This technique is awesome. I’m so glad to learn it. Your videos are always so clear, you speech is easy to understand. Thank you.

You are the best. I check your video every time I do short row heels.

This is the best, simplest heel I have found! Love it! I always have had trouble seeing wrapped stitches and also in seeing the short row heels where you knit to the gap - those gaps were sometimes hard to see and I would always miss one. This heel is so easy to do and you can really do it without thinking and having to keep up with a pattern. This is my preferred heel from now on for sure!!

The method is just superb .no holes are there after heel turn.and the clarity of video and stiches helped a lot too.great and thanx a lot ..

Thanks for sharing this wonderful method! I'm going to use it for my socks from now on. Many thanks again I just love it. 😊💚

This video is one of the best. It took me three times to get it. But now I know what I was doing wrong. I’m a newbie at socks, Ty so much ❤

I have subscribed now I have found you searching for heels, you made this method so easy to learn THANK YOU x

Thanks for this. I can’t believe I missed this type of heel. Can’t wait to try it next pair. You make it very clear Ellen.

OMG!!! Thank you so much for clear concise instructions with visuals. I am a new knitter and I started with socks. I figured it's something small and it I mess up I can start again without so much time invested verse a sweater. This will be my go to heel for all my sock making. Thank you again for putting the joy backend confidence in this new knitters heart for sock heels.

Thank you for sharing, just finished second sock heel. this works great.

Loved this , so much easier than other heels I have tried. No counting, no picking up stitches. Thank you x

The best! I've watched so many of the short raw, and it was a torture! This method is so wonderful, so easy to comprehend! Thank you so very much. I am going to watch the #1 part of this video.

Brilliant tutorial and has become my favourite heel. Thank you so much

This has become my fav heel as well! I use your 2-step video tutorial to teach new sock knitters. You do such a great job of explaining the double stitches and the whole process of turning the heel. Thank you!!

Ooooh, I have to try this! It seems like a great heel! ❤️👍🙂

Thank you for this great tutorial I will always use this heel technique from now on, it is perfect, no holes and so easy to do. I love your socks and will join in the knit along.

thanks so much your instructions are very clear and concise!

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial, it's been really helpful!

Thank you! You're two part shadow wrap short row heel tutorials have made doing this technique very clear and easy. It is much better than W&T short rows. I was getting confused and knitting into each double stitch creating increases and couldn't figure out to decrease to start the leg. The video is nicely lit and your pace and comments are perfect. I even enjoyed seeing you correct yourself, like we do when the yarn doesn't catch just so.

Thank you for these clear instructions.

Love this heel. So easy.

This technique blows me away! I did 2 swatches: A 30 stitch flat sample that in worsted that enabled me to see what is going on and a 60 stitch-30/30 on 2 circulars that allowed me to try a mini heel and get back to the regular stitch count. it worked perfectly! I love this!!!! I have a pair of toe up socks just poised to start the heel and this is going to be my first attempt at toe ups. I can't wait to get going....thanks for the clear, complete explanation.

I’m so glad I’m working on a pair of toe up socks now so I can use this technique!

Hello my name is Belia, and I just wanted to thank you for your work,you have wonderful tutorials. IAM a beginner knitter, and I struggle when it comes to making socks, because socks are what I enjoy doing,or at least try to do 😂 and for me finding a heel for me to understand is not easy because I get very impatient and I end up frustrated at times. But lucky me I came across your tutorials and I found that can actually make a heel we're I don't have to count or twist anything 😅 so I'm very happy for that. I'm definitely gonna try it,,,,so thank you for that,,, God bless you

Thank you so much! I have tried many ways to knit the heel but yours is by far the best!

I found your tutorial and am so happy have used it and love the heels this way!! Thank you for sharing!!! This is going to be my heel choice from now on.

The perfect heel! Thank you so much

Thank you for a wonderful tutorial on the shadow wrap heel. Your instructions, video and advice on how to use this heel with my striped yarn (Felici by Knit Picks) really helped. I finished sock 1 heel with great confidence to continue. I will use this heel again...and again!

Thank you so much! Looks wonderful and you explained it spell. I'm going to do that heel for sure!

Great demonstration

Love this method. I will give it a try.

Great looking heel.

Thank you for your time in making this excellent, detailed tutorial.

