So I've always been told, or just assumed, that turning the heel was the hardest part of the sock. You know, big fancy techniques like gussets and picking up stitches. Yeah right. Nothing to it!
Okay, having done some quick Internet research, a gusset heel is a knit heel flap, short rows(which are in fact scary in theory), picking up stitches to attach the heel flap to the instep, and decreases to make all that work. If that's what just happened in my knitting, no big deal. Piece o' cake.
See?
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| Heel flap (in ribbing for enhanced fit) |
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| Short row heel (not as scary as I thought) |
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| Doesn't the variegation pattern look nice on the heel? |
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| It looks more heel-like now! |
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| Picked-up stitches along the heel flap. |
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| I think it's shaping up nicely. Pun intended. |
It's looking really nice, I think.
Now it's just a short jaunt down the foot(no joke, I have really small feet, as evidenced by the clerk who tried to sell me kids shoes yesterday), and toe shaping. Then on to Sock #2. Onwards!
