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Finishing Turning the Heel

Finished turned heel.

The finished turned heel is a rounded cup.

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Now that you've made it through the second row, just turn the work again as before and continue as established in the pattern. If you were knitting the sock we have been using in this example, for instance, on the next row you'd slip one, purl 5, purl 2 together, purl 1 and turn.

The next row would be slip 1, knit 6, slip, slip, knit, knit 1 and turn. And so on until eventually all the stitches have been worked.

What this accomplishes is a little knit cup that will hold your heel when you wear the sock.

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