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janestarzI've lost count how many times I've tried turning the heel on these socks.
One time I turned the heel, and the stitches on the left side were all twisted. Another time the stitches on the right side were all twisted. And the worst part was that I just turned a heel on Eisirt's Tupjes (see the post from yesterday) and that heel was perfect!
So to one and all and my future self, should I ever reference this post again: when you turn a short-row heel and you wrap-and-turn your stitches, once you start knitting the wrapped stitches always pick up the wrap from the right side of the workyou dumb idiot.
Although it might be easier to pick up that little shawl you made when wrapping-and-turning from the wrong side of the work, it means your knit stitches will be all twisted. And when you do it from the wrong side on the work when you're purling, the purl stitches will be all twisted. Why would you even try picking up the wrap from around that stich on the wrong side of the work anyway? You should have remembered from that heel you just finished knitting that you always pick it up from the right side of the work.
Sing it with me now....
I think and I desperately hope I will never ever forget it again. I mean, I've knit a few pairs of socks so I should have this down by now. But although I've knitted and finished four pairs of socks last year, most of them had either a heel flap or a fish lips kiss heel.
I got plenty of practice in with the short row heel though.
This last time I vowed to myself if this heel wouldn't look right, I'd finally frog the project. I'd been on the brink of it earlier, when I removed the wrongly knit heel stitches from the needles but stopped myself. I wasn't quite there yet.
I'm not saying I'm glad I didn't. But I can forgive myself. And now it's just simple perseverance. I will finish this sock (and possibly even the pair!).
Not only have I finished the heel, but also the short rows under the foot where you decrease the surplus stitches you need for your instep.
Now it's just knitting around and around, twisted ribbing on the top, knit stitches on the bottom, until it's time for the toes.
You might be able to imagine that at this point I'm terrified to try it on.
One time I turned the heel, and the stitches on the left side were all twisted. Another time the stitches on the right side were all twisted. And the worst part was that I just turned a heel on Eisirt's Tupjes (see the post from yesterday) and that heel was perfect!
So to one and all and my future self, should I ever reference this post again: when you turn a short-row heel and you wrap-and-turn your stitches, once you start knitting the wrapped stitches always pick up the wrap from the right side of the work
Although it might be easier to pick up that little shawl you made when wrapping-and-turning from the wrong side of the work, it means your knit stitches will be all twisted. And when you do it from the wrong side on the work when you're purling, the purl stitches will be all twisted. Why would you even try picking up the wrap from around that stich on the wrong side of the work anyway? You should have remembered from that heel you just finished knitting that you always pick it up from the right side of the work.
Sing it with me now....
I think and I desperately hope I will never ever forget it again. I mean, I've knit a few pairs of socks so I should have this down by now. But although I've knitted and finished four pairs of socks last year, most of them had either a heel flap or a fish lips kiss heel.
I got plenty of practice in with the short row heel though.
This last time I vowed to myself if this heel wouldn't look right, I'd finally frog the project. I'd been on the brink of it earlier, when I removed the wrongly knit heel stitches from the needles but stopped myself. I wasn't quite there yet.
I'm not saying I'm glad I didn't. But I can forgive myself. And now it's just simple perseverance. I will finish this sock (and possibly even the pair!).
Not only have I finished the heel, but also the short rows under the foot where you decrease the surplus stitches you need for your instep.
Now it's just knitting around and around, twisted ribbing on the top, knit stitches on the bottom, until it's time for the toes.
You might be able to imagine that at this point I'm terrified to try it on.
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Date: 2016-01-15 07:16 am (UTC)I am too stubborn to put it away and therefor my own worst enemy.