This is the BEST video. I watched 3 others before I found your tutorial. I could not figure it out at all prior to seeing your step by step instructions. You made it so much easier and completely understandable. THANK YOU!! You are terrific....
Another good teacher, imo, is VeryPinkKnits. She keeps things a bit more elementary, and her videos are older - some are 10 years ago. I like seeing different people give explanations- eventually it sinks in.
I am not knitting socks. Just German short rows on a sweater's neck. I am really left handed and knit continental style. This is the ONLY tutorial --and I've watched several--where the instructor actually shows what they are doing and explains what happens. I have watched it every time I need to be reminded about double stitches and German short rows, esp since parts of the authors of this pattern think I read their minds.!
I realize this might be a bit much to post as a comment... I am SO grateful that you, Norman, spend your time making these videos. I tried to pick up knitting for years and have failed repeatedly. I've really wanted to learn, because my mom was an amazing knitter - she passed away while I was still a kid, and this has been a way for me to, as an adult, reconnect with or at least, honor, some of her passions. We did not have a very good relationship, but I want to remember her for all the beautiful and good things she did and was, and knitting was one of her skills and passions. I am proud to say, that I've made my first pair of socks and and currently working on my second - along with a knitted sweater, which is for my 5 yo daughter, whom I partly named after my mother. It feels very full circle and healing, to be able to knit something for my daughter, which she would have done, had she still been here. That was a very long way of saying THANK YOU, but I did want to show the magnitude of something so simple as a craft and for you to know, that while you make a living (I hope) out of this channel, you do SO much more than that. So thank you, from a daughter, a mother and now also a knitter, in Denmark.
Well, actually this channel just works because I have people supporting me on patreon. And even then it's a stretch. I have been considering to stop quite a few times already
As someone who has ALWAYS given up on socks when I get to the heel, YOUR video was clear, slow enough, and visually understandable! I just completed my first heel EVER!!!! THANK YOU! I FEEL so confident in socks now! I have a TON of sock yarn that hasn't been used! Thank you! Projects will get done!😂
Your tutorials always my go to! This short row heel made me enjoy the process of sock knitting. No fussing with flaps or picking up stitches. Thanks Norman!
Well to be fair, there are probably a million ways to knit short rows and it's not like u cannot slip purlwise either. I guess it boils down to which way you find it easier to pull down the working yarn.
"A perfect fit for everone with a slender foot." Slender is the key word there. Thank you for your honesty about that. For those who have a deep instep it definitely needs some modifications.
Indeed. If I am honest here, I never use this heel for myself (only for my mum) and always a flap and gusset heel. I feel it's so much more comfortable and once you did three or four, I don't even see how it's harder to knit.
Excellent! Thank you so very much. I do watched 4 or 5 videos before I got to yours. But I think I have it now. You make it so plain and easy to understand.
Thanks a lot, Norman, for this and every single vídeo that you post ⭐️. Your knitting is so neat and professional, and your teaching method so well recorded and explained, that I learn so much from you. Best regards from the Canary Islands ⭐️💫
Love all your videos, often play them over and over, stopping and starting while knitting to cement the technique in my head, and muscle memory of my hands.
I can’t tell you enough how much I truly enjoyed this video. I always hated knitting socks because of the heel but this video is a GAME CHANGER. I’m so excited to make so many socks with this method. You did an amazing job. Thank you so much!
OMG, I can't tell you how many tutorials I have watched, but just could not get the short heel row to look right. Until now! Thank you, Norman, for the great tutorial!! My sock heel looks wonderful. I have found my go-to for all things knitting.
TA DA!! I did it!! Whew!! What a lesson that was for me! Learning a new technique for me is like fumbling around in the dark until you find the light switch and all of the sudden the light goes on and you know where you're at and what your doing!! Thank you Norman for pushing me through this one! I'm so pleased with myself! LOL
This has been the clearest & easiest tutorial for gsr I’ve seen. I started my first sock & had so much trouble with the standard heal flap that I ripped it out. The slipped stitches made the tension far too tight. I was going to do an afterthought heel, but this looks easier than I thought. Plus, there’s no bulk or seam. Danke schoen for this tutorial. Have a great day.