You are my hero.

Great technique video. Gotta try that heel!

谢谢。Thank you. Eventually, I found the solution that I could understand and by followed your instruction I being able to knit Short Row Heel sock.

Thank you for you vidéo now I know how to do this! Happy new year!

Very good tutorial and thank you for all you wonderful tutorials. Always informative and very clear.

Thank you, great demonstration and explanation. Your demonstration helped me to understand the technique.

Thank you so much for Part 1 and Part 2 of this great technique. Your instructions were very easy to follow and I plan to use it whenever I can.

I'm new to sock knitting and this video tutorial is really helpful! Thank you!

Txs sooo much , your film helped me sooo much

I'm only just hearing about this technique and I will definitely use it in my next pair of socks. Thank You so much.

Wow! I’ll have to try this on my next set of socks. I love how there are no holes! Thanks for this video!

Hi, this was my first attempt at making this heel and your tutorial was so very helpful all throughout. Thank you for helping all of us knitters out in knitting land.

Awesome Thank you

Thank you! 🧶

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Thank you

Cette façon de faire les talons est devenue ma préférée......simple, belle finition et solide! Merci, merci merci !

Super j'adore merci

I have made a lot of cuff down socks, but am now attempting toe up for the first time. The pattern I am using has a different heel but I plan to try this technique. This video & part 1 is awesome and I think I can do it. It looks like it could become my favorite, but I am a bit nervous to start. The pattern I have calls for increasing the heel by 2 stitches EOR until I increase from 30 to 38 stitches on the heel. I don't see that increase in this method so I am a little confused. I've knitted a swatch so I'm first going to try is without the increases. You're video is absolutely wonderful, showing the first half of the heel and this one showing the second half. Thank you so very much!

I think the twin and triple stitches are go to be so much easier to understand and identify than the gap made in working the similar portion of a heel flap and gusset.

This would also work for a short row for worked into a provisional cast on! I am going to give it a go...thank you!

I've used your tutorial to do both a sock for me and now one for my husband. On his sock I think the short row heel may be too narrow for the arch/instep. I've read about doing a mini gusset to help with that fit but don't really understand it. Have you considered doing this in a future video. I would love to see your explanation. I love viewing your videos you make the process of learning to knit so much easier. Thank you.

I find this method absolutely fascinating!. I'm looking forward to giving it a try. The prospect of not having to pick up any stitches is totally awesome 🙂. Tyvm!

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The Chilly Dog, GREAT tutorial and it IS FANTASTIC that you answer peoples ?s. I can't wait for my hand to heel (I know it is heal, just a little fun) so I can knit my first socks. I plan toe up though. You really know how to teach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR, what have you got planned for 2020?

Thank you so much for these two videos. I've struggled with quite a few short row heel methods over the years and have had complaints about all of them (I needed to count and to pay too much attention. I always wound up with holes in the corners and had to pick up stitches to fix them. I liked the Japanese Short Row but criminy, all those stitch markers!). The Shadow Wrap has fixed all of my problems and your video has been a huge help. I appreciate that you go so slowly and explain every step in such detail. I'm curious about one thing though. One side of the ridge row on the inside doesn't lay quite as flat as the other side. It's not a huge problem, it just nags at me. It's the side where I'm knitting the twin/triplet stitches, not purling them. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong, but is it possible that I'm somehow twisting the stitches? And if that's just the way it's supposed to look is there a way to mimic whatever's going on on the other side so it lays flatter?

So I guess this heel can be used for any pattern. I think I have it figured out. Total number for you was 64. You split the stitches in half (32 heel stitches, 32 in step stitches) and then worked the heel across the 32 heel stitches. You did 11 twin left side shadow wraps 10 plain knit stitches and then 11 twin right side shadow wraps for a total of 32 stitches. I’m with you so far 🤔.

Thank you for a very clear demonstration. I have always worked German short rows for my toes and heels, very similar but I think this way gives a neater finish. I sometimes end up with a bit of a gap between the last turn and the rest of the dock. Do you think this would be illuminated by knitting 2 of the last triple stitches together and knitting the end one with the first of last stitch (depending which end of the row you are) with the first it last stitch from the stitches at the top/upper of the sock? I hope you understand what I am getting at!

