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Improving Heel Fit: the percentage method
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
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These heels often have fit issues across the heel diagonal. There are a number of solutions that will improve the fit. This is the most commonly used method, although it has some disadvantages. This video explains the fit issues, how to improve the fit, with examples for how to measure, what circumference gains you can expect, and what the advantages/disadvantages of this method are.
To jump to a specific point in the video, click on the associated time stamp:
Introduction: 0:00
Fit issues: 0:39
How the SR and peasant heel fit into the sock tube: 1:03
Standard proportions: 2:00
Ave. sock heel diagonal for different sock circumferences: 2:35
How to measure your heel diagonal: 3:04
Calculate target heel diagonal and actual sock diagonal: 3:20
Increasing the diagonal: 3:46
How much add'l diagonal for each 10% inc in width: 5:12
How the resulting heels look: 5:38
Extreme fit issues: 6:25
Pros/cons: 7:52
Final words 9:37
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What an outstanding video, I have never been so clear on what options there are for knitting socks. I hope you get wide airplay!
Me, too! ;-)
Thank you so much your videos are so informative, and really great help. 😁👍🏻
I really enjoy your videos. You do a excellent job of explaining things.
Thank you so much! :-)
The measuraments of the heel (4'' wide, 2'' deep) depend heavily on the row gauge.
This is an excellent video, I've long been wondering how to modify a heel to alter the fit. I have a question--with a short row heel, does increasing the diagonal solve the problem of difficulty in getting the sock on around the heel area? I sometimes have this problem and don't like it, even though the sock fits well once it's on. Thanks!
I *think* your problem is that the sock circumference has to pass your heel diagonal. When you are pulling the top of the cuff past your heel, the edge can compress row gauge, which allows sts to expand in width, but the further down that tube you get, the harder it is for the surrounding fabric to stretch enough around that diagonal It has to stretch *and* turn 90 degrees. That back length of the leg/heel is way longer than the front of the leg/heel around that turn. If the heel diagonal of your sock is too small for your heel, then increasing the diagonal likely will help, but it is possible that the snug fit until you get past the heel is something you have to live with. The video I'm working on for today may have a better solution for you, as it adds sts to the heel, rather than encroaching on the instep to get them. It's a pleasure answering a question from a Nerdfighter, although I don't know what the "andDS" bit of your name means. :-)
Lol, I made that name so long ago that I can't remember exactly what the "D" is for, but I think it was "Don't Suck". "Suck" was another thing the Blog Bros. discouraged.
By recognizing DFTBA, you've made my day!
*Vlog (correcting autocorrect)
Umm, Rox, after today's Vlog Bros episode, I'm not sure we should admit to being Nerdfighters. Lol
Lol, I just watched it a few minutes ago. That Hank...I tell you.
Can we increase the overall stitches right before the heel (2/3 or more rows) then work the short row heel? My ex-husband has size 12 shoe with 14" diagonal measurement. I am thinking I want to add stitches to rows right before I attempt a heel so as not to encroach on instep stitches. What has been your success or thought process here? Thanks! God Bless. Barb/Sacramento
That’s covered in one of the other videos in this series.
I am having the opposite of the common fit issue. I love knitting the short row heel but it leaves a little puckering / room at bottom of heel and “ears”. I’m thinking I need to decrease the diagonal or maybe I could just widen my middle third of heel stitch count?
If you have measured your heel diagonal and it's smaller than what is expected, then yes, you would need to reduce the number of short rows worked. You could either do as you suggest, and end with a wider base at the heel, or you could work a smaller percentage of the sts for the heel.
@@RoxanneRichardson thank you so much for your quick response!! I appreciate you and your amazingly helpful knowledge and videos! 💕💕💕
I was trying to find a video that I remember seeing regarding socks with replaceable soles. Do you recall where?
It wasn’t one of my videos (if what you saw was a tutorial). This technique has been around for hundreds of years, so you can find it in 19th century sock knitting instructions as an alternative to knitting the foot in the round. I believe Elizabeth Zimmerman had a pattern that used this technique, as well (although it might have been a slipper pattern, I can’t remember). I’ve also seen patterns from the 1940s and ‘50s with instructions for doing this.
@RoxanneRichardson I don't think it was a tutorial. I wanted to rewatch because it's similar to something I want to try. Basically, my MIL would like socks, but my husband said they had to be nonskid. I was going to see if I can knit the upper onto or sew it onto a piece of nonslip fabric that people usually use on kids pjs.
How do you make a sock heel for a narrow foot and narrow heel? Mine are both narrow.
That depends on a couple of things, like your ankle measurement, your ball of foot measurement, whether you are working toe up or cuff down, and what your heel diagonal measurement is. You might need a gusset to increase or reduce the stitch count at the ankle or instep. If you ask your question in the Rox Rocks group on Ravelry, and supply the various measurements, I can help you figure it out.
I posted the information you should need on your Ravelry group. I've never posted on Ravelry before, so I hope I did it correctly and that you can find the info. Thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate it! I posted under "Balligg."
Hmm I guess I’m lucky the standard heel has always worked for me lol