#3 circular needle 
Shetland, DK or Guernsey Weight Yarn

Cast on 158 sts. K1, P1 for 48". Bind off in rib.
Work one row of single crochet at each end, closing
the tube edges together. 

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This pattern was adapted from  Bernat's Handicrafter (Vol. XIII,
No. 3): WARTIME HANDKNITS. Copyright 1942, Emile Bernat & Sons
Co., Jamaica Plain, MA, USA