Slipper Socks in Nålbinding

I seem to be on a nålbinding jag lately, and since I had never attempted to make a turned heel, I grabbed a ball of leftover yarn, mindful that it might not be sufficient to make a pair. The heels go in separately after the foot and cuff have been completed, so if I ran out, I figured I could use a different colour for them. Nålbinding patterns are not rigid instructions by any stretch of the imagination. They're guidelines, and it's up to the stitcher to adapt them to the yarn at hand (nålbinding is traditionally done with handspun, in which there is necessarily a lot of variation). Because this was an experiment of sorts, I used commercial acrylic DK weight, and my stitch count for the first row was roughly 25% greater than that of the example in the book. I kept meticulous notes and made the socks side-by-side, doing a row on one, then on the other until I was done with increases. With the finer yarn, more rows were required to reach the desired length of the foot. In the end, I wound up having about six feet of yarn left, and while these slipper socks are not perfect, they fit my feet, and I know where to make corrections on the next pair. The heels were much easier to turn than anticipated.