A Curious Statistical Anomaly

Well, I unknit the sock down past where the moths had eaten it, clipped out the ends of the eaten bits, and rewound the ball. Then it was a matter of figuring out where I was in the process and continuing on.

This project originally stalled because I didn’t want to do the usual short row heel and I was trying to figure out how to do a normal heel but from the bottom to the top– if that makes any sense. Then I was reading the Yarn Harlot’s blog and she talked about the afterthought heel and how it was just another toe. It was like a light bulb went off. I got out a pair of socks that I’d made last year (top down) and looked at the heel. I thought that if from the toe up I just made a normal heel then the thicker bit usually running along the back of the heel would be under the heel, where it actually would do the most good, and the thinner bit would be at the back of the heel and since I wear clogs mostly, this would be fine (no rubbing on the shoe’s back edge).

The trick was realizing that a heel was a heel was a heel — whether toe up or top down it works and fits the foot the same way. Of course, until I finish and wear them a while I won’t know if this works as well as I think it will but it does make a nice looking heel for a toe up sock.

I think I’ll have a cuppa and admire it for a while. At least don’t tell me 40 billion other knitters already knew this and it’s an old technique until I’ve had a chance to enjoy my cleverness for a few minutes at least.