Fancy Top No. 4, and Stocking Tops in Fingering Wool, No. 5

1. This is a very simple but effective top. With wool your stockings are to be knitted, cast on 78 stitches.
2. Rib, that is k 2, p 1 alternately for five rounds.
3. With red wool.—Make 1, by throwing wool over the needle, and knit 2 together. Repeat this throughout this round and three more rounds.
4. Dark wool.—5 rounds of make 1 and knit 2 together.
5. Red wool.—9 rounds of same.
6. Dark wool.—5 rounds of same.
7. Red wool.—4 rounds of same.
8. Dark wool.—Knit 1 round plain.
9. Rib, that is k 2, p 1 alternately until your top measures 6 inches from casting on.
10. 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 andlarger 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.

1. No. 1
2. Required.—4 needles No. 10. Small quantity, say ½ cut, of Fingering wool, same colour as Alloa the stocking is to be knitted with, and ½ cut of crimson Fingering.
3. Cast on 80 stitches, 30 on two, 20 on 3rd needle, with darker Fingering.
4. 1st round.—K 1, p 1 alternately.
5. 2nd round.—P 1, k 1 alternately.
6. 3rd round.—Same as 1st.
7. 4th round.—Same as 2nd.
8. 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.”)

1. 1st pattern round.—Crimson wool k 1, *, dark wool k 6, crimson k 2, repeat from *, end with crimson k 1.
2. 2nd round.—Crimson k 2, *, dark k 4, crimson k 4, repeat from *, end with crimson k 2.
3. 3rd round.—Crimson k 3, *, dark k 2, crimson k 6, repeat from *, end crimson k 3.
4. 4th round.—Crimson k 2, *, dark k 4, crimson k 4, repeat from *, end crimson k 2.
5. 5th round.—Crimson k 1, *, dark k 6, crimson k 2, repeat from *, end crimson k 1.
6. 6th round.—Dark k 3, *, crimson k 2, dark k 6, repeat from *, end dark k 3.
7. 7th round.—Dark k 2, *, crimson k 4, dark k 4, repeat from *, end with k 2.
8. 8th round.—Dark k 1, *, crimson k 6, dark k 2, repeat from *, end with k 1.
9. 9th round.—Dark k 2, *, crimson k 4, dark k 4, repeat from *, end dark k 2.
10. 10th round.—Dark k 3, *, crimson k 2, dark k 6, repeat from *, end dark k 3.
11. Repeat these 10 rounds three times more. Break off crimson wool.
12. 41st round.—Knit all.
13. 42nd round.—K 1, p 1 alternately.
14. 43rd round.—P 1, k 1 alternately.
15. Repeat 42nd and 43rd rounds until your stocking top measures, from casting on, six inches.
16. 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 stitches on your needle, you must, in commencing the ribbing, narrow off the extra stitches.

1. ZIGZAG TOP IN FINGERING, No. 6
2. Required.—4 needles No. 10. 3-ply Fingering wool in two colours ½ cut of each.
3. With dark wool cast on 80 stitches, 30 on two, 20 on third needle.
4. 1st round.—K 1, p 1 alternately.
5. 2nd round.—P 1, k 1 alternately.
6. Repeat these two rounds.
7. 1st pattern round.—The colours are used alternately. Red k 5, dark k 5, repeat to end of round.
8. 2nd round.—Red k 4, *, dark k 5, red k 5, repeat from *, end with red k 1.
9. 3rd round.—Red k 3, *, dark k 5, red k 5, repeat from *, end red k 2.
10. 4th round.—Red k 2, *, dark k 5, red k 5, repeat from *, end red k 3.
11. 5th round.—Red k 1, *, dark k 5, red k 5, repeat from *, end red k 4.
12. 6th round.—Dark k 5, red k 5, repeat.
13. 7th round.—Red k 1, *, dark k 5, red k 5, repeat from *, end red k 4.
14. 8th round.—Red k 2, *, dark k 5, red k 5, repeat from *, end red k 3.
15. 9th round.—Red k 3, *, dark k 5, red k 5, repeat from *, end red k 2.
16. 10th round.—Red k 4, *, dark k 5, red k 5, repeat from *, end red k 1.
17. Repeat these ten rounds three times more.
18. 41st round.—Knit all.
19. 42nd round.—K 1, p 1 alternately.
20. 43rd round.—P 1, k 1 alternately.
21. Repeat 42nd and 43rd rounds until your stocking measures, from casting on, six inches.
22. The rest of the stocking is knitted in Alloa wool with needles No. 12, as in previous directions.