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.
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.
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. 😍
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
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 !
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.🙏🏻🧶👍🏻
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.
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.
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.
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????
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.
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.
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?
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.
Thank you for this video. A new idea for me
Much appreciate your editing of the video so it is easy to follow, but not laborious
Hot diggity a neat new heel treatment AND big bonus...a neat new way to graft. Amazing and deeply grateful.
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.
@@RoxanneRichardson thank you
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.
As always...such an instructional video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of knitting!
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.
Clear demonstration and explanation. Very helpful, thank you.
Agan a great video! Thanks, every time after watchig your videos I feel more confident.
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. 😍
Great video! I use a double decrease in my inserted heels precisely to get that nice raised diagonal line of stitches along the sides of the heel! 🙂
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
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 !
Awesome video !! I always learn something new .
Gets to 11:44 in the video, heart starts racing :) I'll definitely use this heel. Thanks!
I'm really excited to try this method!
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.🙏🏻🧶👍🏻
Thanks for the video Roxanne, very helpful.
THIS is what I've been waiting for. So glad you pursued this. Wonder if you can somehow claim the term "insta-thought".
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.
Thanks so much for this. I’d heard about it, but it really helps to see it done.
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.
That's coming next week! I have a very high instep, so modifying this type of heel to fit was important to learn.
Fantastic video. Thank you!
This is so smart.
I love this, I’m going to try it! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Looove it i will try it in my next socks.Thank you 😍
It's very damage you can speak french, you are a good teacher. I love your tuto. 😘
Thanks for this video. I’m definitely going to try it. Also going to try the gifting technique you showed.
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.
Thank you
Love watching these techniques, they’re so helpful to this new knitter for sure. Looking forward to the other heel tutorials. ♥️
Brilliant!
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????
Thanks
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.
Oh I want that shirt
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.
Ok, ok. New heel Tuesday. 🕵🏾
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.
Anything to be mindful of if working TAAT magic loop?
Love learning a new technique. I have fit issues, with afterthought heels. Im reallt looking forward to your next video.
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?
Same placement!
@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you!
This might be the heel for me. I loathe knitting socks because of the heel, but I might give this a go next. Thanks :)
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.
Rox!!!!! :)
Lani!!!! :-)
@@RoxanneRichardson We need to catch up on Zoom soon and knit together. I am making ALL the socks! :)
This looks like the easiest heal is it?
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.
Hi