Excellent tutorial! I always had trouble understanding the second half of the turn. That is no longer a problem for me.I liked, and subscribed immediately. You are now my go to for knitting. Thank you very much
Hello Norman, just want to let you know how much your tutorials have helped. I started knitting about 30 years ago and had to lay it down due to family raising and long work hours for 27 years. I recently picked my knitting back up and started with some socks. I’m basically self-taught, and anytime I have pattern instructions I’m not sure about or don’t understand, your channel is the first go-to for me. You explain your instructions clearly and in-depth and your video is set so its very easy to see what you are demonstrating. Please keep up what you are doing. You’re the best!
Wow! You really have a gift! Thanks soooo much for sharing it! Your videos are the MOST helpful!!!! I've tried to learn soooo many techniques, but they become crystal clear after watching your videos! Thanks SOOOO much - again & again!!!!😁
This is the best German short Row explanation and visual I have ever seen. I got a little tripped up not understanding that after the first series of sort rows that I should knit 2 full rounds which included ALL of the sock, not just the heel stitches. It’s not that he didn’t say it, but he didn’t show knitting them all so I thought I was supposed to knit 2 rows of heel in the stockinette stitch flat, which doesn’t work because you have to purl across half of the short row stitches and it looks wonky. I went back and watched carefully and realized my mistake and now all is good. Thank you.
Just in case. Almost all my tutorials have a linked blog post with the written instructions. So, the first link in the description will always take u there.
I appreciate how difficult it is to explain something so clearly in a second language.... I knitted my first ever sock this week.... but the 'afterthought heel' seems a bit untidy for me so I am having another go. I assume it will work just as well with a toe up sock.... your method really makes sense ( thanks to your mum) . I wish I could knit the way you do with the yarn in the left hand, I have tried but don't have the dexterity.... very skilled. Thank you...
New to knitting over all, so I was intimidated by sock knitting. Add to that the name of this technique, and I had been struggling to think "how on Earth am I going to understand this in writing?!? Well, thanks to you, I have set the anxiety aside and have a wonderful, clear understanding of the German Short Rows!! Thank you, Norman!!
Honestly, I was scared of knitting for a long time, but your videos have shaken that fear. I enjoy watching your videos, they inspire me. Thank you for all these tutorials.
Excellent instruction!! I wish I'd discovered German short rows on my very first pair of socks! Your video is super clear and I appreciate the repeat of the initial double stitch move!
I realized 2 things I was doing wrong. I knitted only one row around and got holes on the return, now with 2 rounds AND knitting through the back loop I achieved nicer heels. Thank you so much for your work on utube, the closeups are terribly appreciated.
I'm also here to learn short rows for a sweater neck. Always been scared of short rows and avoided them like the plague. This is another clear and concise explanation of the technique from Norman. I'd love to see a separate short video on German short rows only on the other channel but this is great and helps me immensely!!
Oh my God. You have explained and demonstrated the German Short Row Heel better than anyone else I have watched. I hated how the yard looked on the needles by ‘pulling up’ on the yarn to create the double stitch. This is not only better looking but easier as well. Thank you! You bet I subscribed.
I have been struggling with German short rows for years. I finally found your channel and this demonstration and it all clicked. The key for me was adding the stitch markers. What a game changer. Thank you, thank you so very much for the clear explanation❤❤❤
Normal you are a genius! Here in the USA the knitting teachers do tutorial videos on this German Short Row Hell, but they don't make it easy and once I made a pair of 2-at-a-time, Toe-Up socks and I was so bewildered I made 2 short row heels on EACH sock! HAHAHA! I cannot wait for your knitting instruction class or your book to appear, I so grateful for your written pattern, it is THE EASIEST pattern for this heel I've ever found. Thank You So Much from Colorado
Perfect heel for a Christmas stocking-nice even & smooth. It is so hard to find clear instructions in books with pictures or videos with clear instructions or this heel, but you do both!! Thank you so much!! I love love love your videos & they have been so helpful!! You are a really good teacher & thank you for using yarn (mostly light colored) so you can see the stitches on the video & in your instructions!! Thanks again!!
