Sportswear Knitted: Men's Golf Stockings

Sportswear Knitted Materials:-

• 6 ozs. 5 ply Beehive (or 'whiteheather') Scotch Fingering in a mixture (no.39 was used for the original) and 1 oz. each in black and red.
• Four no.13 steel knitting needles.

Work at a tension to produce about 9 stitches and 12 rows to the inch, measured over the plain portion.

Using the mixture, cast on 84 stitches - 28 on each of three needles. Work 8 rounds in rib of K.1 and P.1.

Fastening off the mixture, join up the black wool and knit plain for 6 rounds.

15th round - *K.1 in black, 10 red, 1 black, repeat from * to the end of the round.

16th round - *2 black, 8 red, 2 black, repeat from * to the end of the round.

17th round - *3 black, 6 red, 3 black, repeat from * to the end of the round.

18th round - *4 black4 red, 4 black, repeat from * to the end of the round.

19th round - *5 black, 2 red, 5 black, repeat from * to the end of the round.

20th round - *4 black, 4 red, 4 black, repeat from * to the end of the round.

21st round - *3 black, 6 red, 3 black, repeat from * to the end of the round.

22nd round - *2 black, 8 red, 2 black, repeat from * to the end of the round.

Fasten off the red. Using the black wool, work 6 rounds plain. Fasten off the back wool then, turning the fancy top inside out and taking the mixture wool, commence the leg as follows:-

Work 24 rounds in rib of K.1 and P.1. Then work in rib of K.5 and P.1 for another 6 inches.

In the next round, commence to shape the leg as follows:- Decrease once in the first and also in the last plain knitted rib of the round. Work 6 rounds without shaping (taking care to keep the continuity of the ribbing after shaping). In the next round, decrease once in the second plain knitted rib and also in the second plain knitted rib before the end of the round. Work 6 rounds without shaping this sportswear knitted pattern.

In the next round, decrease once in the third plain knitted rib and also in the third plain knitted rib before the end of the round. Continue in this manner until each of the plain knitted ribs has been reduced to 4 stitches, working 6 rounds between each round of shaping. Work 4 more inches in rib of K.4 and P.1. of this sportswear knitted pattern.

Then commence the heel as follows:- Knit plain the first 17 stitches, slip the last 18 stitches of the same round on to the other end of this needle (these 35 stitches are for the heel). Dividing the other stitches on to two needles, leave them for the instep. On the heel stitches (always slipping the first stitch), purl and knit a row alternately until 34 more rows are worked, the last row being a purl row. Then, to turn the heel, K.22, slip 1, K.1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted, turn, *P 10, P.2 together, turn, K.10, slip 1, K.1, pass the slipped stitch over the knitted, turn, repeat from * until all the stitches are knitted in (the last will be a purl row).

Knit back 5 stitches - this completes the heel. Slip all the instep stitches on to one needle. Taking a spare needle, knit the other 6 heel stitches and knit up 18 stitches at the side of the heel; with a second needle, rib the instep stitches; with a third needle, knit up 18 stitches at the side of the heel and the other 5 heel stitches of this sportswear knitted pattern.

Knit 2 rounds without shaping, plain on the first and third needles and in the rib on the second. Then decrease for the instep in the second. Then decrease for the instep in the next round as follows:-

Knit to the last 3 stitches of the first needle, K.2 together, K.1; rib the second needle without shaping; on the third needle, K.1, K.2 together through the back of the loops, knit to the end of the needle of this sportswear knitted pattern.

Repeat the last 3 rounds until only 18 stitches remain on the first needle and 17 on the third. Then knit plain on the first and third needles and in the rib on the second, without shaping, until (from the side of the heel where the stitches were knitted up) the foot measures:-

6 inches for a 10-inch foot.

6.5 inches for a 10.5 inch foot.

7 inches for an 11-inch foot.

Work the toe in plain knitting and shape in the same manner as given for the flat toe, but finishing when the stitches are reduced to 30 of this sportswear knitted pattern.

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