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Different sock heels §

This glossary is based on Sock Heel Patterns Glossary – Curls and Q.

Cuff Down §

1. French (Round Heel) — tutorial at KnitPicks
2. Dutch (Square Heel) — tutorial at KnitPicks
3. *Taffy/Welsh — In Finnish, includes other heels.
4. Welsh Heel — In English
5. Band (German Strap Heel)
6. Handkerchief Heel (V Heel)
7. Gusset Heel — For Dummies
8. Half Handkerchief
9. Fish Lips Kiss Heels — by SoxTherapist
10. Balbriggan — instructions at Liberty’s Yarn
11. Double-stitch Short Row — Tess Knits
12. Sherman Heel — Hipknitism
13. Fleegle Heel Video Link
14. Double Gusset Heel — Turtlegirl’s Bloggy Thing
15. Strong Heel — Aaron Clark’s Easier socks with the Strong Heel developed by Gerdine Crawford-Strong, pdf
16. OMG Heel — Megan Williams
17. German Short Row aka Boomerang Heel — Suzanne Bryan

Toe Up §

1. French
2. Dutch
3. Round
4. Reverse Dutch
5. Heel Shaped common heel — part of the Vanilla Sock pattern
6. Eye of Partridge — part of the Vanilla Sock pattern
7. Gusset Heel — Toe Up — Maia Spins
8. Turkish Heel — Crystal Socklet Heel — Lynn DT Hershberger aka ColorJoy
9. Fish Lips Kiss Heels — by SoxTherapist
10. Fleegle Heel — also a cuff down version, Fleegle Heel video link
11. Seam Free Rounded Toe-up Sock — Lynn Ashton
12. Sherman — Cabezalana
13. Double Stitches Heel — No wrapping, Heidi Bears
14. OMG Heel — Megan Williams
15. Sling Heel — Staci Perry

Afterthought Heels §

1. Afterthought Heels — for Dummies
2. The Beehive’s Aladdin Heel — Scroll to the bottom of the page
3. Afterthought Heel socks — La La’s Knits

Short Rows — Toe up or Toe down §

1. Short Row Heel
2. Roomier Short Row Heel
3. Hourglass
4. Cat’s Sweet Tomato Heel by Cat Borhdi — YouTube video
5. Cat’s Padded Sweet Tomato Heel by Cat Borhdi — YouTube video
6. Fleegle Heel
7. Fish Lips Kiss Heels — by SoxTherapist

Heel up §

1. Hat Heel Socks — by Kathleen Spurling — socks started from the heel and worked up to cuff and down to toe.

Heels by Number §

A great chart which lists how to knit the follow heels following an easy math formula. The following heel types are listed:

1. V heel
2. Round heel
3. Rounder heel
4. Square heel
5. Modified square heel
6. Strap heel

Skewed Heel §

1. Skew Sock — Lana Holden

How to pick up gusset without holes §

Check Pick up Gusset and prevent holes in socks heel for details

Calculator §

https://coda.io/@kat-zimmermann/sock-knitting-calculator https://www.knitgrammer.com/knitting-calculators/

Spreadsheet calculator (cuff down) §

https://www.lauroftheblingsdesigns.com/blog/cuff-down-heel-flap-sock-recipe