Heel turn calculator

Heel turn calculator

Have you ever racked your brain trying to figure out the numbers when knitting the heel of your sock? I know I have. This heel turn calculator can do the math for you! Just pop your numbers into the form and select the type of heel you’d like and it will generate instructions for you.

I designed this heel turn calculator to calculate the heel turn of a top down sock with heel flap. I’m also working on a calculator to calculate the heel turn of a Fleegle heel and one that will generate complete sock recipes, so please subscribe to my newsletter if you’d like to know when these are available.

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any problems using this calculator.

Have fun turning those heels!

Input

stitches
stitches
Right side Wrong side


Generated instructions

The heel turn is worked as follows:

- Row 1 (right side): Sl1, k16, ssk, k1, turn. There are 12 unworked stitches remaining after the gap.
- Row 2 (wrong side): Sl1, p3, p2tog, p1, turn. There are 12 unworked stitches remaining after the gap.
- Row 3 (right side): Sl1, k to 1 stitch before gap, ssk, k1, turn.
- Row 4 (wrong side): Sl1, p to 1 stitch before gap, p2tog, p1, turn.

Work rows 1 to 4 once. Keep repeating rows 3 to 4 until all stitches have been worked.

Your last row is a wrong side row and there should now be 18 heel stitches remaining.

Abbreviations

  • K: Knit
  • K2tog: Knit 2 stitches together
  • K-wise: As if to knit
  • LHN: Left hand needle
  • P: Purl
  • P2tog: Purl 2 stitches together
  • Sl: Slip (as if to purl)
  • Ssk: Sl1 k-wise, sl1 k-wise, place back on LHN, knit together through back loop
  • Ssp: Sl1 k-wise, sl1 k-wise, place back on LHN, purl together through back loop

This heel turn calculator was inspired by Heels by Numbers.

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