I’ve found some candidate heel turns for toe up socks. I’d show the various type of heel turns, and let people tell me which they think look nicest. After all, why write a sock-u-lator for a shape people don’t prefer?
Ok, here are the three candidate heel turns. (If you know of others, send me a link. I’d like to see.)
Heel turn 1: Denise’s Toe Up Socks have gussets and heel turns that resemble the cuff down socks I knit using my sock-u-lator. The technique for the heel turn is similar to the method I used to seam the bottom of my knit purse, and I’ve found similar heel turns on several toe up sock patterns. 
Heel turn 2: Short row heel turns are really, really easy to knit top down or bottom up. I can very, very easily code short rowed heels as pictured to the right. I can even write instructions to knit the turn using the “after thought” method. (Although, I think there is little advantage to the afterthought method. But, some people like it.)
Heel turn 3: This Needletrax sock is knit toe up. The heel turn /flap/ gusset are worked like a top down heel turn and end up with the gusset on the ankle and the heel flap under the ball of the foot. I’ve labeled the flap gusset to the right.
So, which do you think you like best? Heel turn 1? 2? 3? All?
Let me know!
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I used to knit one sock at a time, cuff down, using 4 DPN. I hated it. I have progressed through one sock at a time using 2 circular nedles, then one at a time toe-up using one circular needle to finally (currently) 2 at a time, toe-up, on one long circular needle. By far my favorite way as you have both socks done at the same time and each uses one continuous yarn, no cutting and patching.
I found the Denise’s instructions to be a bit confusing but I use a variation on that theme for my heels. I like the “cushy” aspect of the heel back.
Comment by Molly — 11/27/2005 @ 1:50 pm
I would like to see the Short Row heel. Selfish reasons – I don’t know how to do it, and would like to learn.
Comment by Brenda — 11/27/2005 @ 2:02 pm
The short rows are really easy to do and code. So, I’ll probably make some of those. It’s going to be a bit slow (because of the knitting between coding) but I do think I’ll code the short row heels.
Besides that, I actually can borrow the “lessons” for the short row heels from a old calculator. (It’s just not in the blog.) So, I’ll code that as soon as I figure out what I like best for the toe on these things. (I’ve found a few different ways to do the toe too!)
Comment by lucia — 11/27/2005 @ 2:48 pm
Wow, it must be karma. I am just turning the heels on my first toe-ups and got stuck! I like the way Denise’s method looks. Short row is the second.
Comment by Barb — 11/27/2005 @ 9:39 pm
I wrote the short row toe sock-u-lator using the Denise toe. Believe it or not, I’m sort of thinking of knitting two toe up socks. After checking things out, I’m curious about the knitting the toes both the toe and heel construction.
There are easier and more difficult toes, and easier and more difficult heels!
I like those Denise heels too. Surfing around, they seem to be very popular. That particular needletraks heel seems unique to needletrax page. (I think they have a program that lets you pick loads and loads of variations. )
Comment by lucia — 11/27/2005 @ 10:10 pm
for purely selfish reasons, I would LOVE the option to pick between the 3. I think they each have their place and surely each would be used on SOME sock at some time, right? (look at me rationalizing, sorry!)
I am a DPN spastic but can magic loop with no issue at all so any sock patterns that will let me practice and get better are always welcome! Whichever one you go with will be great Lucia. Thanks for doing this!
Comment by Dani — 11/28/2005 @ 8:16 am
I have a feeling I’m going to be on a sock binge for a while.
By the end of this, I may have a favorite sock yarn.
Comment by lucia — 11/28/2005 @ 8:30 am