LADIES' LEGGINS

For a grown person they require nine ounces of Germantown yam. Cast fifty stitches on each of two needles, knit one and seam one for a finger in length ; then knit what is called a brioche stitch ; slip off the first stitch as though going to seam, taking care to have the thread toward you each time ; knit two together, put the thread towards you and slip as before, knit two, etc., until you get desired length ; then seam one and knit one, as at the top, a finger in length ; slip half the stitches off each needle on to a thread ; seam the remainder like ankle, without narrowing, for a covering to top of shoes ; sew up at back ; stay the stitches you have on thread ; crochet a border around top and bottom ; sew on a piece of elastic or enamel cloth to fasten under shoe. This is the same stitch our grandmothers used for knitting suspenders.