Hermoine's Everyday Socks Part 3 - The Gusset & Heel Reinforcement

[@kevinorr6880]

I know this is a rather dated series, but I thank you Fir the Sloth Series. I use it for a reference nearly every step through my sock process since I am not a natural knitter, but a forced knitter. Thank you for the time and care that you took way back six years ago.

[@sophiag9856]

You are wonderful, thank you for the sloth tutorials!

[@PurlTogether]

Glad you like them!

[@jennistevenson796]

Lovely to see the baby goats. Loved and really appreciated the clarity and detail of how to pick up the stitches, thank you x

[@Jamquiltsmorgan]

I've knitted for years but never attempted socks untill finding your series here on KZbin. . You make it so easy to follow along , so far ive just started to decrease towards the toe rounds on this video , already looking forward to those that follow to get my sock complete . . Wished I had found your channel earlier. . Love the look of your farm with all those animals , it remind me when I was younger . I know how had you must work to keep things going. So thanks for taking time out to make these videos not forgetting the tips and advice , great stuff . Keep them coming 😊

[@craftygranny]

Watched this video just today while knitting socks for my grandson’s birthday. I, too, hate gusset holes and tried your trick of knitting into the back of that bar pick-up. Wow. Now I want to hug you and your cows and cute goats and the dog and ...

[@sharoncostedio6136]

I may be late to the party but I just wanted to make a public comment on how wonderful this entire series on knitting socks has been! I have been knitting 55 years and have made oodles of pairs of socks but always had a hole in the gusset which I had to go back and "fix". I have learned so much from your videos and now my socks are flawless! Thank you on sharing your farm and your skills. I truly appreciate it!

[@PurlTogether]

Thanks for your kind words!

[@Kyoshiraishi]

The tips of closing the gap by ktbl helps me a ton. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@cindykirk1678]

I love seeing the farm, as a hobby farmer myself I can appreciate your time spent teaching this great sock pattern.

[@karoljelbert1996]

Love your farm and your animals, what a wonderful life you have. Also really enjoy your knitting projects, thank you for both.

[@carolann963]

Hi Jana, thank you so much for your very helpful video. I'm a senior and only been knitting socks for a couple of years but your explanation and close ups of the intricate bits are so helpful and very neat. I also love the way you have interacted the video with your farm life. It is lovely to see the animals.Thank you so much 💕

[@dpaul4066]

LOVE THE FARM STUFF...GREAT INTRO...PUT A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE....THANK YOU

[@susanvanvleck3957]

I don't know about the rest of us but I enjoy your trips outside too see the animals. The baby goats grabbed my heart!!

[@joypolk3093]

Love your teaching style! The repeating of instructions I think is a good thing, where we start to really hear and do! Thank you for these videos. From a size 12 foot!😁

[@ritatannehill7487]

I LOVE your farm Babies!! Makes me homesick - my dad has always has goats and we love visiting them

[@snvazquez724]

OMG! I love the little ones!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@bonniestull5822]

Awww that made my day! I love those little bottle babies ❤️

[@wingthreads2347]

I was so stuck on the heel and gusset of this pattern until I found your video. Thank you so much for demonstrating it so clearly! Now I'M the boss of my knitting! 😄

[@lynnegray4662]

Love the heel and gusset method!! Thanks.

[@IchStrickeGerne]

I hear goats. I love goats!!!!! 😍😍😍😍. They sounded like they were saying “moooommmmm” when they were running up to you. So cute!!!!!

[@bettyr2319]

Enjoying the kal and the stroll around your farm. Precious baby goats are just too cute.

[@dorarogers3806]

I love your farm. Thanks for sharing the animal life with my other favorite thing Knitting.

[@lewzgirl1969]

Im so jealous that you have goats. My family had them when I was a kid (haha) and I want them again once we have more property :) Thanks again for walking (I did it again lol) us through this sock knitting thing. When I followed your heel flap tutorial, I discovered that the original pattern directions caused the reinforced heel turn to be off-centre. So, I frogged back to the end of the heel flap and followed your "2 stitches past the centre" rule for the beginning of the turn and adjusted the numbers to work for all subsequent rows. It worked out perfectly centred!! Thank you for your clear instructions. I will remember that tip for my future sock knitting.

