Let the Heels Begin!

March 15th, 2007

It’s amazing how fun knitting just the heel of a sock can be. I was up a bit late one night and just had to start the project. I guess writing that post about it did me a bit of good after all. This is just a blabby sort of post, I’ll make a full sort of write up post with modelled pictures later.

I started with the methods I am most familiar with, and have one more known sock heel to knit. You can see the two I’ve already done (heel flap, and short row), and yes they do fit on my foot! I have some really thin black nylon socks that I think I’ll use to photograph them, and it looks really funny. You’ll notice that the short row method really takes up so little of the foot, it’s just a sliver in comparison to the other one.

One thing I didn’t expect, but I’m getting a chance to practice the characteristics of different cast-ons and bind-offs. I’ve found a pretty good stretchy bind-off (although will probably try others I see), but the cast-on I’ve been using isn’t quite so stretchy. I knew I’d learn a lot about sock heel construction doing this, but I didn’t think it would help with the other stuff.

You may notice that I didn’t do any ribbing on the start of the first sock, and realized that I should probably begin and end each with a 1×1 rib. The curling isn’t too bad on the foot, but I don’t want anything to distract from the heel construction.

The next heel will be the Anti Short-Row Short-Row Heel.

Oh! and I almost forgot. Cheap acrylic yarns really do have a place in the knitting world. I will admitt to being somewhat of a yarn snob, but I’m glad I had this shiny bright stuff to do this project. It’s not the most enjoyable material in the world to knit, but it doesn’t make me cringe like some people.

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