Mark the day - I've found toe-up-socks that I love. I love them so much that I put a quite a few respective socks on my knitting queue.
Let's see, how long that love lasts.
Coupling
The reason why I found suddenly this love: the heel. I don't like short-row-heels. Be they with or without gusset - they are to tight above the instep and for that aren't really comfortable. For my feet a short-row-heel is a workaround for machine made socks because machines can't do "real" heels. For other feet other solutions may fit, luckily every knitter can work to meet his or her needs.
Here there is worked a flap heel that mostly resembles a normal flap heel but is worked bottom up and though it fits mostly like a normal flap heel. On the first approach is was rather awkward to work, the second sock went a bit smoother and now for the third try (yes, I already cast on for another pair of toe up socks) I only needed the pattern two or three times. It's getting better.
Coupling - Ferse / heel
These socks are worked according to the pattern in ever stitch and I really like the outcome. The lace pattern is very holey but for the present weather they are perfect for me: on the sole the feet are protected in the shoes, on the top they aren't too warm.
Coupling - Muster / pattern stitch
I liked the patterning of the yarn more when I still was in the ball, but the colours itself are just perfect for me so they nevertheless will be favorite socks.
Facts
Size 10 (US)
Happy Strick No. 1 Dolomit, 75% new wool, 25% polyamide, yardage 420 m / 100 g, 60 g in colour 136
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