Socks

Shining pins that dart and click In the fireside’s sheltered peace Check the thoughts the cluster thick - 20 plain and then decrease. He was brave – well, so was I – Keen and merry, but his lip Quivered when he said good-bye – Purl the seam-stitch, purl and slip. Never used to living rough, Lots of things he’d got to learn; Wonder if he’s warm enough – Knit 2, catch 2, knit, turn. Hark! The paper-boys again! Wish that shout could be suppressed; Keeps one always on the strain – Knit off 9, and slip the rest. Wonder if he’s fighting now, What he’s done an’ where he’s been; He’ll come out on top somehow – Slip 1, knit 2, purl 14.