Top-down or toe-up . . . you decide!

re: Top-down or toe-up . . . you decide!

socklady2 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:36:41 GMT

heel flap is my favorite. i also need a deeper heel. it fits much better than the short row heel. short row heel... to many holes.

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Ccez — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:52:35 GMT

Wish the 2011 issue do sockupied would come in iPad format. Would love to have the calculators but can't get this format. Will you be hopefully adding this?

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marychance — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:59:18 GMT

Toe-up is the best if you're not sure just how much yarn you have for the socks. That way you have the foot done and the cuff will be as long as the remaining yarn makes. I hate it when the yarn quantity is wrong (either pattern or my stash) and I find myself running out before I get the toe finished.

Top down has the cool flap heel where you can do some interesting stuff. I wish I could figure out how to do the flap heel from backwards so I could do toe-up AND flap heel.

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moneka — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:06:21 GMT

Thank you so much for your sending to me always e.mails and i'm so happy that i'm a member in your site and i want to say thank you to Kathleen Cubley

the editor of Knitting Daily.

Thanks a gain to her.

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Mary Eberhardt — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:32:49 GMT

I made a pair of socks with the heel shown in the picture a number of years ago. I never liked it - it was tight around the arch of the foot. the traditional heel seems to fit much better.

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bookcase — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:02:23 GMT

So glad to know that someone else is a big fan of short row heel, but so many patterns do not include it. Would love a simple conversion for my many sock patterns. RC

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knitnanny10 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:48:18 GMT

My favorite heel is hands down the short row. Not only does it knit up faster for me it also fits better. When I teach a sock class depending on the width of the heel you can leave more or less stitches unworked to really cradle the heel nicely.

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aussiebead — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:45:52 GMT

I have only knitted socks top down, and enjoy producing the pairs of matched stripes from the computer wool. Means making socks one at a time, as it usually takes a full pattern repeat of the colours to find the start point for the other sock. I often work the heel, and sometimes the toe in a contrasting wool. This makes the stripes continuous on the top of the instep. Stopping for the toe at the right point of the wool pattern repeat makes starting the next sock easy without the difficulty of finding the next sock start point.

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laureen227 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:16:26 GMT

I knit sox toe-up, 2 at a time, w/Cat Bordhi's Sweet Tomato Heel! it's the only heel i've been able to master - of course, i've only been knitting socks for about 6 weeks.

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Wendelika — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:49:13 GMT

I bought the Spring 2011 issue of Sockupied and was SOOO excited to dig into it - then realised that I can't read it on my tablet because mine uses the android platform. I'm hoping to someday see Sockupied for android.

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dorothea palumbo — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:48:03 GMT

I always use a heel flap but am willing to try another technique.

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Jamie Wang — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:08:20 GMT

I find that heel flap heels work best for me. I have a high arch and relatively thin ankles and I find that the flap gives me enough room to easily slide the sock on without having a loose and floppy ankle area.

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ValH@5 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:26:08 GMT

I generally knit toe up two at a time because I get better yarn usage, a better fit, the cuff turns out the same length, and they seem to knit faster. That is not to say I don't ever knit one at a time toe up or cuff down.

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damascusannie — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:59:29 GMT

I knit toe up about 90% of the time and I use a gusset and heel flap--I really don't like short row heels. This style of heel just fits my foot best. I love toe up because I can use up every bit of my yarn and it also allows me to get a better custom fit up my calves.

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Palenque1978 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:39:31 GMT

I've never knitted toe up.

Been knitting socks for about five years now... I love Kitchener... don't have a problem with it. And, I don't have any problem fitting the foot either. All I need to know is the size shoe and I have a chart that tells me how long the foot portion of the sock has to be.

My favorite heel is: on the knit side: 1st row: sl 1, k1... across; then on the purl side: 2nd row: sl 1, then purl across the row. Makes for a nice strong heel. I knit rows as many as the pattern calls for, so that I have the correct number of "loops" at the edges for the making of the gusset; another fun part to knit.

I LOVE to knit socks... for all, babies, toddlers, little kids, teens, adults; women and men. And for me too, of course.