Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
This tutorial takes you through how to set up for an afterthought heel and how to work the heel once the body of the sock is complete. This video features the Hedera Helix socks by Jim Arnall-Culliford and is December's project from A Year of Techniques.
You can purchase A Year of Techniques from the following shops:
Purlescence (UK): purlescence.co.uk/Brochure/Patterns/Arnall-Culliford-Knitwear/A-Year-of-Techniques-PATT-AC-YEAR
Modern Daily Knitting (USA): moderndailyknitting.com/shop/a-year-of-techniques
Strickmich (EU): strickmich-shop.de/en/Books/?manufacturer=bb92ee57ee5f4b9b8dfb06e1129cb884&order=topseller&p=1
0:00 Introduction
0:19 Uses of Afterthought Technique
0:30 Reasons to Try Afterthought Heel
0:49 Heel Placement and Inserting Waste Yarn
2:17 Working the First Round After Waste Yarn
3:05 Tip for Using A Contrast Yarn for Heel
3:30 Returning to Waste Yarn to Pick Up Heel Stitches
3:48 Using a Smaller Needle
3:53 Picking Up Stitches Around Waste Yarn Starting at Centre on First Side
5:13 Picking Up the Second Side
5:30 Unraveling the Waste Yarn
6:00 Using Scissors to Speed Things Up
7:09 The Finished Result and Starting the Heel
This tutorial takes you through how to set up for an afterthought heel and how to work the heel once the body of the sock is complete. This video features the Hedera Helix socks by Jim Arnall-Culliford and is December's project from A Year of Techniques.
You can purchase A Year of Techniques from the following shops:
Purlescence (UK): purlescence.co.uk/Brochure/Patterns/Arnall-Culliford-Knitwear/A-Year-of-Techniques-PATT-AC-YEAR
Modern Daily Knitting (USA): moderndailyknitting.com/shop/a-year-of-techniques
Strickmich (EU): strickmich-shop.de/en/Books/?manufacturer=bb92ee57ee5f4b9b8dfb06e1129cb884&order=topseller&p=1
0:00 Introduction
0:19 Uses of Afterthought Technique
0:30 Reasons to Try Afterthought Heel
0:49 Heel Placement and Inserting Waste Yarn
2:17 Working the First Round After Waste Yarn
3:05 Tip for Using A Contrast Yarn for Heel
3:30 Returning to Waste Yarn to Pick Up Heel Stitches
3:48 Using a Smaller Needle
3:53 Picking Up Stitches Around Waste Yarn Starting at Centre on First Side
5:13 Picking Up the Second Side
5:30 Unraveling the Waste Yarn
6:00 Using Scissors to Speed Things Up
7:09 The Finished Result and Starting the Heel
