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Sizes 9 to 12

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Sock and Sweater Yarn, 2 balls (1 oz. balls) for Sizes 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: 10 rnds make 1 inch.

CUFF . . . Cast on 64 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 inches, increasing evenly to 70 sts on last rnd. Now work in pattern as follows: 1st to 5th rnds incl: * P 3, k 4. Repeat from * around. 6th rnd: * P 3, make a cable over next 4 sts—to make a cable, slip next 2 sts onto a spare needle and place at back of work, k the next 2 sts, then k the sts from spare needle. Repeat from * around.

The last 6 rnds constitute pattern. Work in pattern until piece measures 5 ½ inches in all.

Divide sts for Heel as follows: With 4th needle, k across 21 sts on 1st needle; slip 14 sts from 3rd needle onto other end of 4th needle (there are 35 heel 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, decreasing evenly to 32 sts. 2nd row: * Sl 1, k 1. Repeat from * across. Repeat the last 2 rows, omitting decreases until piece measures 2 ¼ inches, ending with a p row (Fig. 3). See Completion of Classic Socks, decreasing 3 sts on 2nd needle before toe shaping.

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