Gaily Striped Ankle Warmers by Patons & Baldwins

Gaily Striped Ankle Warmers

Knitting
December 1948
Light Fingering ?
5 stitches = 1 inch
in stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
3.25 mm (D)
Size 5 Foot
English

Pattern states slippers fit a size 5 foot (1948 UK sizing)

Materials: thick cord for soles, 4 oz MC in 3 ply fingering; odd balls in different shades for stripes and ankle cords. Pair of “heel grips”.

Gauge for crochet soles is 3 trebles to 1”.

Soles are crocheted, uppers are knit with “wool trebled”, knit from top down, then sewn to soles. Cords are made using 6 strands of yarn twisted together, then folded in half and twisted again.