How to Knit a Yarn Over Short Row Heel 

As easy as this short row method is, it doesn't create the neatest diagonal "seams". For that, Japanese or pinned short rows are the way to go in my opinion, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pU9fgOPsbgA.html.

The color was really fun to work with.

It creates a slightly different looking diagonal, but all of the short tow turning stitches create a fairly comparable heel.

@@thechillydog Thank you!

I wrap the first and last stitch from the instep on the last row of my heel. Closes the hole right up. I do

Your comment means a lot to me because that's exactly why I do what I do. I want my customers/subscribers to be able to stitch with confidence. Nice yarn should be on your needles making nice things, not in the closet. Sorry kitty 😸!

I have same problem. Love the instructions, very clear but don’t know what I’m doing 😑 I began with 32 stitches and end up with 30😢

I was just telling one of my friends yesterday that I really hate putting "difficulty" levels on patterns because it can make people give up on themselves before they even start a project. If you can knit a sweater, you can knit socks.

I think the Japanese/pinned method creates the neatest short row heels. I use shadow wrapped short rows a lot in my patterns because it gives a good result and you don't need all the stitch markers. Thanks for subscribing and happy knitting.

The pattern for the socks shown in the video (which includes instructions for the heel, of course) can be found in my pattern shop at shop.thechillydog.com/products/azalea-socks-knitting-pattern-pdf?TCDYT. I also have a general photo tutorial of the process with instructions on my blog at www.thechillydog.com/2016/11/knitting-tutorial-yarn-over-short-row.html?TCDYT.

Sorry. I only speak English and a little bit of Spanish, so I am unable to create tutorials in other languages.

Helen Caudill you're not alone. Heel shaping looks like some sort of magic, but it's nothing you can't handle.

Hi, Mari. I don't have the pattern in front of me right now, but I'm pretty sure I used 2.75 mm needles.

I usually think it's easiest to count the gaps on each side because they are easy-to-see landmarks. There's a slipped stitch on one side of each gap and a YO on the other.

It's hard to say without actually seeing your work. It sounds like somehow instead of closing the last gap on each side you are doing an unnecessary decrease on each side. That could create gaps at the sides and would explain why you are 2 sts short.

@@thechillydog I did exactly what you did in the video. My work looks the same when I got down to the last 2 stitches. The stitch that was never worked on the left side of the heel is loose and that creates a hole.

That is happening to me too

@@bevmayo1011 I figured out that I started the second set of short rows too soon, so I decreased 2 extra times. But I can’t figure out how to avoid a hole when doing the last decreases. The side when I did the last decrease on the left side and continued to the instep is where the hole formed.