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Afterthought heels

 

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I needed something portable that could be knit in the dark yesterday, so I grabbed a lovely skein of self striping sock yarn and started a sock.? It’s top down, mostly because that’s what I’ve been knitting lately since I tend to prefer a regular heel flap.?

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I’d like to preserve the striping pattern though, so I’d like to do an afterthought heel instead, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to decide how long the foot portion of the sock should be after I place the waste yarn (my preferred method) for the afterthought heel.

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Anyone have a good rule of thumb to use?? My best thought was to take a pair of socks I like and figure out where the heel ends to use that measurement, but I feel like there’s got to be a better way, one that doesn’t rely on having a pair of well-fitting socks handy.

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Melisande
 

I think you have to measure from where your foot joins your ankle on the top of the foot because that is where you are putting the waste yarn.?

I've measured the socks I knit and I know that I need to start shaping the toe on a top down sock when the knitting needles meet the bottom of the ribbing when the sock is folded in half at that point. Similarly on a toe up sock, I start the heel when my knitting is the same length as my hand.?

For this sock, you might want to stop knitting, put in the heel and then figure out how long it is and then find a way to measure it on-the-go.?

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 3:44 PM Melisande R. Wolf via Groups.Io <melisanderwolf=[email protected]> wrote:

I needed something portable that could be knit in the dark yesterday, so I grabbed a lovely skein of self striping sock yarn and started a sock.? It’s top down, mostly because that’s what I’ve been knitting lately since I tend to prefer a regular heel flap.?

?

I’d like to preserve the striping pattern though, so I’d like to do an afterthought heel instead, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to decide how long the foot portion of the sock should be after I place the waste yarn (my preferred method) for the afterthought heel.

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Anyone have a good rule of thumb to use?? My best thought was to take a pair of socks I like and figure out where the heel ends to use that measurement, but I feel like there’s got to be a better way, one that doesn’t rely on having a pair of well-fitting socks handy.

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Melisande



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Jaya
 

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Interesting method for knowing where to start shaping on socks Jaya.? I’m going to have to try that.

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I know that I need the total foot length from the back of the heel (on a regular heel flap sock) to be 8.5” and that the last 2” are consumed with toe shaping for me.? Maybe I should measure some socks to the point you described to figure out how long that is.

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I need to get the waste yarn in before tomorrow evening (I know my sock leg is plenty long enough) because I’ve got another performance of this play to watch.? And a third on Sunday.? Then another the following Sunday.

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Melisande

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jaya Srikrishnan
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2019 5:43 PM
To: yarnmongers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Afterthought heels

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I think you have to measure from where your foot joins your ankle on the top of the foot because that is where you are putting the waste yarn.?

?

I've measured the socks I knit and I know that I need to start shaping the toe on a top down sock when the knitting needles meet the bottom of the ribbing when the sock is folded in half at that point. Similarly on a toe up sock, I start the heel when my knitting is the same length as my hand.?

?

For this sock, you might want to stop knitting, put in the heel and then figure out how long it is and then find a way to measure it on-the-go.?

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On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 3:44 PM Melisande R. Wolf via Groups.Io <melisanderwolf=[email protected]> wrote:

I needed something portable that could be knit in the dark yesterday, so I grabbed a lovely skein of self striping sock yarn and started a sock.? It’s top down, mostly because that’s what I’ve been knitting lately since I tend to prefer a regular heel flap.?

?

I’d like to preserve the striping pattern though, so I’d like to do an afterthought heel instead, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to decide how long the foot portion of the sock should be after I place the waste yarn (my preferred method) for the afterthought heel.

?

Anyone have a good rule of thumb to use?? My best thought was to take a pair of socks I like and figure out where the heel ends to use that measurement, but I feel like there’s got to be a better way, one that doesn’t rely on having a pair of well-fitting socks handy.

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Melisande


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Jaya

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