Origami Heel

updated 2/10/10 - error in Row 1 of heel turning is corrected

Abbreviations:
sskWSL: Slip the next stitch knitwise, insert needle point into loop at the base of next stitch. Knit the slipped stitch and the loop together through the back loops.
p2togWSL: Slip the next stitch purlwise, insert the needle point into loop at base of next stitch. Purl the two together.

Working on 32 heel sts only, leaving remaining instep sts on hold
:
Row 1 (RS): K32, turn.
Row 2: Sl 1, p31, turn.
Row 3: Sl 1, k30, turn.
Row 4: Sl 1, p29, turn.
Row 5: Sl 1, k28, turn.
Row 6: Sl 1, p27, turn.
Row 7: Sl 1, k26, turn.
Row 8: Sl 1, p25, turn.
Row 9: Sl 1, k24, turn.




Row 10: Sl 1, p23, turn.
Row 11: Sl 1, k22, turn.
Row 12: Sl 1, p21, turn.
Row 13: Sl 1, k20, turn.
Row 14: Sl 1, p19, turn.
Row 15: Sl 1, k18, turn.
Row 16: Sl 1, p17, turn.
Row 17: Sl 1, k16, turn.
Row 18: Sl 1, p15, turn.

 

Turn Heel:
Row 1: Sl 1, k13, sskWSL, turn.
Row 2: Sl 1, p12, p2togWSL, turn.
Row 3: Sl 1, k13, sskWSL, turn.
Row 4: Sl 1, p14, p2togWSL, turn.
Row 5: Sl 1, k15, sskWSL, turn.
Row 6: Sl 1, p16, p2togWSL, turn.
Row 7: Sl 1, k17, sskWSL, turn.
Row 8: Sl 1, p18, p2togWSL, turn.
Row 9: Sl 1, k19, sskWSL, turn.
Row 10: Sl 1, p20, p2togWSL, turn.

Row 11: Sl 1, k21, sskWSL, turn.
Row 12: Sl 1, p22, p2togWSL, turn.
Row 13: Sl 1, k23, sskWSL, turn.
Row 14: Sl 1, p24, p2togWSL, turn.
Row 15: Sl 1, k25, sskWSL, turn.
Row 16: Sl 1, p26, p2togWSL, turn.
Row 17: Sl 1, k27, sskWSL, turn.
Row 18: Sl 1, p28, p2togWSL, turn.
Row 19: Sl 1, k29, pick up loop from base of last st and ssk tog with last st, turn.
Row 20: Sl 1, p30, pick up loop from base of last st and p2tog with last st, turn.
Work to last heel st. Knit last st tog with loop at base of instep. Work across instep sts to last st. Knit last instep st tog with loop at the base of first heel st; 64 sts.