OK, so, it's pretty common in old sock patterns (eg. Victorian and earlier) for them to have a "seam" down the centre back, usually a single purl stitch. The shaping in these socks (and in many historical patterns) is just to do paired decreases on either side of that seam as required.
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Date: 2009-10-30 12:19 am (UTC)