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Sizes 8 to 12

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Wool Floss, 2 balls (1 oz. balls) for Sizes 8, 9 and 10; 3 balls for Sizes 11 and 12.

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

GAUGE: 8 sts make 1 inch; 10 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 stockinette st (k each rnd) for 1 ½ inches. Next rnd: * K 2 tog, O. Repeat from * around (64 sts—all O's are counted as 1 st on the next rnd).

Continue in stockinette st as before for 1 ½ more inches. Then on next rnd * k 2 tog, O. Repeat from * around (64 sts). Continue as before until piece measures 6 ½ inches in all.

Divide sts for Heel as follows: With 4th needle knit 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.

When sock is completed, turn cuff back at first row of holes and sew cast on edge to wrong side.

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Women's Sport Anklets II
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Men's Pattern Socks
Women's Anklet Socks I
Men's Socks II
Women's Anklet Socks II
Women's Cable Anklets
Heelless Socks for Men or Women
Men's Striped Socks
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Women's Argyle Anklets
Women's Tennis Socks