Happy Black Friday, I hope you are having fun in the chaos or avoiding it all together, whichever is your bag. I’m in the “avoid it” group so I’m sipping coffee and contemplating a turkey sandwich for breakfast.
But I digress, I need to do some sock surgery. My Accidental Travel Vanilla socks made their way on to my feet and into my boots this week. But I was annoyed all day long and constantly having to unzip my boots to pull up my socks.
After lunch I was beyond frustrated so I took my whole shoe off to diagnose the problem. And I found it….the heel is too small. I knit these pretty early in my afterthought heel career. And I knit it just like a standard wedge toe, knit one round and decrease the next round repeating those until done. Nowadays I knit my heels differently. I add extra knit rounds in between the decreases to add depth to the heel to fit my round heel.
I guess the blessing of this heel is that I can pick up the edge stitches and then rip back the heel to knit a better one. I’ve pulled these socks out of my sock drawer and put them in the mending basket for a rainy day when I need a quick project.
Happy Friday and Happy Knitting!!
My Tangled Yarn Knitting Adventures 
So it’s the heel that causes socks to slip down?
Yeah. The fabric can’t stretch to cover my heel enough so as I walk the leg fabric gets pulled over my heel.
I’ve noticed lately that all my socks slip down into my shoes, even the store bought ones. I think you should school the masses on this solution. Oh by the way, you have amazing arches. 🦶 ☺️
Good that it’s an easy-ish fix, anyway!
I need to get back to knitting socks. trying to clean out my WIP’s
I am interested to learn which style of afterthought heel you work. I have one pattern with an AT heel that works up into a circle. I have a bit of trouble each time I use it but cannot diagnose why I have trouble….so I am seeking more AT heel design info.
I have kind developed my own “recipe” that fits my heel. I build in extra plain knit rounds in between the decrease to fit my large heel and instep. Essentially, it’s just a like a toe for a cuff down sock. I’m not sure what pattern you use but I would recommend the Smooth Operator Sock by Susan B Anderson or any of Wendy Johnson’s free sock patterns. Both are designers are clear and well written.