Tomato Heel

I designed and knit Tomato Heel woollen socks for a child. I used Kotikulta's Tuokio yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m) in red shade. The multicolored yarn in the stripes is the last left over yarn from Aurora socks. It is Novita 7 veljestä yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m) and its shade is Aurora.

If you ever made German Short Row Heel, for sure you can make this. You make the short rows only to the half way and repeat it three times to get 3 short row reducing points.

This was my 1st time to knit Tomato Heel. I kind of liked it. It is suitable for children socks and for the ones who mainly rest when wearing these woollen socks. The name comes from it that the heel looks like a half of tomato!

German Short Row Heel

I knit these woollen socks. It's a variation from Kerstin Balk's SoxxBook Family & Friends by Stine & Stitch but not exactly from her design. I used Kotikulta's Tuokio yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m) in white and red shades.

This pair has German Short Row heels. It is the most common heel in all the commercial socks you can buy. But it is not the most durable one. Excellent choice for the woollen socks you are going to wear at home, school or work if you are not going to walk a lot.

German Short Row heel is called also Hourglass or Boomerang heel.

French Heel

I designed and made these woollen socks but was strongly inspired by Kersin Balke's book SoxxBook Family + Friends by Stine & Stitch. I used Kotikulta's Tuokio yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m) in white and red shades.

These socks have French heels. It is quite similar to DutchHeel NoO (plain) but differs at the casting offs and the side edge of the heel.

Dutch Heel No2 (var.)

I designed and knit a traditional style woollen socks with the variation of the traditional style heel. I used Kotikulta's Tuokio yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m) for the basic red shade. For the purple stripes I used left over Novita 7 veljestä yarn (75 % wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m). And for the light purple shades I used left over Lankava's Alli yarn (75% wool and 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m). Alli yarn is from the disappointing trial of seeking new woollen sock yarn. By the way, since that it still has not happen. The heels last, when you have a proper yarn for it! Alli socks are the 1st and so far the last pair of which the heel has not last in daily use!

These socks have a variation of the traditional Dutch Heel. It is as strong as the original version but creates a bit different look. 

In this variation of The Dutch Heel (trad.) you make it all just a different rhythm in the following difference:

    1. row: purl

    2. row: slip 1st one, knit-slip-knit until knit the last one

    3. row - purl

    4. row: slip 1 st one, slip-knit-slip until knit the last one

    repeat 1-4 rows

AAW Fair Isle Socks No10 (mustard)

I knit one more pair of my own design AAW Fair Isle Socks No 10. For the Fair Isle design I used plant dyed AAW (50% our own ethic produced arctic angora wool, 40% ethic produced FinnSheep wool, 10% nylon) (100g = 238m). I used tea and fire weed to get the shades of light brown and yellow. The basic color mustard is Kotikulta's Tuokio yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m). My mom gave me some yarn of Kotikulta. I have never used it so we will see how good or bad it is.