Trying to get past my first sock

How-to Questions
1

I have been trying for awhile now to get past the first sock!!!
I get to the Heel Flap and the patterns says to put 20 stitches on one needle
Which is fine I got that part. The part is this:

Row 1: Sl 1, Purl across

Row 2:Sl 1, K1 across

Repeat these two rows for a total of 20 rows.
Turn Heel- 12 sts. remaining

my problem with this is I slip the stitch and did what the rows said. But I have still twenty stitches on my needle and the pattern says I should have 12 remaing.
At this point I am very tired of frogging but I know I am going to have to so that I can finally finnish a sock. Oh please someone help on this.

2

You’re doing it right, you just haven’t turned the heel yet. AFTER the heel is turned, you’ll have 12 stitches remaining.

Does your pattern have the directions for turning the heel?

3

Okay, it looks to me like they didn’t give you the instuctions on how to turn the heel. That would definitely help! Check out the link below. That’s the basic pattern that I used on my first socks.

http://www2.rpa.net/~choffman/JEH02.htm

I’m not sure if this helped or not. What pattern are you using?

4

Thank you both for the fast response.

It does give the heel turning I didn’t understand until both of you mentioned the turning of the heel.
Sometimes I just read to much into the patterns.
It does give it what it says is TURN HEEL - 12 STS. REMAINING
I didn’t go any further reading thinking I was to have 12 stitches on my needle.
So I am a very happy camper ready to sit and finish that darn sock.