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Toe-Up Faux-Heel-Flap Socks – Fingering Weight

Toe-Up Faux-Heel-Flap Socks – Fingering Weight

A toe-up sock with a built-in heel flap. Use for contrasting toes/heels. Includes instructions for high and very high insteps.

Category: Socks
Gauge: 7 sts/in in Stockinette stitch
Technique: Toe-Up Socks
Yarn Weight: Fingering (14 wpi)
See also: Worsted-Weight Version

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Closeup of eye-of-the-partridge heel on fingering-weight heel-flap toe-up sock

This “Faux Heel Flap” Toe-Up Sock pattern is an easy intermediate sock pattern written for Magic Loop.

It has a fake heel "flap" that is knit in one piece with the rest of the toe-up sock. It also includes adjustments for high insteps or arches.

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Pattern Details

  • Sizes: Small, Medium, Large
  • Finished Measurements: Small regular instep {high instep; very high instep} (Medium regular instep {high instep, very high instep}, Large regular instep {high instep, very high instep}) - Finished Measurements: 7 {7.5, 8} (8 {8.5, 9}, 9 {9.5, 10}) in. [18(20, 23) cm] around ball of foot
  • Yarn Weight: Fingering (14 wpi)

Materials

  • Yarn: 340 yds. (311 m) fingering-weight yarn
  • Needles: 1 pair circular needles, 47" for two-at-a-time, 40-47" for one-at-a-time
  • Needle size: US 2 - 2.75 mm or size required to get gauge (7 sts/in)
  • Notions: Stitch markers, scissors, tapestry needle

Gauge

  • 7 sts/in in St st

Pattern Notes

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Video Tutorials for This Pattern

Faux Heel Flap for Toe-Up Socks
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Faux Heel Flap for Toe-Up Socks

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By Liat Gat – Founder / Heels, Socks, Toe-Up Socks / June 20, 2017 / 54 Comments

This tip is for sock-knitters who are following my high-instep toe-up sock pattern. It explains how to easily use my pattern for Toe-Up Faux-Heel-Flap Socks to make a bigger instep than you normally can with basic Fleegle-heel or other toe-up sock patterns.

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For toe-up sock lovers who want a great-fitting heel that can be adjusted for high insteps. This toe-up sock pattern has a “faux” heel flap which allows you to use heel stitch patterns like the Eye of the Partridge heel. You can also do a contrasting-color heel.

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Related Blog Post: Everything You Need To Know About The Fleegle Heel

A closeup of the Fleegle HeelBy Liat Gat – Founder / Heels, Socks, Toe-Up Socks / August 24, 2012 / 125 Comments

In December of 2006, a blogger known as Fleegle changed the knitting world when she published a no-holes toe-up heel formula on her blog. Since I discovered the Fleegle Heel, I’ve been making videos showing how to do it, writing patterns that use it, and helping the whole world learn to knit it.

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This bind-off combines three things you love about socks, but couldn’t have all together until now: a picot edge, a hemmed edge, and the ability to do it on toe-up socks. Here’s how to create a picot hemmed edge at the end of your knitting.

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Related Blog Post: Heel Flaps Are BACK – The New “Faux-Heel-Flap” Toe-Up Sock

Faux heel flap for toe-up socksBy Liat Gat – Founder / Heels, Socks, Toe-Up Socks, World Travels / July 20, 2012 / 118 Comments

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Testimonials

Best-Fitting Socks I Have Ever Made

I just finished a pair of socks using the modification for high instep – best fitting socks I have ever made. My new favorite sock pattern!
  – Beverly S.


Published July 11, 2018
Last Updated: September 4, 2022 - Current Version: 4.9
Update notes: Deleted extra information from heel turn that wasn't supposed to be there. Added page numbers.

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  1. This is my GO TO pattern for socks (I make 2 at a time on 2 circulars). I will adapt any stitch pattern to fit within this construction pattern because I love the way this pattern fits and works. Thank you so much for providing this!

    1. Yes!!!! That is so awesome! Thank you so much for letting me know this, that just makes my day/week/year. Woohoo! Don’t keep it a secret – make sure you tell your knitting friends about it! :D

      Hugs,
      Liat

  2. Hi Liat,
    Thank you so much for this pattern.

    I was hoping you can help me figure out what I did wrong. I’m knitting a 56-stitch sock with regular instep. On the faux heel flap, I keep ending up with one fewer stitch than I’m supposed to after working a round 3. Instead of 29 stitches after a round 3, I’m getting 27. I’ve tried again and again with the same result. I’m wondering if I’m accidentally working a k2tog when picking up the wraps, but I don’t think I am.

    Any ideas?

      1. Hi there! I’m so glad you’re loving this pattern. Sorry I couldn’t get to you in time to help, I was out of town. I’m so delighted you were able to track down the problem by yourself. Thanks for letting me know you’ve gotten it sorted!
        Cheers,
        Liat

  3. I love this pattern and fits perfectly. Could you please help me (with this sock pattern). I would like to make a pair of socks for my husband. ie: a stitch count of 72 for foot and cuff. I need to know how many stitches on cast on toe, number of unwrapped stitches etc….. same recipe proportions but larger!! Possible?
    Please help. Thank-you. ?

    1. Hi Katharine,
      I’m so sorry it’s taken so long to reply! Yes, I’d like to provide this update for you so that you can make large socks for your husband. I will work on this and let you know when it’s ready. Hugs!
      PS – Just to help with the pattern, what size shoe is he? What is the measurement around the ball of the foot? Thanks!

  4. Good morning! When I knit socks top down, I have twice as many rows in the heel flap as stitches I pick up to work the gusset and I love the way they fit. However, I prefer knitting from the toe up. I did one pair of socks using your faux heel flap and liked it but am thinking of ways to get more rows in the “flap” without the extra increases in the gusset. Any thoughts?

  5. I love this pattern! Have made several pairs, two at a time with it. One question, I get a ladder of holes in the gusset section. How do I stop this from happening? What am I doing wrong?

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