Thank you Norman for a superb tutorial! This is what I’ll be using from now on. Now if I can figure out when to start the heel I’ll be set. That is my biggest struggle and no one seems to have good advice on this.
weell.....i would say then you haven't looked properly. I have to sock tutorials here on my channel. one top down and one toe up and I speak about this very detailed: th-cam.com/video/PxiCUqujZnY/w-d-xo.html
I was looking for a toe up heel and learned that I have been knitting GSR wrong for seven years now 😂 thank you for this tutorial! It is very easy to understand 😊
Hi Norman. Thank you for this great video. I really enjoy this German short row heel for my baby socks. With the first I discovered that although this is a simple heel in theory it is very unforgiving and if, for instance you drop a stitch it is nearly impossible to sort it out. I ended up doing my first heel 5 times. The second heel I paid close attention and deliberately slowed down and got it done in 1. I will confess that I think I did 1 too many rows in the heel, I think watching your video, yet again, you knit across the entire row when you are knitting the two last double stitches together. I have therefore ended up with a couple of little holes. I have played with the yarn and moved it along. But this was my learning for next time. Thank you once again, love this heel, love this video ❤
Thank you so much for such clear instructions! My pattern called for GSR but her written instructions AND her TH-cam video didn’t make any sense at all. You saved my project! ❤
Best video I found for this type of heel. I must say it’s not my favourite heel to make but it’s a must for some stripped patterns to make the sock look perfect.
Iv seen so many different videos but can’t understand how it’s done but this was explained perfectly and I’m sure il be able to make perfect heals now. Thank you for showing us
Thank you so much for this tutorial! You explain and show how to perfectly do the short rows and how to do the step 3. I really need the visual and was able to execute the heel nicely for the first time. Thank you again!
Great video tutorial, thank you. I have knitted German Short Rows for nearly 50 years but they were not called by that name. I have been procrastinating knitting socks because of the heel and now I am so relieved and going to cast on NOW thank you
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I was so confused reading my knitting pattern instructions and trying German short rows for the first time. You have made it so much clearer!
I wanted to let you know just ho much I appreciate the fact that you showed more than one way to work the double stitches. Options are so abundant and helpful in knitting!
Wow, those German short rows make a beautiful heel! I’ve been knitting for 50+ years but only learned about German short rows this week in Iris Schreier’s Neon Splash Shawl knit-along. She uses German short row technique to make pattern bands that look like repeating leaves.
Slupping the first stitch knitwise creates a much cleaner stitch. I just finished doing a.german short row on socks by slipping purlwise. The our side looked ok but the knit side was a mess. So I dd a shadow wrap heel for the second sock and that was wonderful. I will have to give your technique a try before I say, “No German short rows for me.”
always! I was taught my grandmother, schoolteachers and my mum for free. So I do feel it would be very insulting to their legacy and the generations that came before to charge for it
@@NimbleNeedles 'Good on you!' as the Kiwis say (where I live), or 'That's the spirit'. Auf Deutsch fällt mir leider nichts Entsprechendes ein. Thanks again!
Very talented, I knitted along with your tutorial, produced a heel 😢I could not believe I could do it, but I did 😮, thank you again for showing your kindness and talents, I will have to repeat the process again 🎉.
You are such a brilliant teacher. I have been wanting to start knitting socks for a while now but just couldn't understand the whole 'German short rows' part. Couldn't see the point of pulling the stitch over on a sweater neck back either, except that it must be some kind of place marker. Call me dense. But now I get it and I can start knitting my own socks, finally, and properly understand how to do GSR on a sweater back. THANK YOU!! I will enjoy my affordabel real wool socks. And sweaters.
Wow this is a much neater and easier way to do German short rows! I had been doing the double stitches purlwise and it just didn't look as nice. Thank you!
This is probably the best video I watched about the short row heel ! I am German myself but I didn’t quite understand what I was supposed to do in the other tutorials but I think I finally understand how to do it
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I will recommend your video for every knitter who has troubles with short row heel 😊 In Finland we call this type of heel 'tiimalasikantapää' i.e. hour glass heel.
While this is the very best German short row heel tutorial out there, it’s still boggled my mind a bit and I couldn’t make it work. If done correctly, I’m sure it’s an easier method than heel flap, turn and gusset. If only I could get the stitches to land correctly (my tension is off, I’m attacking from English side, so the tutorial isn’t good for me to see how the double stitches are created, and other tutorials on YT don’t mention the difference between making the double purl-wise, knit-wise, and how to see it exactly when knit over and then done again two rows later to turn the heel and what everything should look like. I would LOVE it to have more step by step bits on parts of this video that are tricky for knitters like me, who are new to the concept of double stitches, how to knit them back in, and tension (and why).. and from and English throwing perspective. For the time being, I’m going back to flaps, turns and gussets.. got my hopes up that a detailed German short row heel is something you’d like to do for us, Norman, in the coming weeks, months. Thanks so much for all you do. Love you! ❤️
Das ist die beste Erklärung der Doppelmasche, die ich je gesehen habe. Jetzt weiß ich endlich, was ich immer falsch gemacht habe. Als Dankeschön habe ich dir gleich ein Abo da gelassen 💜
Thank you for making this video. I think it's the easiest short row heel I've ever done and there are no holes!! Yay! I have made two pairs so far and now I've started a toe up version and can't wait to get to the heel section - which I used to dread. Thanks again so much.
