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Sizes 8 ½ - 12 ½ — Regulation Length

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Sock and Sweater Yarn, 3 balls (1 oz. balls) for each size

Clark's O.N.T. Double-pointed Plastic Sock Needles, 1 set No. 2 (2 ¾ mm. size) and 1 set No. 3 (3 mm. size).

GAUGE: 7 ½ sts make 1 inch; 10 rnds make 1 inch.

CUFF . . . With No. 2 needles, cast on 68 sts loosely. Divide sts among 3 needles and join, being careful not to twist sts. Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for 3 ½ inches, decreasing evenly to 64 sts on last rnd. Change to No. 3 needles and work in stockinette st (k each rnd) until piece measures 11 inches in all.

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 only 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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