Posted by Katydid on 2005-09-28 16:34:09
Post Subject: please help! sock pattern confusion
Crafty ladies to the rescue!
I'm knitting my first pair of socks, and it seems that I've hit a wall. I've completed the heel flap and the little cup of the heel, and now I'm confused about what to do.
Join the first colour back in if you made a contrasting heel. Now you will be picking up the stitches on the sides of the heel flap and knitting around the sock again. Those stitches you put aside before doing the heel flap have waited patiently and will be put back into use!
By slipping the first stitch of each row on the heel flap, you have made a lovely chain edge which will be easy to pick up. You should be able to get 14 stitches on each side, but don't worry if you get more or less than this. I usually pick up the stitches on one needle and knit them onto another, twisting them by knitting into the back of the loop.
Knit across those patient instep stitches, or continue them in ribbing, then pick up and knit the same number of stitches on the other side of the heel flap. Knit one half of the heel flap stitches (8 or 9) onto this needle. Mark the centre as the beginning of the round. You now have three needles with rather a lot of stitches on them - one for each side of the gusset and one for the instep. If you have a spare needle in about the same size you can put the instep stitches on two needles instead - I find this is much easier to work.
HUH?
My yarn is at the end of my heel flap (I didn't use contrasting color for the heel), and I can't figure out any way to get that yarn to someplace workable Am I adding a new section of yarn to work the instep stitches and picking up a heel flap stitch on each side? That's how I'm reading that, but I feel like it's not the right way...
