I try to watch Technique Tuesday every week & am catching up on previous episodes that I've missed. Every one has something that I find interesting. I, too, will wait patiently for the next heel tutorial. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Finally! You fixed my mental block on how to achieve a plain heel going toe up & top down without a bunch of hassle, or being an afterthought heel. Thank you. Also, love the shirt. Searching for where to get one for myself.
I'm glad you have broken down the mental block for achieving a plain heel! I bought that shirt at the LYS that used to be near my house. I believe it was a local person who made the shirts, and it was a while ago -- maybe 8 years.
Thanks Roxanne ! This is quite informative, I will certainly try this type of heel, especially when I want to use a contrast color. I really appreciate the clarity of your teaching, will wait patiently for your explanations on the double decrease, I really like the look of that type of decrease on the heel. GRATITUDE !
Really appreciate the close up video👏👏. I’m visually challenged and it gives me hope that I can learn this heel. Detail steps are such a help when starting. Thnx
I have not tried knitting socks, yet, and am checking out different types and techniques. Thank you for stating which direction the decrease should lean, so I know which decrease will work for me. As a mirror knitter, my ssk and k2tog lean in the opposite direction.
Thank you Roxanne. I'm going to give this a try to "stretch my yarn" for a pair if sicks I am knitting. My plan is to use another yarn for the heel and toe so I don't run too shorz in my second sock. I am weighing my yarn as I go and budgeting for my second sock. I have to give credit to my online teachers who have given me tools for success. 😍
I didn't invent the term, but I do think it's a great name for it. It came from a thread in the Ravelry techniques forum last...November or December, when someone wondered if it was possible to do an "instathought" heel right after the leg was done, rather than doing an afterthought heel. She was using Regia Pairfect yarn and wanted to just knit through the sock in order. I realized her idea was very similar to how I set up my peasant/afterthought heels (putting a different half of the round on hold, but using a PCO to create the sole sts in both cases), so I tried it on a Christmas stocking I was working on at the time, and it worked. Then someone mentioned that this type of heel was in a German sock book, and it was called the "Plain heel," so I looked at that book and saw that they were using it to create more room in the heel by PCO more sts, but only instructing how to do it using a particular number of sts at a particular gauge. So I figured out how to make it work based on heel diagonal, gauge, and required amount of additional room.
You are so clear and concise with your instructions and I really enjoy your technique Tuesdays. I know sometime in the past you did a video on a fisherman’s hat with ear flaps. I am subscribed to you but couldn’t find it by looking through my past videos. Is there an easy way to find any technique Tuesday videos? Thankyou for your sharing.
That's a really cool heel. No slashing an opening for the heel & hoping it doesn't unravel more than intended. Unfortunately that style heel always feels too short vertically on my foot. I would love to know how to modify it to be taller.
My preferences: I don’t like any ridges I like it completely flat and that’s what I look for for help when I knit.it to heel. Definitely an amateur when it comes to the heel and seeking all sorts of help so far I’ve watched a couple videos but then have to help me keep that flat without holes I just am looking for his videos I can knit easy and also I don’t like fast forward video I like watching in real time so I could watch every stitch that you do just so I can learn.🙏🏻🧶👍🏻
Where you had the hole problem, would it work to use the Charlene Schurch trick of picking up the two stitches "in between" and working them together in next round?
I used to try that -- pick up and knit extra stitches and then decrease them out -- but the fundamental problem is with the loops that are picked up. The "shared" strand between the two sets of live loops is not a running thread between sts, as it is in Schurch's technique, which uses lifted increases (it's a technique I demonstrated in a Tips & Trips for Sock Heel Flaps video). With an "afterthought" opening, the shared strand is not a running thread between sts, it's a vertical strand that spans the two rows. The available loops on that strand can sometimes create a larger hole when you lift it and work into it. I have been working on figuring out the ultimate solution, but every time I think I've nailed it, I still end up with a hole at one end! When I'm lucky, that hole is at the end where the tail is, so I can solve the problem as I weave in the yarn tail.
@@RoxanneRichardson Thanks Roxanne. Wow - I think you must know everything there is to know about knitting. Yes, I learned that Charlene trick from your previous video and most of the time it works like a charm. I always seem to have one side that is slightly better than the other. Always enjoy your Technique Tuesdays and always learn something new.
what about applying the KirbyWirby method in casting on the stitches by adding on either sides 2 stitches. Instead of 24 you will have 28 stitches and when you join to knit in the row, you will have less problems with picking up some stitches to prevent the holes, you still have to get rid of the extra 4 by knitting them away in 2 rounds????
I'm knitting toe up right now and normally put in an afterthought (well, forethought because I put in the waste yarn) and I put in the waste yarn at about an inch and a half less than the total foot measurement. I would like to try this heel method on the current pair. Would it be the same or a different placement?
I can already tell I’m going to love this method! Did you graft that heel with the sock inside out? I thought I remembered from the original finchley video that it was done inside out.
Yes - I didn't show turning it inside out, but there was a text banner at the bottom of the page that stated the Finchley graft is done from the purl side.
Thank you so much for the great video. I learned so many new techniques. For the provisional cast on, the grafting is a new one also,and the way to close hole on the sides. Always love learning new things for my favorite hobby.
The heel that I find the absolute easiest is the fleegle heel. No wraps and turns, easy to memorize, works top down or toe up. I actually look forward to the heels.
Every heel requires the use of a technique that some people will find easy and others will find tricky. Heel flap and gusset requires picking up sts, short row heels requires stacking short rows, this heel requires a provisional CO and grafting. None are inherently more difficult than another, but an individual knitter may prefer one heel or technique over another.
Ty for your reply I appreciate your effort and time so very much. I trust your instructions and are very clear. I am hoping to learn to make socks for my special grandson as he cannot stand to have seams.