[@aliatheli]

Hello! I’m a confident beginner when it comes to knitting, but I’m confused with how the numbers would work out utilizing the original pattern. Any tips with that would be greatly appreciated

[@siggylev4268]

Greatly appreciate your sock videos. Although I’ve been knitting socks for years, I’m self taught and have only followed the same few sock patterns. Your videos are teaching me a lot that patterns don’t offer. I love when you say “you are the boss of your knitting”. That comment was very enlightening for me and now I’m not afraid to make changes that have improved how my socks come out. My socks are turning out so much better, now. Thank you for your time and sharing 💕

[@gingermolinero8386]

Jana I love your farm segments. Fun seeing another way of life

[@selenadiaz2665]

Farm animals and knitting! What could be better?♡♡♡

[@masuganut2082]

Throw in a pot of tea and some sweet treats and you have the perfect day IMHO. Having animals around makes me feel so connected to life and nature.

[@wendybrookes1878]

So happy to have found your videos. I am in a sock mood so have made 5 pairs this year and I learn something every time I complete a pair . You provided some great new ideas on the slipped stitch heel and on not having a hole...many thanks

[@odellpark]

A free all these years I finally understand the left slant vs right slant and which does what (ssk vs k2tog) … no one ever explained it in the context of ‘slanted towards the toe’. Tk you!

[@OkayestChemist]

I have tried for years to knit a sock and never got past afterthought heels. With your tutorials im just about to turn the heel on my first pair! Thank you so much.

[@PurlTogether]

Great job!

[@janiegathercole7452]

Love your farm animals, thanks so much for taking time teaching about socks, I excited for going to start a pair, you explain so well.

[@nicolettehorsthuis1614]

Spring is so busy a farm! Our spring is so late this year, no grass for the horses hardly yet. But it is coming! Chickens are laying like crazy! Thanks for the video!

[@limetree223]

Thank you for a great tutorial.

[@PurlTogether]

Thanks for watching!

[@hippychick9106]

This 50 year old city chick love, love, loves the farm stuff!! Could those baby goats (kids?) be ANY cuter? NO!!!!...I could watch hours of your farm “stuff”...and love your KAL’s too 😂😂. Edit: I just watched the knitting portion and wanted to say thanks for slowing down a bit and explaining/showing everything. It helps a lot!!

[@sallybyers-downing8216]

Looks like a nice farm. Love cows but nervous of them. Lovely

[@debmeyer3111]

Loved the kids

[@bucklebunny6661]

Awe.....I love the ranching & farming , I’m a country girl grew up on a ranch ( cows ) hand milking . Mom made homemade butter & cottage cheese yummmmm.... I’m still a country girl & married a city boy lol what a pair right ☺️he says we’re all backwards & I tell him city folk are backwards lol .

[@cm4107]

Thank you for the tips. It's helping me make my sock more even.

[@robingilson2201]

Love the farm please when you can show and love the socks

[@traceyokeefe9119]

Aw! Absolutely love the views from your farm and the animals. Thanks so much for sharing! I know this is a late comment but couldn’t resist a comment. Hard work I’m sure but in an ideal world this would be my dream life! Also thanks for the knitting tutorial, have just finished both my socks 🧦 Tracey all the way from 🇬🇧

[@PurlTogether]

I always appreciate comments on the "older" videos. And I'm always a little amazed that people are watching from "across the pond." Thanks for taking the time to write!

[@aliciakearney7573]

Love your Border Collie, my girl is an Aussie/Border, but all she gets to herd are my chickens. LOL.

[@lindamelinie9473]

Thanks!

[@alicedampmanhumel8139]

brown, fuzzy cows, Clover and Frosty! Are they Jerseys? Adorable baby goats, love their little voices!

