Avoiding Heel Flap Gap in Flap and Gusset Sock Heels

by admin May 19, 2020

Knitting Tutorial: How to prevent heel flap gap in flap and gusset style sock heels.

If you've ever knit a pair of flap and gusset style socks, you know how easy it is to get a noticeable hole or gap at the gusset corners. Many knitters stitch those holes shut when they finish their socks. I do my best to prevent the heel flap gap so there's nothing to fix later on.

Before You Begin

One way to prevent the gusset gaps is to pick up and knit an extra stitch or two, on each side of the sock, between the heel flap and gusset. Unfortunately, that also adds to the circumference of the sock where the ankle meets the foot. It's not a great option for people who have small insteps and don't need extra fabric around their socks.

Instead, you can use a cable needle to pick up two additional stitches in the gaps on each side and decrease them in the same round where you pick up stitches at the sides of the heel flap.

Materials

Cobasi by HiKoo Yarn
addi bamboo FlexiFlips needles
cable needle

Thanks to Skacel for providing the yarn and knitting needles used in this tutorial. These products are available locally at many yarn shops and online at Makers' Mercantile.