This is such a better tutorial than what I was using for sock heels. I kept getting little gaps I didn't like. Just finished my first heel using this tutorial. Look soooo much better. Thank you again so much, you are amazing.
I have never seen a german short row method. I really like this. Thank you! Your videos are so clear and easy to follow. I have been recommending your channel to all my knitting friends.
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This is the BEST video. I watched 3 others before I found your tutorial. I could not figure it out at all prior to seeing your step by step instructions. You made it so much easier and completely understandable. THANK YOU!! You are terrific....
Glad it helped and you finally found something that works for you
Another good teacher, imo, is VeryPinkKnits. She keeps things a bit more elementary, and her videos are older - some are 10 years ago. I like seeing different people give explanations- eventually it sinks in.
@danbev8542 Yes, I just watched one of her videos as well. Thank you! I'm on a sock kick. They're just so much fun to knit!
I am not knitting socks. Just German short rows on a sweater's neck. I am really left handed and knit continental style. This is the ONLY tutorial --and I've watched several--where the instructor actually shows what they are doing and explains what happens. I have watched it every time I need to be reminded about double stitches and German short rows, esp since parts of the authors of this pattern think I read their minds.!
As a Lefthänder, I love this. Finally got it - I think....Danke.
I realize this might be a bit much to post as a comment... I am SO grateful that you, Norman, spend your time making these videos. I tried to pick up knitting for years and have failed repeatedly. I've really wanted to learn, because my mom was an amazing knitter - she passed away while I was still a kid, and this has been a way for me to, as an adult, reconnect with or at least, honor, some of her passions. We did not have a very good relationship, but I want to remember her for all the beautiful and good things she did and was, and knitting was one of her skills and passions. I am proud to say, that I've made my first pair of socks and and currently working on my second - along with a knitted sweater, which is for my 5 yo daughter, whom I partly named after my mother. It feels very full circle and healing, to be able to knit something for my daughter, which she would have done, had she still been here.
That was a very long way of saying THANK YOU, but I did want to show the magnitude of something so simple as a craft and for you to know, that while you make a living (I hope) out of this channel, you do SO much more than that. So thank you, from a daughter, a mother and now also a knitter, in Denmark.
Well, actually this channel just works because I have people supporting me on patreon. And even then it's a stretch. I have been considering to stop quite a few times already
This was a really beautiful thing to read. I’m so happy you have come back to knitting and feel connected to your mom ❤
I know that this has been up for a while, but you explained the Double Stitch so well!!! I couldn't find anything any clearer. Thank you very much!
From a beginner sock knitter….AWESOME STUFF SWEETHEART! ~Sue from Texas
As someone who has ALWAYS given up on socks when I get to the heel, YOUR video was clear, slow enough, and visually understandable! I just completed my first heel EVER!!!! THANK YOU! I FEEL so confident in socks now! I have a TON of sock yarn that hasn't been used! Thank you! Projects will get done!😂
wow! awesome. be proud of yourself!
Die " Bumerang" Ferse ist die beste und einfachste überhaupt! Ich liebe es 😊 Sehr schön präsentiert 👍
Your tutorials always my go to! This short row heel made me enjoy the process of sock knitting. No fussing with flaps or picking up stitches. Thanks Norman!
What, you slip the stitch KNITWISE!?!? In every single tutorial on German short rows I've ever seen the stitch is slipped purlwise! Mind blown!! 🤯
Well to be fair, there are probably a million ways to knit short rows and it's not like u cannot slip purlwise either. I guess it boils down to which way you find it easier to pull down the working yarn.
"A perfect fit for everone with a slender foot." Slender is the key word there. Thank you for your honesty about that. For those who have a deep instep it definitely needs some modifications.
Indeed. If I am honest here, I never use this heel for myself (only for my mum) and always a flap and gusset heel. I feel it's so much more comfortable and once you did three or four, I don't even see how it's harder to knit.
