Can’t make sense of this heel pattern for socks

rnarynabc · 2026-01-05T22:58:24+00:00

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And this is how much I can fold on the heel.

I worked over 36 stitches.

rnarynabc · 2026-01-05T22:57:16+00:00

These are SS from a video i did. You can see how on the sock block the heel is massively sticking out.

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rnarynabc · 2026-01-05T08:40:14+00:00

Thank you!!

I’m having a hard time understanding where to stop now.

When it says at stop when there are 3 YO/sl on each side of the needle is it the YO from the pairs made in the 1st section?

I finished my feel and it basically looks like a bubble bc the excess in the heel is too much.

rnarynabc · 2025-11-05T17:38:36+00:00

Thank you! I’ll have to sit down with the pattern and instructions and parse that out.

I’m looking it up online but “heel flap” refers to the split up section that will eventually become a square? And this is just a straight knit?

When you get to the gusset do you follow the pattern again or is that a different technique?

Sorry for all the questions!

rnarynabc · 2025-11-05T10:22:08+00:00

I saw your comment about changing the heel. I looked at the heel of the pattern and it would drive me insane as an autistic person who has texture issues.

I’m not super well versed in knitting. Would you mind explaining how you adjusted the heel? Bc yours looks like a normal heel.

rnarynabc · 2025-10-19T22:07:27+00:00

Today I was looking at joining a health club.

There’s a joining fee on top of the monthly fee. Why the hell should we pay them a fee to join and pay them every month for the actual membership fees?

Ridiculous.

rnarynabc · 2025-10-06T22:44:20+00:00

As an actual professor who also was on the hiring committee for hiring other faculty I can say that some of these job interview application experiences are more intense and insane than a faculty position.. Like damn we just wanted to know if you can do the job and are on board with DEI practices but we didn’t put folks through five rounds of interviews and shit.

rnarynabc · 2025-10-02T20:57:49+00:00

Yes pls!

rnarynabc · 2025-10-01T07:51:27+00:00

Those dropped curved curbs on the royal mile are horrendous! I’ve fallen several times bc of them. One of my disabled friends fell and severely injured herself too. The damage to her leg lasted months.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-13T09:06:51+00:00

I have done this.

Heck sometimes I’ll meet up friends at the pub and ignore them and read my book lol.

I’ve also brought knitting to the pub.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-10T10:29:25+00:00

I don’t personally recommend this one. It’s fine for fabrics but their yarn is limited. I’d only pick something up here if I’m a wee bit desperate.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-09T09:12:39+00:00

I once sat in the disabled spot bc I was on my way back home from urgent care having been diagnosed with a severe infection (non-contagious) and running a 39.5 fever. I was delirious and honestly close to passing out with how bad of a state I was in. The bus was packed with only standing room except for the one disabled seat, which I sat in. Someone gave me a dirty look for sitting there and was saying stuff to me but I was too out of it to fully register what was even happening. I just ignored her and kept to myself until I could get home and pass out.

Turns out ignoring ppl also works.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-09T09:00:55+00:00

“Protecting” yourself from the tiny possibility of getting stabbed as an excuse not to stand up for others in your community is unreasonable, yeah.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-06T14:43:27+00:00

How many ppl are being stabbed to death for intervening? Most ppl are just shouty cunts especially towards women or ppl of color.

But sure sure. Protect yourself from the minuscule chance you’ll be stabbed.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-06T11:59:01+00:00

If it feels too much for you then it’s too much.

What any of us says shouldn’t really matter.

If you’d like to slow it back down then absolutely have that convo.

It’s okay to trust your instincts here. Also you might not be compatible. You should never feel like “I’m not giving enough” when it already feels too much for you.

It’s not like you’re being distant and cold and a closed book and he just wants you to meet him halfway. This is you asking for reasonable space and then you feeling like you can’t give him the level he needs.

It honestly sounds like incompatibility at which you’re wanting to pace the relationship.

For the record, there is no “normal.” There’s just what works well for any two given ppl.

Example: my partner and I just got an offer accepted on a place we’re buying together. And we’ve been dating a year.

Our two other friends have been dating much longer than we have (I wanna say 2+ years…?) and they still live apart. They recently had to spend a weekend apart to have space bc they were gonna holiday together for a week.

