When I ran into Linda at the yarn shop yesterday, she showed me some of her recently knit socks done up in Socks that Rock Yarn. (Linda actually knits with the yarn she buys as opposed to those of us who just hoard it...)
anyway...she had THE coolest looking heel, the Eye of Partridge. She got it from the Harlot's Knitting Rules book, however I googled it and found about 100,000 hits. Essentially, it is just like the heel stitch (where you slip every other stitch on the knit side) except that every other knit row is offset one stitch. There is a very nice picture and chart here The end result is a sort of an all over basketweave look versus the vertical columns of the heel stitch.
What I really want to do is drop all my other projects and start on a pair of socks featuring this heel...but I am going to do the responsible thing and finish something already started (and maybe clean up the laundry room.)
Give it a try and let me know what you think!
Yours in knitting,
Claire
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