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Question about knitting the heel flap
General Knitting Questions, January '09 Kit Questions | February 05, 2009
Hi there everyone! I am still pretty new to sock knitting (this will be my third pair ever), and I am just about ready to begin knitting the heel flap (and feeling nervous!) I am knitting the large size socks, and the directions say “Knit 1 st from left needle to right needle. Work heel flap back and forth over next 36 sts according to heel flap chart, or as follows”. My question is, what happens to that first stitch? Does it just sit there on my needle while I knit the heel flap using stitches 2 through 37? If yes, should I maybe move it to one of my two other needles that will be sitting idle while I am knitting the heel flap, so that it doesn’t accidently fall off the active needles? Or, is the first stitch really stitch 1 of the 36 heel flap stitches? Any advice or guidance that you can give will be greatly appreciated! Thanks and have a great day!
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3 Responses to “Question about knitting the heel flap”
That first stitch is not part of the heel flap. I moved mine around to the other needle, just to keep it out of the way. Just so you know, I think this has been covered but there was a minor mistake in printing so the Large heel chart is where the Medium is supposed to be and vice versa. The written instructions are where they should be.
Blerg. I didn’t realize that and just used the chart that was below the medium. I knew something was wrong, but I didn’t investigate thoroughly. I don’t usually do heel flaps; I usually do shortrow, so I didn’t realize anything was wrong, though I thought it was a bit weird. It might have screwed up the top of the foot pattern. I am halfway down the foot but now that I realized that, I might rip back. :’( That’s okay. I love the pattern.
Thanks so much emilytheslayer. I will definitely move the first stitch over to the idle needle while working on the heel. I just had this feeling that if I left it on one of the active needles that I would constantly be having to stop and pick it back up because it would be falling off the needle whenever I wasn’t looking at it. The knitting gods seem to find that sort of thing amusing. And thank you and Angela both about reminding me about the wee gaffe with the heel charts. I had seen the message earlier but it had slipped my mind. I have now labelled the charts correctly in my directions.
Well I am off to start the heel! Eek! Wish me luck!
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