Hi, I am picking up my knitting needles after some break and even though I have made socks in the past I am having a hard time deciphering what the pattern is asking me to do. I’m trying to make the heal of a sock from a pattern called “tech guy socks” and am currently at a stand still
[COLOR=Red]“Shape the heel by working as follows. On RS, knit up to the first stitch with a
yarnover (do NOT work this stitch or its yarnover), turn, and make new yarnover.
On WS, purl up to the first stitch with a yarnover (do NOT work this stitch or its
yarnover), turn, and make new yarnover. Continue in this manner until only 8
stitches remain in the middle without yarnovers.” [/COLOR]
How do you turn work after a yarn over and not knit the stitches you just made? when it says yarn over does that mean just a yarn over or an increase on an existing stitch. then it tells me to contiune on both sides, but I am confused if I am suppose to knit across and if I increase every stitch somehow.
[COLOR=Red]Now begin widening the heel again by knitting up to the first stitch with a
yarnover, knit that stitch, and then untwist its yarnover by inserting the right
needle into the back loop and slipping it over. Slip it back to the left needle and
knit it together with the following stitch.* Turn and make new yarnover. Next
row: Purl up to the first stitch with a yarnover, purl that stitch, and then slip its
yarnover and the following stitch KNITWISE on to the right needle. Slip thback to the left needle and purl them together through the back loop.** " [/COLOR]
I am just totally lost on the rest of it. I have a feeling that once I understand one thing it will all fall into place, but as of now I am clueless. Thank you for any help. I am so lost right now.
I don’t know if there is a good way to explain this beyond doing just what the pattern tells you. Let’s pretend this isn’t giving you instructions about a yarn over at all. What a lot of heels will tell you to do is this:
[I]You will have, for example, 36 stitches on your heel needle. It may tell you to knit across 12 stitches, k2tog, k1, turn. This would leave 12 stitches unworked on that needle. Then you will work back across purling. It may tell you at this point to purl 7, p2tog, p1, turn.[/I]
what this is telling you to do is essentially the same thing, but apparently the heel includes YOs. they are just reguar YOs as far as I know, but I don’t know this pattern.
You are knitting the sts you just made…the ones you just finished knitting. You’re just not going completely to the end of the row
If you look at the top of your pattern (Special Instructions), it tells you how to do the short-row yarn overs. You’ll be decreasing once you have the yarn overs in place, and it explains how to do that as well.
Yes, I think if you get the first part, this part will be fine. Also, don’t forget that there are instructions for this at the top of your pattern.