tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4792155274079653848..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-87717515771443639712012-06-20T22:59:38.191+01:002012-06-20T22:59:38.191+01:00WendyKnits has a toe up Slip Stitch Heel pattern (...WendyKnits has a toe up Slip Stitch Heel pattern (free) on Ravelry. On her website, www.wendyknits.net, she has a section of free patterns, and she has both a fingering weight and a slightly thicker weight sock pattern for Toe Up French Heel. Although it is not called that.<br />I have been following that pattern, and so far, if I just follow the pattern, it is clear, and all the numbers work out.<br /><br />When she wrote her book, Socks from the Toe Up, she mostly put her generic basic patterns in the book, and then designed socks to fit into those basic shapes.Teresa Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307873506605715426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-5462967524783365682012-06-20T19:52:25.464+01:002012-06-20T19:52:25.464+01:00I think I would draw a picture from the directions...I think I would draw a picture from the directions. I also think they may have forgotten to specify something where it's confusing. Wild guess: Maybe they meant to knit across the instep once before beginning the heel flap; that would mean they forgot to specify that having done so, you still need to know where the gussets end and the original instep stitches are. (Place markers?) I believe you would decrease the gusset stitches down to get to the original instep stitches plus heel flap stitches.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-90263965586305243952012-06-20T16:43:02.270+01:002012-06-20T16:43:02.270+01:00Jean, here's my guess at on point #2 ...
Say ...Jean, here's my guess at on point #2 ...<br /><br />Say you worked a 60-stitch leg and then increased with the gussets an additional 30 stitches (15 per side). (By the way, I'm totally making these numbers up ...)<br /><br />I'd think that after turning the heel, you then knit back & forth across the "original" 30 stitches (i.e. half of the leg total), doing the SSK on the one side (consuming 1 gusset stitch each time) and a P2tog on the other side (consuming 1 gusset stitch on that side each time).<br /><br />Then, when you have ONE GUSSET STITCH remaining ... do that next step. (Which may well be to knit 3 stitches together -- the last stitch on the flap, the last gusset stitch, and one stitch from the instep. -- Many a toe-up heel flap instructions I've followed have such.)<br /><br />Hope that helps and doesn't muddle more!Sarah JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-42503988443598510772012-06-20T15:22:07.554+01:002012-06-20T15:22:07.554+01:00Perhaps do your bailout with a Sweet Tomato Heel, ...Perhaps do your bailout with a Sweet Tomato Heel, since they can be done either toe-up or cuff-down, and you are already familiar and comfortable with them?catmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340783525589988900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-7573759661516940302012-06-20T10:20:41.053+01:002012-06-20T10:20:41.053+01:00Hello Jean,
I hope this is helpful - when I am kni...Hello Jean,<br />I hope this is helpful - when I am knitting toe up, I have two sets of stitches the heel ones which are the ones you are working on most of the time and the (instep(?) or upper part of the sock). When you knit the gusset you create extra stitches and what you are doing when decreasing to the last one on the holder - is decreasing the gusset stitches, to bring you back to the number you started with.<br />(I loved the story about the Jean fanclub on the QM, priceless!)<br /><br />All the best,<br />DawnDawn in NLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189050640379340589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-92099244970105474722012-06-20T09:40:11.159+01:002012-06-20T09:40:11.159+01:00I admire your bravery in trying new heels!I admire your bravery in trying new heels!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com