[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Afterthought heel

[D Dyer]

That sounds similar to what I do when I do an afterthought heel, I’ll add that I find it helpful to use a yarn with the same thickness but a different fiber blend so it’s easy to distinguish texturally what needs to come out. It’s also helpful, if you have any usable vision, to use a distinctly different color than the main part of the sock.

D


> On May 10, 2019, at 2:57 AM, slerythema--- via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Tracy,
> 
> I have heard of other "after thought" heels where you put in waste yarn
> where the heel will be (two rows on the heel side only) and that gives you
> live stitches to pick-up instead of having to cut the work.  Like you, I
> typically have my own sock pattern and then mostly decide on the fly what I
> am going to do on the leg (I increase for my calves so it has to fit that
> into the pattern).
> 
> Cindy
> 
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> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Afterthought heel
> 
> I'm making socks from a pattern, which I hardly ever do.  I usually make up
> my own pattern.  
> 
> The pattern uses the afterthought heel, but, after talking it over with the
> gurus at the yarn store, I decided to do a different heel instead.  The
> afterthought heel sounds really hard.  First, I'd have to run a needle
> through already-knit stitches to pick them up.  That's the really hard part,
> picking up every stitch, and going in a straight line.  Then, I'd have to
> cut the knitting and put in the heel.  
> 
> Has anyone made this kind of heel?  Am I imagining it's harder than it
> really is?
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
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