Women's Tennis Socks | No. K118

Sizes 8 to 12

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Baby Wool, 4 balls (¾ oz. balls) for each size.

Clark's O.N.T. Double-pointed Plastic Sock Needles, 1 set No. 1 (2 ½ mm. size).

GAUGE: 10 sts make 1 inch; 13 rnds make 1 inch.

CUFF . . . Cast on 64 sts loosely. Divide sts on 3 needles and join, being careful not to twist sts. Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for ½ inch. Then work as follows: 1st to 4th rnds incl: P around. 5th to 10th rnds incl: K around. Repeat the last 10 rnds 3 more times. Then repeat 1st to 4th rnds incl once more. Now work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for 1 ¾ inches. Turn work inside out in order to re-verse Cuff. Now work in stockinette st (k each rnd) for 1 ¼ inches.

Divide sts for Heel as follows: With 4th needle k across 16 sts of 1st needle; slip 16 sts from 3rd needle onto other end of 4th needle (there are 32 sts on 4th needle). Divide remaining sts on 2 needles for Instep.

Work back and forth over the heel sts as follows:

HEEL ... 1st row: Sl 1, p across. 2nd row: Sl 1, k across. Repeat the last 2 rows alternately until piece measures 2 ¼ inches, ending with a p row (Fig. 3). See Completion of Classic Socks.

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