THE KITCHENER TOE
By request, we reprint the following instructions for knitting the Kitchener to© (sometimes called the military toe) from the National Patriotic Fund Board’s book of comforts:— Place the sole stitches on one needle, and with the thread at the end of a rieodle, broken off about 12in or 15in long, and' remembering to pull the thread through every stitch knitted, proceed in the following way: " *On the front needle: Pur) one, draw thread' through, and cast off. Knit one plain, draw thread through, but leave the I ’Original stitch on its own needle. ... : ■ On the back needle: Knit one plain, draft th’e tHVead through, and 1 cast off. Pui-1 one, draw the thread through, and leave the original stitch on its own needle. (Repeat from *.)
The last stitch will be plain and cast o(f.
Sometimes this last stitch is stretched into a long loop. This can be carefully drawn through with the thread to the inside of the sock 1 and darned down nea.tly. Avoid tightening into a knot, however small.
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Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 19
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174THE KITCHENER TOE Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 19
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