toe up socks

I seem to have lost the ability to make top-down socks. I've made them before, I remember it clearly, turning the heel, the magic of following the pattern and the heel just appearing off of the DPNs. I tried again this weekend, using the Jaywalker pattern and my new trekking xxl yarn and it just wouldn't work-

I frogged it and started over, only to rip again and turn to toe up's on two circulars and and a different stitch pattern. I'll have to try again, when I have some quiet and a little more patience.

Tim painted the end of the house this weekend, so the kids were driving me mad.