Short Row Heel Demo - Lifestyle Toe Up Socks, No wraps!

Priscilla Wild's recipe for the easiest short row knitted heel out there!

Download the Lifestyle Toe Up Socks knitting guide and bookmark this page to review how to videos for each stage of sock making:
http://pulsh.blogspot.com/2009/05/lif...

See a variation of this heel using stitch markers to help identify the gap between the held and the active stitches. http://pulsh.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-...

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[mahtab73]

am a kind of confused, too quick and cant really see what your doing :-(

[Charisa Martin Cairn]

You might just stop it and rewind to watch it over and over -- or you might be able to find a video that offers this in very slow motion.

[Danni Hughes]

I'm new to sock knitting and couldn't find just a plain stockinette stitch sock, so compiled the different techniques to make my sock. The first heel had holes, which you addressed. However, it seemed to pull at the point where I started knitting in the round again. So in looking at other patterns, I surmised that I had forgotten the gusset. Though it doesn't appear you put in a gusset.

So, my question, is this technique gusset free?

Thanks so much for this video.

[Charisa Martin Cairn]

Yes, this particular method that I'm showing you does not include a gusset. However, this can be combined with a gusset if desired. (But I don't cover that here.)

[TheVampiressLisa]

OMG, THANK YOU!!! I suffered a concussion a few days ago, and the doctor told me to do activities that were calming to me. I have been knitting for about 4 years, and have been wanting to learn how to knit socks for a while. I saw other methods to knit heels, and they just gave me a headache! This method is so simple, and all I have to do is count! can sit back, knit, and allow my brain to heal. Thanks so much again! My Ravelry sn is VampiressLisa. I will check out your site, too!

[Charisa Martin Cairn]

Lisa, I hope you are all healed and everything is well. Take care.

[raenaraena]

Holy poop, I think you've just made me the happiest sock noobie ever. <3

[Charisa Martin Cairn]

Some other sock heel instructions include a "wrap and turn" device - and this sometimes shows in the heel (and can be lumpy). This method does not use "wrap and turn" to make the short rows.

[bettenette73]

I knit from top to toe, and there the heel works too. Thanks for the video it was very very usefull, I have told my friends too. Thanks again,

jeanetta_from Denmark

[MsRoxypox]

Thatk you so much for making this video! When i read the short-row-heel instructions for the sock I'm curently making I couldn't understand how to do it and your video made it very easy to understand!

[pinkysponderings]

Thank you so much for this! Short rows wrap and turn would have me totally defeated and Sherman's heel/toe method is still too complicated for me. Thank goodness I found your video and managed to knit my first ever short rows for a knitted sock toy! :)

[egsviola54]

This is really similar to Japanese short rows :)

[GrotesqueAlex]

Saving this for later !! thank you!!

[Liisuke192]

That's a very good! Now i can do the socks ready. Thank you very much!!!