@@NimbleNeedles I find the heel flap and gusset incredibly easy. I'm working on how to modify short row or peasant heels.
@@keturahspencer that's super simple. Just two the first part three times in a row and skip the second part :P there you are ! :)
My favorite tutorial when I need a reminder on short row heels! Thank you!
Excellent! Thank you so very much. I do watched 4 or 5 videos before I got to yours. But I think I have it now. You make it so plain and easy to understand.
Thanks a lot, Norman, for this and every single vídeo that you post ⭐️. Your knitting is so neat and professional, and your teaching method so well recorded and explained, that I learn so much from you. Best regards from the Canary Islands ⭐️💫
Love all your videos, often play them over and over, stopping and starting while knitting to cement the technique in my head, and muscle memory of my hands.
There are lots of videos on German short rows. This one nails it. It is carefully planned, explained and executed to completion.
I can’t tell you enough how much I truly enjoyed this video. I always hated knitting socks because of the heel but this video is a GAME CHANGER. I’m so excited to make so many socks with this method. You did an amazing job. Thank you so much!
I'm so glad to hear that. I love knitting socks and am always amazed how people say they hate the heel and i'm like..why? ^^
OMG, I can't tell you how many tutorials I have watched, but just could not get the short heel row to look right. Until now! Thank you, Norman, for the great tutorial!! My sock heel looks wonderful. I have found my go-to for all things knitting.
TA DA!! I did it!! Whew!! What a lesson that was for me! Learning a new technique for me is like fumbling around in the dark until you find the light switch and all of the sudden the light goes on and you know where you're at and what your doing!! Thank you Norman for pushing me through this one! I'm so pleased with myself! LOL
Great job!
This has been the clearest & easiest tutorial for gsr I’ve seen. I started my first sock & had so much trouble with the standard heal flap that I ripped it out. The slipped stitches made the tension far too tight.
I was going to do an afterthought heel, but this looks easier than I thought. Plus, there’s no bulk or seam.
Danke schoen for this tutorial. Have a great day.
Oh wow.. Blush...it is relatively easy. Though, you can get little holes just as easy so make sure to read the blog post that goes along with it 😅
@@NimbleNeedles - Thank you. I’ve printed your blog tips & saved your sock & heel blog posts for later. Thanks again. Have a great day.
Excellent tutorial! I always had trouble understanding the second half of the turn. That is no longer a problem for me.I liked, and subscribed immediately. You are now my go to for knitting. Thank you very much
Welcome to my channel, Janet. And very happy to hear you were able to master thistechnique!
Agreed. Norman's explanations are always spot on and the enjoyment he gets out of knitting and sharing that with skill is really cool. Thanks Norman!
Same here - I finally get it! Thank you, Norman!
Norman’s explanations are so practical and clarifying!
Norman, I love your channel, you are so calm when you explain things. You are a great teacher and a great person.
Hello Norman, just want to let you know how much your tutorials have helped. I started knitting about 30 years ago and had to lay it down due to family raising and long work hours for 27 years. I recently picked my knitting back up and started with some socks. I’m basically self-taught, and anytime I have pattern instructions I’m not sure about or don’t understand, your channel is the first go-to for me. You explain your instructions clearly and in-depth and your video is set so its very easy to see what you are demonstrating. Please keep up what you are doing. You’re the best!
I definitely shall carry on. Thank you for your kind words ❤️
Wow! You really have a gift! Thanks soooo much for sharing it! Your videos are the MOST helpful!!!! I've tried to learn soooo many techniques, but they become crystal clear after watching your videos! Thanks SOOOO much - again & again!!!!😁
very happy to hear that, Lekisha!
This is the best German short Row explanation and visual I have ever seen. I got a little tripped up not understanding that after the first series of sort rows that I should knit 2 full rounds which included ALL of the sock, not just the heel stitches. It’s not that he didn’t say it, but he didn’t show knitting them all so I thought I was supposed to knit 2 rows of heel in the stockinette stitch flat, which doesn’t work because you have to purl across half of the short row stitches and it looks wonky. I went back and watched carefully and realized my mistake and now all is good. Thank you.
Just in case. Almost all my tutorials have a linked blog post with the written instructions. So, the first link in the description will always take u there.
Incredibly clear instructions. This video is lovely.
I appreciate how difficult it is to explain something so clearly in a second language.... I knitted my first ever sock this week.... but the 'afterthought heel' seems a bit untidy for me so I am having another go. I assume it will work just as well with a toe up sock.... your method really makes sense ( thanks to your mum) . I wish I could knit the way you do with the yarn in the left hand, I have tried but don't have the dexterity.... very skilled. Thank you...
