Cast on one hundred and three stitches for the first six rounds; knit
two, and purl two, then one row, every stitch turned; twenty-four purl,
taking in one on each side the seam, eight purl, take in again, eight
purl, and take in; then twelve purl, and increase; which must be done by
making a stitch on each side the seam; three purl, and increase again,
three purl, and increase again, fourteen purl, take in, three purl, take
in; do this until you have taken in sixteen times; twenty purl; set the
heel by dividing the stitches, when there will be, if correct,
thirty-five for the heel, and thirty-six for the instep; knit nineteen,
purl the twentieth, purl under two stitches beyond the seam, on the
wrong side, and take two together; this do on each side, till you have
taken up all, to each end, when there will remain seven stitches on your
pin, take up the stitches, and in the third row, make a stitch; in every
third stitch in the next round, take two stitches together, where the
instep and heel join, do this every other round, till you have reduced
the heel stitches to the same number you have on your instep pin;
forty-four rounds plain, take in on each side the heel and instep,
leaving two stitches between; knit two rounds, take in the same again,
this do six times, then take in every other round five times, two rounds
every time, when you will have twenty-three or twenty-four stitches
remaining, which cast off.