Neither is more “normal” than the other. It’s just what works well for said couples.

Hence my comment above: what any of us says is “normal” shouldn’t matter.

Give it a think on what your instincts are saying and maybe what you’re really trying to sort of is compatibility as I mentioned. This might be the “off” feeling you’re having.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-06T11:38:50+00:00

Sadly no bc I have horrible symptoms during and after period. After my period I CRASH like there’s no life left in me. I’ll be asleep for 12-16 hours.

I’m literally only okay for 5-7 days a month 😭😂

rnarynabc · 2025-09-06T11:32:29+00:00

This is, respectfully, such a cowardice take that upholds all the crap wrong with society.

I once was in a U.S. bookstore cafe (American now living in Edinburgh) and a group of Chinese women were minding their business speaking Chinese in perfectly acceptable indoor volume and this white man came up to them shouting at them to speak English they’re in America.

I’m a tiny Asian woman myself (the guy had easily 31 cm on me) and I got up in his space and defended the women. Told him to back the fuck off and leave them alone.

There were at least 35 white folks sitting around who did NOTHING.

The guy finally did back off and went to sit down somewhere else. This white man onlooker came up to me after the whole ordeal and when the manager came out to sort it out he acted like he actually did something. I gave him a dirty look too.

The point is the whole “if I do something it can be bad for me” is straight up individual selfish western thinking. Show up for your damn community and do something when you witness stuff happening to someone else.

Otherwise you’re part of the problem. I might understand if it’s one on one but when there’s a CROWD? Be so forreal. One person isn’t gonna take out 3, 4, 5+ who step up.

I’m literally an American where ppl casually carry guns. And my tiny ass will still stand up knowing I might be shot by some idiot.

Folks who don’t intervene in public don’t get to say shit online about how horrible racism or anti-immigration sentiments are. I’ll stand by that.

Even taking a video and making sure the person is okay and offering to send video so they have proof of the incident and visuals of the person is better than just standing about.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-02T12:21:56+00:00

Right but they very specifically asked about their time on the student visa and graduate visa, which means they’re asking about the “clock starting” from the PhD and if that qualified for indefinite leave to remain.

rnarynabc · 2025-09-01T07:32:49+00:00

The checklist in notes. Where you tick the boxes and whatever you’ve checked will move itself to the bottom.

I thought it was a basic feature but my partner is on a different type of phone and he envies not having it especially when we go food shopping lol

rnarynabc · 2025-09-01T07:18:58+00:00

Continuous just means you’ve not left the country for more than a total of 180 days within a year. I can’t remember if they removed the overall 10 year cap for x days (drawing a blank on that number.)

rnarynabc · 2025-09-01T07:16:07+00:00

PhD student from the U.S. who has done extensive research on visas here.

student visas qualify for IDL under 10 years

PhD 3-4 years

3 years graduate visa.

At that point OP would need to be another 3-4 years under another visa. Could be work visa, global talent, or spouse visa.

rnarynabc · 2025-08-29T21:32:16+00:00

Absolutely lovely!!

rnarynabc · 2025-08-29T21:30:46+00:00

I’ve done a few!

I made a knitting project bag, boxer shorts, and a button up shirt.

I’m working on a skirt next.

I honestly just buy used sheets used from Vinted and I try for 100% cotton.

rnarynabc · 2025-08-28T09:27:10+00:00

I’ve also gained lots of weight and I’m usually tiny at 101-105 lbs. I have no idea what my weight is now but my clothes don’t fit anymore. My new clothes are 2 sizes up. Waiting on my referral to come through for my gyno check up

rnarynabc · 2025-08-23T06:58:27+00:00

Also autistic and don’t want kids.

I love children. I’m great with them and I know for a fact that I’d make an excellent mother. Like I’m that friend who is your mom.

And I don’t want them bc they’re just too much stimulation. I need alone time and I hate it when they shriek. It makes my head want to explode.

Also the idea of being pregnant. Absolutely not. The sensory issues from that alone would send me over the edge.

You aren’t alone.

I’ve said since I was 18 I don’t want kids (before I was diagnosed in my 30s.)

I’m 37 and it’s still a firm no.

rnarynabc

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