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 www. BABY'S SOCK IN CROCHET. Observe to widen at the beginning of the outside row as before, and knit two together at the beginning of the row at the neck. Repeat this until you have 4 blocks made, then continue narrowing at the beginning of every inside row, until you have all the stitches narrowed off on this side. Do the other side in the same way. FOR THE BORDER. -Commence on the right side and pick up the stitches from the point all the way up the inside, around the neck

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and down the other side to the point (on one needle) ; widen at the beginning of every row until you have 12 or 14 rows knit ; bind off. Then commence at the point again and pick up all the stitches round the outside, bottom of the back, and the other side. Widen and knit the same number of rows as before. Crochet a border in single crochet stitch into every stitch all round the Sontag, observing to keep the work flat.

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MATERIALS.-1 oz. of white zephyr ; 1 oz. of pink zephyr. Make a chain of 36 stitches of the pink wool. Join, and crochet in single crochet stitch 3 rows, only taking up the half of the stitch. Tie on the white and crochet in single crochet,

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taking up the whole stitch, work twenty- four rows. Crochet to the 24th stitch, then turn, work in the same way 12 stitches (for the top of the foot), until you have 14 rows made on the top of the foot ; then tie on the pink wool and crochet all round the entire sock, observing only to take up the outside half of the stitch, and work 16 rows all round for the sole of the foot. When you crochet it together at the bottom, draw the thread through 10 stitches at once at the toe and the same at the heel. After this commence at the top and make two rows of loops, making 3 ch and 1 sc stitch into every other stitch ; 2nd row, 3 ch and 1 sc into every loop. Finish with cord and tassels at the ankle.

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