How To Make Crochet Socks Pattern With Anatomical Heel

Imagine making your own crochet socks with a perfect heel that fits just right, like a cozy hug for your feet. With some yarn, a crochet hook, and a bit of patience, you can whip up a pair of socks that not only keep your toes warm but also look amazing.

Crochet Socks

Materials Needed:

• Yarn: Troitsk yarn from near Moscow (200m/80g), approximately 40g per sock. For larger sizes, use two skeins per pair.
• Hook: 4 mm hook (Knit Pro Mellow suggested)
• Contrasting thread for seamless finishing
• Sewing needle
• Few stitch markers

Pattern Instructions

Cast On

• Use a contrasting thread and your main hook.
• Cast on a chain of 80 air loops for size 36.
• Adjust by adding 1 loop for each additional size (e.g., 81 for size 37).

Base of the Sock:

• Begin with a slip stitch into the second chain from the hook.
• Make 80 slip stitches for the first row (behind the far bow).
• Continue with 80 slip stitches for rows 2 to 5, turning and starting with an air loop each time.

Heel Creation:

• Begin decreasing for the heel starting from the 6th row:

Row 6:

• Work 78 slip stitches, stop before the last two.
• Mark the 40th loop (peak of the heel).
• From the 7th row onwards, continue decreasing by 2 stitches in every alternate row till you reach 14 stitches.

Heel Detail:

• Start increasing in the opposite direction:
• From 14 stitches, increase in increments of 2 till you reach the original 80 stitches needed to enclose the heel segments.

Body of the Sock:

• Continue knitting in rounds from the toe to the cuff.
• Make ventilation slip stitches in every row till you reach the desired length of the sock (before the ankle).

Cuff:

• Switch to elastic stitch, or any preferred cuff stitch, and work several rounds according to desired cuff length.

Seamless Join:

• Finish by cutting the yarn, leaving a long tail.
• Use a sewing needle to stitch the toe seamlessly, following the "invisible seam" technique described in the video (Bosnian knitting method).

Finishing Touches:

• Weave in all ends.
• Optionally, block the socks to ensure even shaping and size.

Additional Tips:

• Always knit a gauge swatch to match the tension suggested (23 stitches/10 cm).
• Adjust the pattern for different foot sizes based on the initial increases described.
• Use the contrasting lifeline to ensure a seamless grafting at the toe.