I like that you use bright colors and a different color for the heel . So much easier to see. Thank you
New to knitting over all, so I was intimidated by sock knitting. Add to that the name of this technique, and I had been struggling to think "how on Earth am I going to understand this in writing?!? Well, thanks to you, I have set the anxiety aside and have a wonderful, clear understanding of the German Short Rows!! Thank you, Norman!!
Honestly, I was scared of knitting for a long time, but your videos have shaken that fear. I enjoy watching your videos, they inspire me. Thank you for all these tutorials.
Excellent instruction!! I wish I'd discovered German short rows on my very first pair of socks! Your video is super clear and I appreciate the repeat of the initial double stitch move!
I realized 2 things I was doing wrong. I knitted only one row around and got holes on the return, now with 2 rounds AND knitting through the back loop I achieved nicer heels. Thank you so much for your work on utube, the closeups are terribly appreciated.
I have avoided short rows out of fear, this is the most concise explanation I have seen thanks
I'm also here to learn short rows for a sweater neck. Always been scared of short rows and avoided them like the plague. This is another clear and concise explanation of the technique from Norman. I'd love to see a separate short video on German short rows only on the other channel but this is great and helps me immensely!!
there you go: th-cam.com/video/i_F8A5Lyz88/w-d-xo.html
Oh my God. You have explained and demonstrated the German Short Row Heel better than anyone else I have watched. I hated how the yard looked on the needles by ‘pulling up’ on the yarn to create the double stitch. This is not only better looking but easier as well. Thank you! You bet I subscribed.
I have been struggling with German short rows for years. I finally found your channel and this demonstration and it all clicked. The key for me was adding the stitch markers. What a game changer. Thank you, thank you so very much for the clear explanation❤❤❤
Wonderful! glad my video could make a difference!
This video help me very much to knit my socks an understand how to do the heel thank you so much ❤
The best German short row heel tutorial! Because of you I was successful!! Much gratitude and thanks!
Normal you are a genius! Here in the USA the knitting teachers do tutorial videos on this German Short Row Hell, but they don't make it easy and once I made a pair of 2-at-a-time, Toe-Up socks and I was so bewildered I made 2 short row heels on EACH sock! HAHAHA!
I cannot wait for your knitting instruction class or your book to appear, I so grateful for your written pattern, it is THE EASIEST pattern for this heel I've ever found. Thank You So Much from Colorado
Norman, you are an excellent teacher! I've been knitting for a long time, but I have learned so much from you.
Wow this is so much clearer than other GSR tutorials I have seen. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I keep coming back to this great tutorial. Since it’s not the heel I learned years ago I still need the reminders found here. Thanks again Norman
Wonderful!
I’ve been knitting flap and gusset and not enjoying it, my friend said I should try short row heels and you have just opened my eyes to it, thank you
Outstanding videos. Probably the best explanation of German straight rows. Thank you. I’m a new fan❣️
Welcome to my channel!
You are a born teacher! Thank you for posting these wonderful tutorials.
Wow, thank you!
Omg! Ive been hesitant to start socks, but now i feel so much better. Thank you!❤
Perfect heel for a Christmas stocking-nice even & smooth. It is so hard to find clear instructions in books with pictures or videos with clear instructions or this heel, but you do both!! Thank you so much!! I love love love your videos & they have been so helpful!! You are a really good teacher & thank you for using yarn (mostly light colored) so you can see the stitches on the video & in your instructions!! Thanks again!!
aww..thank you so much for this kidn feedback. it means a lt!
Thank you Norman for a superb tutorial! This is what I’ll be using from now on. Now if I can figure out when to start the heel I’ll be set. That is my biggest struggle and no one seems to have good advice on this.
weell.....i would say then you haven't looked properly. I have to sock tutorials here on my channel. one top down and one toe up and I speak about this very detailed: th-cam.com/video/PxiCUqujZnY/w-d-xo.html
Thankyou so much! So clear and easy to follow. So much easier to follow than written down 🧶
I was looking for a toe up heel and learned that I have been knitting GSR wrong for seven years now 😂 thank you for this tutorial! It is very easy to understand 😊
Hi Norman. Thank you for this great video. I really enjoy this German short row heel for my baby socks. With the first I discovered that although this is a simple heel in theory it is very unforgiving and if, for instance you drop a stitch it is nearly impossible to sort it out. I ended up doing my first heel 5 times. The second heel I paid close attention and deliberately slowed down and got it done in 1. I will confess that I think I did 1 too many rows in the heel, I think watching your video, yet again, you knit across the entire row when you are knitting the two last double stitches together. I have therefore ended up with a couple of little holes. I have played with the yarn and moved it along. But this was my learning for next time. Thank you once again, love this heel, love this video ❤
I find your videos so helpful.
