Priscilla Wild’s recipe for the easiest short row knitted heel out there! Download the Lifestyle Toe Up Socks knitting guide at: www.k1p1design1.com
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Maybe you need to go down a needle size for tighter knitting? Hopefully you’ll get that figured out soon – there should be no holes with this method. Good luck!
Take a look at the free Lifestyle socks pattern that this goes with. It is usually 8-12 stitches, depending on the width of your heel. It is usually the number you have when you start your toe.
Yes, this method for the heel works top down or toe up.
Thanks. Very easy to understand video.
I love this heel but am having trouble still with holes where the gussets would normally be. What am I doing wrong? Is anyone else having this problem? I’m also having problems on the knit side telling where the “hole” is after the last active stitch for some reason. I want so much to learn how to do this heel right as I love the technique and it is sooooo much easier.
Thx sooo much, I finally get it <3
Thank you so much for this video, I have watched it many times trying to get this down and I am really grateful that your a wonderful teacher! I have watched so many videos that i’ve had trouble following but yours is co clear and concise that it really just made this so easy for me and i’m pretty much a beginner to socks and while I love them I was ready to give up due to the heels. So all I can say is a big THANKS YOU!
I have a string of holes all the way up my heel. I think I’m doing something wrong on the M1 but I can’t figure out what since I am twisting the stitch. Other than that, worked great!
Charisa, how do you know how many stitches to leave unworked in the middle before starting to add back in the sts.? I have 68 cast-on sts in my pattern so I have 34 on each circular.
Charisa, I am making a top down sock right now and at the point where I start the heel. Can I use these same instructions starting top down instead of toe up? Or do I have to change the instructions some way?
Charisa, are there no gussets to pick up or anything with this heel? So you can use this heel on any sock you are doing? This seems sooo much easier.
One more annotation you might want to add somewhere: Each time you slip the first stitch, hold the yarn to the wrong side.
Absolutely wonderful video, BTW.
I have tried every method on the internet and this one is by far the easiest and neatest! My frustration was growing until I used your video method and wow, I did it! This was the first toe up sock for me and I couldn’t understand the instructions I was using, thus began my search. Thanks SO MUCH! I will use it for toe up and top down!
omg this video safed my (sock) life
thanks!
This is really helpful. Thank you.
If you have a little hole on the round after all the stitches are back in work, you can eliminate it by knitting two stitches together at that point, then M1 new stitch to compensate for the stitch you just lost (if you need the extra stitch for your pattern.)
This short row heel works either top down or toe up.
Hi Charisa I would just like to say thanks for this vid i just love how easy you make this look. I need some advice though i keep getting a little hole when i get to the part to continue knitting on the round after the heel. please help a frustrated learner to socks
) thanks for all the help Justine 
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Thankyou so much! I’m a total sock noob and have been trying to work out what a short-row heal is. Ingenious! Great vid, just the right pace, and annotations for more info – exactly what was needed.
Could I use this method if I am knitting socks from the leg to the toe? Or will it only work knitting from the toe up?
Holy poop, I think you’ve just made me the happiest sock noobie ever. <3
You’re right, it is mentioned in the annotations. I was watching this at work, not giving it my full attention. Let me just say that your video is excellent–I am always awed by people who can film themselves knitting and have it come out so well. I intend to give your method a try, the next time I knit a pair of socks. Thank you, Charisa!
wow thanks!
Good point — are you able to view the annotations? I suggest that you purl into the bar rather than knit into it (on the annotation).
When I made the video I was not able to see the knitting, I was looking at it via the monitor and so as a result ended up knitting when I should have purled. (On the wrong side row.)
In addition, not only should you knit or purl) when M1 (dependent on R or W side) but also twist the stitch so it tightens up the space and ensure that there are NO holes.
I’m surprised by the way Charisa makes a new stitch on the purl rows: she lifts a bar from the row below and _knits_ into it. That seems OK on the knit rows, but wouldn’t it be better on purl rows, to _purl_ into the bar? Otherwise, you get a purl bump on the right side, where it doesn’t belong.
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