Thank you, Carol and Chris, for your posts. I thought it must mean to fold the
flap that way, but the instructions I'm following say that the heel flap should
reach to "the middle of the foot" which I took to mean halfway along the sole.
That's why I was puzzled. Will have a go and report on my
On Nov 28, 2008, at 6:46 AM, Kate Bunting wrote:
In some sets of instructions for knitting period stockings, you are
told to "fold the heel flap in half". I'm a fairly experienced
knitter, but I can't make sense of this. Can anyone advise? I
assume it means to fold the flap edge-to-edge ra
Hi Kate,
Good thing you have 17th century in your signature — that's the
period for your stockings, right?
Ok so at the ankle, you're holding the stitches at the front
and knitting the heel flap. Then you have to form the part that cups
around the heel.
Knit halfway acros
In some sets of instructions for knitting period stockings, you are told to
"fold the heel flap in half". I'm a fairly experienced knitter, but I can't
make sense of this. Can anyone advise? I assume it means to fold the flap
edge-to-edge rather than to double it back on itself.
Kate Bunting
Li