I have never done socks before and because of your video i am finally trying my first sock.
So excited. 😊
Exceptional tutorial thank you for showing us beginners how to accomplish knitting basics
This is the best video I have found for the german short heel. I will definitely try this. Thank you so much. Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for such clear instructions! My pattern called for GSR but her written instructions AND her TH-cam video didn’t make any sense at all. You saved my project! ❤
how awesome. glad I could come to the rescue
Thank you for your very clear and well demonstrated German Short Row heel. I was able to follow along and the heel turned out as it should.
Wonderful! I love your presentation. Thank You
great easy to understand instructions. I just shared to a friend who is knitting her first pair!
Best video I found for this type of heel. I must say it’s not my favourite heel to make but it’s a must for some stripped patterns to make the sock look perfect.
Thank you so much to show me how to learn German short row. You are simple the best
Brilliant instructions, the first time ever I understood GSR
awesome! glad you did it!
Nicely demonstrated the ever popular German short rows .
glad you found my video was helpful!
Iv seen so many different videos but can’t understand how it’s done but this was explained perfectly and I’m sure il be able to make perfect heals now. Thank you for showing us
Glad it helped, Rose!
Thank you so much for this video! I couldn't have finish my socks without your instructions!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! You explain and show how to perfectly do the short rows and how to do the step 3. I really need the visual and was able to execute the heel nicely for the first time. Thank you again!
Great video tutorial, thank you. I have knitted German Short Rows for nearly 50 years but they were not called by that name. I have been procrastinating knitting socks because of the heel and now I am so relieved and going to cast on NOW thank you
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I was so confused reading my knitting pattern instructions and trying German short rows for the first time. You have made it so much clearer!
Excellent tutorial. I never understood the GSR heel until now. Many thanks!
I wanted to let you know just ho much I appreciate the fact that you showed more than one way to work the double stitches. Options are so abundant and helpful in knitting!
I actually am currently working on a new video on short rows with like 10 different ways to knit them (so stay tuned!)
Wow, those German short rows make a beautiful heel! I’ve been knitting for 50+ years but only learned about German short rows this week in Iris Schreier’s Neon Splash Shawl knit-along. She uses German short row technique to make pattern bands that look like repeating leaves.
Oh wow! yeah..i know these kind of pattersn. Can look spectacular if you use a contrasting color!
Thank you once again Norman. I love the way you explain and demonstrate each step.
Thank you to show and explain how difficult the way to knit german short row for the sock. I am very appreciate.
I was terrified of knitting heels. But this technique is so easy. Thanks for the tutorial!
This is a great way to knit the German short row. Thank you so much
Wonderful video! I finally got rid of the holes in the knitting at the end of each short row!!! No holes to fix now! ❤
awesome! be proud of yourself
Thank you. Very clear instructions, and nice knitting technique.
Great tutorial! I didn't understand what a short row heel was and within minutes, I felt like an expert. 😁
heh. Probably because you secretly already are and it only takes the right words to let your inner master knitter shine!
So clear explanations... Thank you for showing us this technique! You are a good teacher.
Slupping the first stitch knitwise creates a much cleaner stitch. I just finished doing a.german short row on socks by slipping purlwise. The our side looked ok but the knit side was a mess. So I dd a shadow wrap heel for the second sock and that was wonderful. I will have to give your technique a try before I say, “No German short rows for me.”
OMG. Thank God for you. I tried to do the "gusset" method. Many bad youtube tuyorials out there. You explain so clearly and your voice is soothing.
*tutorials
The variety of various techniques are truly appreciated! Thank you for keeping these skills in the public
always! I was taught my grandmother, schoolteachers and my mum for free. So I do feel it would be very insulting to their legacy and the generations that came before to charge for it
@@NimbleNeedles 'Good on you!' as the Kiwis say (where I live), or 'That's the spirit'. Auf Deutsch fällt mir leider nichts Entsprechendes ein. Thanks again!
