http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2012/04/24/folk-heels.aspxWhen I was a kid, I always had holes in the heels of my socks. My mother would stitch them up (not proper darning, because it was a lost cause), and then later I tried dealing with it myself. I tried darning, but on the thin cotton socks of childhoodenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2012/04/24/folk-heels.aspx#92744Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:12:38 GMT44ce05d4-61e0-4251-b9ba-686eafad3c9f:92744BarbaraV@15<p>You will have one extra stitch on the leg side of the waste yarn when you pick up the stitches. It will be absorbed when you Kitchener the heel but expect it and don&#39;t be upset when you count your stitches.</p> <p>Elizabeth Zimmerman also recommended making the heel on more than half the stitches. I have found that two stitches on each side works for most sock gauges. You can do this by making the waste yarn slightly longer or by knitting a short gusset before putting in the waste yarn as Golden Apples does.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://golden-apples.blogspot.com/">golden-apples.blogspot.com</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=92744" width="1" height="1">http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/traditions_today/archive/2012/04/24/folk-heels.aspx#92544Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:38:35 GMT44ce05d4-61e0-4251-b9ba-686eafad3c9f:92544MB@FabricUiPhoneApp<p>Great idea...if I ever get around to knitting socks...right now I&#39;m on a hat, sweater, whatever binge. But no sox!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.knittingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=92544" width="1" height="1">