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Then knit two rows of dark wool, in the second dividing the stitches on 2 pins & on a third loop on 20 stitches to form the instep - knit the third row over these newly made stitches, break off the light wool & begin again knitting as before 4 & 2 alternately all the way round, the light rows now will all be plain knitting & also the first row of dark has 2 & 3 turned  There are now 15 spaces or sets of light wool to be knit to the end of the Toe counting from the added stitches - after the 8th space of light begin to decrease 4 stitches each side of shoe, in one row 5 stitches each side must be decreased as 44 stitches are to remain to be knitted off at the extremity - be sure to leave the front needle quite alone & begin to decrease about the tenth stitch of side needle, keeping your pattern as regular as possible
For Ancle  sew up the heel  dark wool  Take up 46 stitches from heel to instep 20 on instep 46 other side then knit 2 turned rows 4 rows light beginning at instep to keep the pattern regular then 3 dark 4 light 3 dark 1 plain row light wool knitting every stitch a row of holes - then another plain row 3 rows of dark & fasten off -

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Then knit two rows of dark wool, in the second dividing the stitches on 2 pins & on a third loop on 20 stitches to form the instep - knit the third row over these newly made stitches, break off the light wool & begin again knitting as before 4 & 2 alternately all the way round, the light rows now will all be plain knitting & also the first row of dark has 2 & 3 turned There are now 15 spaces or sets of light wool to be knit to the end of the Toe counting from the added stitches - after the 8th space of light begin to decrease 4 stitches each side of shoe, in one row 5 stitches each side must be decreased as 44 stitches are to remain to be knitted off at the extremity - be sure to leave the front needle quite alone & begin to decrease about the tenth stitch of side needle, keeping your pattern as regular as possible For Ancle sew up the heel dark wool Take up 46 stitches from heel to instep 20 on instep 46 other side then knit 2 turned rows 4 rows light beginning at instep to keep the pattern regular then 3 dark 4 light 3 dark 1 plain row light wool knitting every stitch a row of holes - then another plain row 3 rows of dark & fasten off -