This pattern does for a grown-up person if tolerably large bone needles are used.
The above figure shows the sock completed but not sewn up.
Cast on 80 stitches. Double knitting for 13 rows.
Fourteenth row—double knit 63, plain knit the rest.
Fifteenth row—take off the 17 plain-knitted stitches, double knit 46, plain knit to the end.
Sixteenth row—take off the 17 plain stitches.
Continue double knitting for 13 or 14 rows. Now 1 plain and 1 pearl row.
Knit 1, knit 2 together; knit 6 plain stitches. Repeat to the end of the row.
Pearl 1 row.
Knit 1, knit 2 together, 5 plain. Repeat to the end of the row.
Pearl 1 row.
Knit 1, knit 2 together, 5 plain. Repeat.
Knit 1, knit 2 together, 4 plain; repeat until 12 stitches are left, and cast off, leaving a long thread. Fold the work together and sew it up at the heel; gather it a little in the sewing at the toe. This may seem an odd shape, but it fits very well when on the foot.