Is there an AMAZING thumbs up?!?!?!?! This is genius. I was scared to try the afterthough heel but after watching this I am trying this right now!!! GENIUS

Brilliant tutorial. I have managed to do an afterthought heel with waste yarn but this is even easier. Thank you

I've been knitting for years and I remember afterthought heels were always so hard and this video has totally changed the game!! Thank you!!

Großartig! Danke für diese Beschreibung. 😘

I have watched so many tutorials on how to do this and have been reluctant because I don't want to mess up my work. Your technique by far makes the most sense because you don't have to pick up all those little stitches hoping you don't miss one. I have 42 stitches at 11 stitches per inch ... teeny tiny ones. Thank you so much for this.

Thank-you so much for this! You have saved my Christmas stocking!! 😍

This looks MUCH EASIER than picking up stitches! Thank you from a beginning sock knitter!!

There are so many tutorials on afterthought heels and I have such a struggle with inserting my needles. I also knit with one long needle. This is by far the easiest and most guaranteed way to not cut the wrong thread or drop stitches. Brilliant! Thanks so much for this clever technique.

Brilliant! Thanks - I stopped doing afterthought heels because I hated picking up the stitches - now with a lifeline, no problem!

Using lifelines in this way would never have crossed my mind - love it!!

This is so AWESOME! I never would have thought to use a life line here, but it makes sense. I like to knit Latvian mittens and you put the thumb stitches on hold, then go back to knit them and I always have to be so careful trying to get the stitches back on the needles. Thank you so much for putting this tutorial out there. I can't wait to try this on my next pair of mittens!

Oh my Goodness!!! This is AwEsOmE!!! Thank-you for sharing! I usually do toe up socks with a fleegle heel but bought a pattern that I just loved and it was cuff down. I never did a heel flap & gusset before but gave it a try ... ripped it out twice :( They have been in 'time-out' for about a year. Now I know just what to do :) They will be out of 'time out' & on my feet in no time! Great tutorial & great method!

This is ✨BRILLIANT ✨ Thank you so much!! ❤️

This is a super brilliant way to do an afterthought heel - I have never had the courage to knit a sock that way before..now I want to get start right this minut 👍👍👍👍 Thank you so much 💕👌🏼👌🏼

Andrea, your tutorials are THE BEST! I also am enjoying the Knit Stars tutorials! Thanks!

You've made this so clear! Thank you for the great video!

Wow. Learned a new technique today. Making Douglas. Arid and this video now makes the pocket very clear. Thank you!

What a great tutorial! I have been knitting socks for years & I finally have the courage to try after thought heels so this tutorial was super helpful :)

As long as I’ve been Knitting, and as much as I use sock yarn remnants for stitch holders, stitch markers, and lifelines, you’d think that to do this would’ve crossed my mind! 😄Thank you for this tutorial, which I’ve added to my Tutorials folder!😉

I'm a lot less frightened to try afterthought heels now. Thank you!

This is the neatest thing. Thank you!

I'm so glad that I found your tutorial, you explain this so well and I am more confident about trying it now. Thanks

Oh thank you for sharing this, Andrea! I have a couple pair of socks with blown out heels that have been sitting in a basket waiting to be darned for over a year. I never thought to just pull the whole heel out and put a new one in. You just made my day! 🙌🏻

thank you so much, I love the lifeline tip. As always your tutorials have been of great assistance. hope you have a gorgeous day.

This video is perfect! Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for posting this. I avoided Afterthought Heels until now. Going to use this method, for sure!

This is brilliant, Andrea! Thank you for this!

Thanks à lot, Andrea ! It's so easy like that ! It's brillant,clever.Now, I can knit zen ! ☺️

Thank you so much!! I’m doing my first socks with afterthought heels, now I can move forward as I’ve done both socks up to this point.

Afterthought heel is my favorite, too! I need about 60% of my stitches for the heel though. The life lines are a fantastic idea, thank you!! 👍

What a great idea! Thanks, Andrea.❤️☺️

Oh my, thank you for this wonderful tutorial! I wish I would have watched this before I did my afterthought heel; I would have put in life lines! I love your tutorials, they are so clear and yur voice is so soothing!

WOW!!! I Like This Method!! Pretty Cool., I Give You Thumbs Up!! On Your Podcast!! 😃👍💞😁☺ I'm Going To Try This .. And Practice It... I'm A New Knitter... 😁

How clever Thank you so much..makes the heel part much easier🥰❤️

This video helped me soooo much! I finished my first sock!!! Me so happy! Thanks Andrea!

Love this!!! Thank you!!!!!😘

The lifelines are a wonderful idea!!!

Fantastic.....fantastične...thank YOU......kiss from Rovinj, Croatia

Thank you so much, looks way easier than the way I make them!

Great idea!! I used life line but cut the stitches and sew in ends. This looks cleaner!!!

Thank you thank you for this!!!!!!!!!!💛

That is just so clever best tutorial ever thank you.

Thanks so much for this! I now feel confident to try... exciting :-)

Thanks for the excellent video. x

Great video, thanks!!!

Great tutorial!!!!!

Wow! Thanks for sharing!

Wow! Brilliant!

Thank you so much for this video. I am unable to make a matching pair of socks for myself that fit perfectly. This is going to be my solution. 😉

Thank you for this!!! I was going to skip the pockets on my sparky because they seemed a bit confusing….not anymore!

great tip! thanks!

Thank you this was helpful

I love the lifeline idea. It makes so much sense. You can make any mistakes with the rows or picking those little stitches. It's brilliant !!! I am a TAAT knitter and this will make it so easy. Thanks.

Wow thanks!

great idea

So good.

Tks. It help alot

brilliant duh why noone else thought of it

What if when you go to knit the burgendy yarn, you did it on a double pointed needle so you don't have to move all the stitch over to knit the white over it?

Tellement intelligent wowwwww 😁😁😁😁😁

I use dental floss and thread it through the hole in the needle to thread it through, then do the waste yarn, then another lifeline through the hole in the needle. I’m wondering what I could use besides dental floss that would fit through that hole.

Andrea I love this tutorial. Would you mind if I reference it in a sock pattern I'm writing?

Never knit socks before. Do your sock patterns folllw this method? I would love to try this now!

A very clear tutorial, but for me it is not complete. What to do when the stitches are back on the needles? Can there be a part 2.

If you're making a toe-up sock, where on your foot would this waste yarn be? So if I measured the length of my foot from the toe, what point on my foot would the waste yarn be? Back if the heel? I'm very confused

I am finding this hard to follow as a newbie to the technique. Can you include which needle to place the first lifeline with? because you knitted the other side after placing the 1st lifeline I am assuming it's the back/bottom needle (and because of the heel duh), but because I had left off at the start of a round I accidentally placed the top needle on the lifeline first :)

Question? How does you know where to start the heel so you start this afterthought your doing?

How many inches do you knit until you start your afterthought heel?

Andrea, I love your video tutorial, but you speak so softly, that I have to turn my volume up all the way to hear you. Please try to speak up. Thank you.

You lost me?

No one can hear you friend

Love this!!!! Thank you!!!!😘