Very talented, I knitted along with your tutorial, produced a heel 😢I could not believe I could do it, but I did 😮, thank you again for showing your kindness and talents, I will have to repeat the process again 🎉.
congratualations! now onwards to the next sock, eh?
You are such a brilliant teacher. I have been wanting to start knitting socks for a while now but just couldn't understand the whole 'German short rows' part. Couldn't see the point of pulling the stitch over on a sweater neck back either, except that it must be some kind of place marker. Call me dense. But now I get it and I can start knitting my own socks, finally, and properly understand how to do GSR on a sweater back. THANK YOU!! I will enjoy my affordabel real wool socks. And sweaters.
Wow this is a much neater and easier way to do German short rows! I had been doing the double stitches purlwise and it just didn't look as nice. Thank you!
Great tutorial , well explained, I just finished the heel of my first sock, I never dared knitting socks. Great teacher and great channel
This is probably the best video I watched about the short row heel ! I am German myself but I didn’t quite understand what I was supposed to do in the other tutorials but I think I finally understand how to do it
toll das zu hören. Und wenn es fragen gibt, immer gerne hier in den kommentaren stellen :)
@@NimbleNeedles mach ich danke
Brilliant video Norman, thank you. Clear and concise.
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. I will recommend your video for every knitter who has troubles with short row heel 😊 In Finland we call this type of heel 'tiimalasikantapää' i.e. hour glass heel.
i shall not try to pronounce that, haha! :P
Brilliant. Now I ( lefthanded) can finally knit a heel sock, after watching much useless instruction. Vielen Dank!!
Bitteschön. Btw..I'm sure you already know that there is special software that can mirror youtube videos, right?
Thank you
I think my next pair of socks will be cuff down. I'm afraid for gussets ex ex
Now I See it can be easy
You make my day
While this is the very best German short row heel tutorial out there, it’s still boggled my mind a bit and I couldn’t make it work. If done correctly, I’m sure it’s an easier method than heel flap, turn and gusset. If only I could get the stitches to land correctly (my tension is off, I’m attacking from English side, so the tutorial isn’t good for me to see how the double stitches are created, and other tutorials on YT don’t mention the difference between making the double purl-wise, knit-wise, and how to see it exactly when knit over and then done again two rows later to turn the heel and what everything should look like.
I would LOVE it to have more step by step bits on parts of this video that are tricky for knitters like me, who are new to the concept of double stitches, how to knit them back in, and tension (and why).. and from and English throwing perspective.
For the time being, I’m going back to flaps, turns and gussets.. got my hopes up that a detailed German short row heel is something you’d like to do for us, Norman, in the coming weeks, months. Thanks so much for all you do. Love you! ❤️
almost all my tutorials have step-by-step written instructions linked in the description. maybe that might help you.
I know this video is two years but I’m currently learning how to do this heel. Tysm ❤
Das ist die beste Erklärung der Doppelmasche, die ich je gesehen habe. Jetzt weiß ich endlich, was ich immer falsch gemacht habe. Als Dankeschön habe ich dir gleich ein Abo da gelassen 💜
Freut mich Irene, dass ich dir weiterhelfen konnte. Und danke natürlich für das Abo :) :)
Thank you for making this video. I think it's the easiest short row heel I've ever done and there are no holes!! Yay! I have made two pairs so far and now I've started a toe up version and can't wait to get to the heel section - which I used to dread. Thanks again so much.
awesome. and you will notice that even the heel flap version I use in the toe-up video is barely more difficult!
thanks for your tutorial 😊 you've made knitting socks so simple
that's because it is...heh...at least once you'Ve wrapped your mind around it! :P
A big THANK YOU you have explained and shown short row sock heels beautifully, I am so so grateful to you. Stay safe and keep well. You are a treasure
Thank you! You too!
This is such a better tutorial than what I was using for sock heels. I kept getting little gaps I didn't like. Just finished my first heel using this tutorial. Look soooo much better. Thank you again so much, you are amazing.
Thank you. This second part was easy and not getting gaps
I have never seen a german short row method. I really like this. Thank you! Your videos are so clear and easy to follow. I have been recommending your channel to all my knitting friends.
Vielen Dank, dass Sie mir beigebracht haben, Sockenabsätze zu stricken.
Gern Geschehen, Ali!
Excellent video with simple, clear instructions. I was able to do it on my first try! Thank you!