This is a two page spread from an old Beehive knitting pattern book detailing the instructions for replacing a worn out heel without unravelling the foot as well as replacing a worn out toe. I think it’s from the 1940s, it’s pretty old.

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The Beehive Aladdin Heel

You Can Replace A Worn Out Heel Without Unravelling The Foot

TO KNIT THE NEW HEEL
into the Sock When Replacing a Worn Out Heel

Unpick the sewn instep seams. Pull the coloured thread out of the knitted portion. This releases sts. in the foot and sts. of the heel. Put the foot sts. on a spare needle. (If any difficulty is experienced pulling the coloured thread, unpick it with a needle). Unravel the heel sts. to the beginning of the heel sts. (If any difficulty is experienced in unravelling the wool, cut off the heel flap a few rows above the beginning of the heel and unravel the remaining few rows). Pick up these heel sts. on 2 needles. See Picture 3. Slip the heel sts. onto 1 needle and work the heel as given originally in the sock instruction. Graft these sts. to the sts. left on the spare needle. See Picture 4. If a coloured thread is used for the Grafting you may replace the heel again in the same manner. Re-sew the instep seams at each side of the heel flap. See Pictures 1 and 2. Press all seams.

TO KNIT THE NEW TOE
into the Sock When Replacing a Worn Out Toe

Pull out or unpick the coloured thread to release the sts. for unravelling. (If any difficulty is experienced in unravelling the wool, cut off the toe a few rows above the beginning of the shaping and unravel the remaining few rows.) Arrange the sts. on the needles as they were originally and reknit the toe as before, grafting with coloured wool. For Grafting, see below.

TO SHAPE AND GRAFT TOE

To Shape Toe:

1st round: 1st needle: Knit to last 3 sts. K2tog. K1. 2nd needle: K1. Sl.1. K1. p.s.s.o. Knit to last 3 sts. K2tog. K1. 3rd needle: K1. Sl.1. K1. p.s.s.o. Knit to end of needle. 2nd round: Knit across each needle. Repeat these 2 rounds to 30 sts. in round. Knit the sts. of 1st. needle onto end of 3rd needle. Break wool. Using a strand of (A) wool 12 ins. long, thread through a wool needle and graft toe. For Grafting, see opposite (Tipnut: see below).

To Graft Toe:

*Inserting the wool needle as if for knitting into 1st. st. of front needle, draw it through the st. and slip the latter off the needle; inserting the needle, as if for purling into 2nd st. of front needle, draw wool through and let the st. remain on the needle; taking the wool under front needle and inserting the wool needle, as if for purling, into 1st. st. of back needle, draw the wool through this st. and slip the latter off the needle; inserting the needle, as if for knitting, into the 2nd st. of back needle, draw the wool through and let the st. remain on the needle; bring the wool forward under the needle and repeat from * until all sts. are worked off, darning in the end of wool securely.

TO FINISH HEEL AND MAKE UP SOCK

To Finish Heel:

Using the (A) wool, sewing on the wrong side, sew up each side of heel flap evenly to the sts. cast on at the instep, see Picture 1 on page 27 (Tipnut: picture is at top of post). Break wool, darning in the ends securely. Heel is now complete, see Picture 2 on page 27.

To Finish Sock:

Darn in all ends. Sew side and back seams (if sock has been worked on two needles). Put socks on wooden sock stretchers of correct size. Press with damp towel and hot iron, being careful not to flatten ribbing. Leave flat until dry.

After washing always dry flat on wooden sock stretchers.

Source: Hand Knit Socks by Beehive

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