[@PurlTogether]

They are Irish Dexter cattle. A heritage breed that is a great fit for us! Thanks for the comment :)

[@TheKaydie]

I am so glad I found your videos. I actually understand more about sock knitting. I am still the heel and going to fo contrasting color. I am doing my sock on 9 inch circulars. Is it possible to pick up all those stitches and finish the heel?? I live using the 9 inch as it is not do hard on my hands. I do question getting the heel done Your videos are wonderful and very easy to understand.

[@PurlTogether]

I think you may need to switch to a longer circular needle or dpns, just for the heel section, since I don't think all those stitches will fit on a 9" circ. Glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@allycochran8487]

First of all, thank you so much for your videos. I’m a visual person and these have helped me tremendously. Second, would it be ok to continue the heel reinforcement all the way along the bottom of the foot? Is that something that would be beneficial for the sock wearer? Also could it mess up the rest of the pattern at all?

[@PurlTogether]

You can totally continue the reinforcement along the bottom of the heel. I regularly do that. Just be sure that you alternate rows between the slip stitch and then knit a plain row. Since you're only knitting the Hermione chart pattern on the top of the foot, it won't mess anything up. I usually stop the heel reinforcement after I finish with the gusset decreases.

[@allycochran8487]

Purl Together Cool! Thanks so much!!

[@joannecordelia]

Why was it when you did the slip, slip, knit, did you knit normal right to left? In you’re toe up socks you did the sky but did the knit awkwardly left to right? Just wondering! 😉👍

[@PurlTogether]

Just a different way of doing the same thing. You might check out this video for more info kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHXVmKl5jpV6g8U

[@LuJustLu]

I love the farm stuff!!! Do you have a farm channel as well? BTW, thank you for the tutorials. I'm a new knitter and you explain it in a way that seems easy to me. I appreciate that.

[@PurlTogether]

I don't have a farm channel on KZbin, but you can follow Celtic Prairie Farm on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like. Thanks for watching!

[@LuJustLu]

@@PurlTogether Will do.

[@gransattic]

I need you to follow me around all day and tell me "It's not a crisis!" "It's alright!"

[@sallybyers-downing8216]

So do you do the heel slip stitch next row there knit all

[@PurlTogether]

Yes, you alternate the slip stitch reinforcement with a plain row

[@sallykazoo6121]

When I picked up the chain stitches and closed the gaps, I don’t have the same number of stitches on the sides of the heel. When and how do I resolve this? I have an additional 2 stitches on one side. 🤦‍♀️

[@PurlTogether]

Just decrease them away. Knit a couple of extra decrease rounds (alternating with plain rounds as before) and just only decrease on the side that needs it. Hope that makes sense.

[@lindamelinie9473]

Jana, is there a pattern for the Hermione's Everyday Socks with the changes you made in your video? I have a copy of the Hermione's Everyday Socks pattern that I used when I did your video but I don't think it has your changes. I want to print out the pattern with your changes so I can make another pair of socks. Thanks!

[@PurlTogether]

Are you referring to the slip stitch heel reinforcement specifically? Or the way I make the toe? Or both? Are you a member of our Facebook group?

[@lindamelinie9473]

I was referring to both so that I could just look at the pattern and follow it for the whole sock. Yes, I am a member of the Facebook group.

[@PurlTogether]

OK.. If you're wanting the written pattern for how I knit cuff down socks, check out my website. It sorely needs updating but the steps for the basic cuff down sock is there. purltogether.com/2017/09/21/basic-sock-tutorial-part-1-the-cuff-leg/

[@gnviev]

😀💕🌸

[@ibyteuback]

Can I send

[@robynwilson4849]

I love all your animals... I don't have/want Facebook, how do I go to ralvley? We are just coming out of winter, Qld Australia. I love your teaching style, but can you speak a little slower. All my prays Robyn W.

[@PurlTogether]

Just go to www.ravelry.com and sign up for a free account, then search for our group, Purl Together.

[@ibyteuback]

An email

[@PurlTogether]

You may contact me through my website at www.purltogether.com