Short rows shape the heel of this stocking ornament. It’s knitted from the top down. I started the short rows with the top gold outline on the heel, then made a lot of very short rows for the cream-colored heel. The gold outline at the bottom of the heel is also a short row, and I had to do quite a bit of ripping out to get the gold rows to meet properly.
To get the perfect angle between foot and cuff, the short rows continue into the turquoise of the foot. You should be able to see how the first three turquoise ridges after the heel are short rows. The toe is decreased on each side, then bound off to give the classic stocking toe shape.