool is so thick and strong that it is hardly necessary to do the heels and toes double with Angola.