For a Stocking of a Hundred and Thirty-three Stitches, Second Man’s Size, with Needles and Wool rather finer.
Reading edition
Q. How many stitches do you cast on?
A. Forty-four on two needles, and forty-five on the third.
Q. How many turns to the narrowings?
A. One hundred and forty-eight.
Q. How many narrowings?
A. Twenty-one.
Q. How many rounds to the heel?
A. Eighty.
Q. How many stitches for the heel?
A. Forty-five.
Q. How many for the instep?
A. Forty-six.
Q. How long is the heel?
A. Forty rows.
Q. How many stitches do you take up for the foot?
A. Twenty-nine on each side.
Q. How many narrowings for the foot?
A. Ten on each side.
Q. How long is the foot between the narrowings?
A. Sixty-eight rounds.