It's not often that I find a new way to do an old thing that actually is as wonderful as it claims. The Fleegle Heel is one of those things.
http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/leegles-toe-up-no-flap-no-hassle-sock.html
Some of the links are no longer active, BUT, you can easily google those techniques on YouTube. And frankly I am happy to finally run across this because I love house socks.
After learning how to knit continental style, I started having trouble with my left thumb when purling. I solved that problem by learning how to "knit backwards". It's amazing at how much this speeds up Fleegle. And here's a fun video on that from KNITFreedom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h72xZoGp6o
When you live where it snows and when you can't sleep when your feet are cold, these do the trick. They are also handy if you need something between you and the tiles first thing in the morning.
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