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Yarn: Fingering weight; actual yarn usage will depend on size made and length of foot, but most people will be able to knit a pair from one 3.5 oz./100 g skein of sock yarn

Needles: US 0 (2.0 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge: 36 stitches and 52 rounds = 4 in./10 cm in stockinette stitch

Sizes: To fit foot circumference of 6, 7 (8, 9, 10) in./15, 18 (20.5, 23, 25.5) cm

Bonus: The pattern includes a "cheat sheet" to enable you to put this heel into any sock at any gauge, provided your stitch count is a multiple of 4.

Geometry was my favorite math class in high school; the logic of it just made more sense to me than any other math I’d taken. Even today, I am strangely satisfied by geometric patterns wherever I see them. Designing knitwear has offered me a new way to use geometry and challenged me to translate two-dimensional shapes into three- dimensional objects. This heel was borne of a desire to create a shape that was somewhere between a triangle and a pyramid to hug the back of the foot.

This sock pattern features a new take on the heel. It uses lifted increases to gently form a triangle of fabric that hugs the heel. The heel turn forms a second triangle under the heel and decreases the extra stitches. Although the pattern, as written, is for a stockinette sock, it is easy to insert the heel into any patterned sock using the same stitch counts.

To knit this pattern, you need to know how to:
- work in the round (using knit and purl),
- do lifted increases,
- do standard decreases (k2tog, ssk, p2tog), and
- use Kitchener stitch to graft live stitches.

Most people will need roughly 100 g of fingering weight yarn to knit a pair of these socks; actual yarn usage will depend upon the size made and the length of the foot. If you are knitting the largest size and/or have very long feet, you may require more than 100g. Please make sure you have enough yarn to complete your project.

This sock pattern is knit cuff down. If you're interested in a toe-up version, please see my CPCTC pattern.

This pattern has been professionally tech edited.
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