Socks 101: Fish Lips Heel Pattern by Sox Therapist Designs

For the Socks 101 class: Purchase your yarn + supplies on this page and click here to get the pattern needed on Ravelry

Sock Heels Perfected!!! An innovative, new method for knitting perfectly-fitting, beautiful, simple heels.

What’s to love about the Fish Lips Kiss Heel? EVERYTHING!

• Knit cuff-down or toe-up with one simple design
• No wraps
• No gaps!!!
• No maths
• No flaps or gussets, so no picking up stitches, not even “pick up a mystery stitch somewhere in the corner, and remember to knit it away on the next round”
• No counting!!!
• Heels will now be the easiest part of the sock, so you can knit them at knit night or while watching TV without ever getting lost or messing up
• Your stitch count stays the same, easy peasy
• It’s blindingly obvious where you make your short-row turns, so no guessing where the gaps are…because there are no gaps!
• AND BEST FOR LAST… Your socks will fit the recipient’s foot perfectly every time, even if you don’t have the foot available to try on as you knit!!! The first half of the eBook describes how to make a precision cardboard foot pattern, complete with exact markings for various parts of sock construction. Make and collect cardboard feet for everyone you knit socks for, and you’ll never need the actual foot again!

How did the Fish Lips Kiss Heel get its name?

Good question! Can you picture an adorable little child, puckering out their lips and simultaneously pulling in their cheeks, ready to give you a “fish lips kiss”? Well, this heel, when off the foot, looks a wee little bit like that. There are “lips” at the pointy end of the heel, (well, only one lip, actually), and the “cheeks” bend in just a tad, kind of like that adorable little face leaning in to give you a kiss. Then slip it onto your foot and, PRESTO!, the “kiss” is gone and the heel is smooth as a baby’s tushie. And that, my dear knitting friends, is how the term “Fish Lips Kiss Heel” came to be.

What’s in a name, right? 😀