If you have any questions about the book (patterns, yarns, etc), drop Kristin a line here and she'll post the answer ASAP.
kristin@theknittingmanual.com

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Karabella Yarns was omitted from the Yarn Resource page of the first printing of The Knitting Man(ual).
Their yarn, Aurora 8, was used for the Sleeveless Hoodie featured on page 88 and on the cover.
Karabella Yarns Inc. (800) 550-0898

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Question:
I'm trying to turn the heel on my socks. When I get to the line "continue as established", I'm confused, don't know what to do, and my stitch count gets off.
What exactly does "continue as established" mean?

Answer:
First off, know that you have lots of company. "Continue as established" confuses many people.

"Continue as established" does not mean to start over from Row 1.

It means to continue as follows (text is from the Hiking Sock, with the important numbers in bold red):

See how the number in red is increasing by one with each subsequent row? That's the key to "continue as established"--you always work one more knit or purl there with each row. So, if your pattern required you to knit beyond what I have written out above, the next row (Row 7) would be…

Make sense?

This is a standard way of writing out heel turns for socks, so once you have gone through it, other patterns should make sense.

One more thing: it fairly common when knitting socks to find that, on your final two heel turn rows, you don't have enough stitches to work the final k1 or p1. You can do the last k2tog or p2tog, but that's it.
When that happens--don't worry about it! As long as you have the correct number of stitches after completing the turn (in the of the Hiking Sock, 12/12/14), its not a problem.

Pattern writers and tech editors try to catch that and note it in the pattern, but that doesn't always happen.

Hope that helps.

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