So what my plan when working TAAT is to complete the first sock to the point where I have a triplet stitch on each end then proceed with the second sock. Then resume with knitting the two leftover triplet stiches on both socks before knitting in the round again.

Hello 👋, would you tell me the brand and type of yarn you used in this video is very beautiful thank you 🙏.

Love your videos they are very detailed I think the shadow wrap with be my go to now but when first trying it I must have been missing a minor detail as on the inside one side where the wraps are is fairly smooth with only a slight line u can see/feel but the other side the decrease line is much more pronounced. Not exactly ugly but both side don’t match exayhow I think they should. Not sure if this is normal or a mistake I’m making. When putting the sock one it’s not really a noticeable ridge but if I am making a mistake I sure would like to fix it BTW I’m a left handed knitter so many times I have to remember the right handed knitters needle may be said or in inst as RIGHT needle and I have to remember that’s my LEFT needle Lol

Hi thank you so much I was not good at all to do the ordinary short row heel and the wrap in turn. I did it on my boysfriend sock and it was just perfect the best of the best. If I have 56 stitches, so 28/28 on each needle is it ok if I did 9 double stich on each side and 10 in the middle? Because I thogh that if I did 10 double stitch on each side and 8 in the middle it would be to smal for the middle?? I wish you a happy Christmass and to have fun, love and frienships. xoxo

I’m a complete newbie to sock knitting. This approach is appealing as all the fiddly aspects of most knit heels are eliminated. Thank you for a terrific tute - Clear and Complete 🥰👏 Why is it called a “shadow” heel? Also, how are instructions presented in patterns? What I mean is, how does one know how many triples to construct for a given sock size?

Great video! Can you use this for a toe up socks?

How would you adjust the heel stitches for a little bigger heel?

If you are using DPN's from cuff down, where/how do you make your decreases for the foot after the heel? Mary

Thanks for such a wonderful video! I am going to use this for my next heel as I have tried several for toe up socks. I will be doing via Magic Loop, and it appears that I can work both heels at the same time instead of one at a time, or am I missing something?

Hi!!! I just watched your two videos on this heel. Awesome! But Im so confused. Ive been doing the FLK heel for almost 2 years now. And this one is so very similar. Infact I think this one is a bit easier. Can you tell me the difference? Do they both fit the same?? Have you personally done the flk heel? Which do you like better? Im excited to try yours but just need some feedback. On the difference....thankyou🌺sandy

I am going to try this on my next socks. What is the pattern of this sock?

Love your videos Ellen! Can you please tell me what length dpn are you using? Thank you🥰

What is the reason you slipped the last triplet stitch on the connecting round?

Oh - One more question...I am a magic looper - do you have to use DPNs at any point? I will need to purchase some if so.

Could this heel method be used for toe up socks too? I am semi new to knitting and to make a pair of socks for myself.

No matter how hard I try, I still get a “hole” when I go to join the heel back together with the main body of foot….any suggestions?

Hi thank you for this tutorial, I understand the wrapping etc but I don’t understand how many stitches need to be left in the middle? I knit my socks with 60 stitches so do I have ten on each side and ten in the middle? Do you divide your stitches into thirds? Sorry I only knit heel flaps and want to do this heel as it’s so nice and much easier if only I understood how many stitches I had to Have on each side. Please help 🥺🥺

So this heel can be done on any pattern? You mentioned that "this pattern calls for..." 11 stitches (or whatever, I can't remember) - how would you know what to incorporate? Are there different amounts of stitches for sock sizes?

What is the technique for the top down sock?

So it would be the same as a short row where each side is1/3 number of sts of the heel and the middle third is just knit sts

I had been a dedicated Fish Lips Kiss heel knitter, but now I’ve made 3 pairs of socks using this method. I confess, though, I am not sure of the purpose of the triplet stitches. Is it just so you know to knit the next triplet you come to as a single stitch, and move on to make a triplet of the following twin stitch?

Can you explain why you make the triplets?

Why do you put three rather than two twins for the second half of the heel? What is the reasoning for it?

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Thanks for your video, I just finished the heel and I think I did this right, but it's looking ugly. I never had holes using the German short row heel, so I gonna unravel the heel and use the Bumerang heel. I don't like your knotty way. You told nothing about how to hold the working yarn in front or back, that would help...