Our First Pair Of Socks - Part 4

So for today's post we will be talking about setting up for the gusset and what happens next. So once we have finished knitting the HEEL TURN we will start picking up stitches along the heel flap. So it says to pick up 16 stitches along the heel flap, I pick up and knit into the back of these stitches. Next you knit the stitches from the next two needles, these stitches are the instep. Then you pick up and knit into the back of the stitches from the other heel edge. You then knit the 9 stitches from turning the heel. So when you finish you should have 82 stitches on your needles. So this is how it should look on needle 1 it will have 25 stitches, on needles 2 and 3 - 16 stitches and on needle 4 - 25 stitches. Once you have the stitches set up you then knit one round and that's the set up for the gusset. The beginning of the round starts in the middle of the heel.

Needle set up for gusset

Rounds start in the middle of the heel

Working on needle 1 In our next post we will be looking at how to measure our foot length and then it's a matter of knitting until we get to the toe decreasing.  It's all down hill from now on and it will come together very quick and you will have 1 sock finished and be ready to start knitting it's mate. Hope this is helpful. Need help? Contact me. Happy Knitting Sharyn