How to get rid of the seam

in toe-up short row toe sock

Let me know if this makes sense or not.  Think of the wrapped stitch sitting on the left hand needle of a knit row, ready to be unwrapped.  The wrap makes a sort of horseshoe shape, the curve of the horseshoe at the back of the stitch, and a leg of the horseshoe in front and in back of the stitch.  To unwrap, you lift the near (front) leg of the horseshoe up and over the stitch on the needle.  Wiggling the stitch on the needle out from under the wrap so that it sits in front on the left needle, followed by the wrap.  Then you knit the two
together and continue.  That gives you a seam to the inside, and is no problem.

But on the purl side it works a bit differently.  You have to lift the far (back) leg of the horseshoe up and over the stitch on the left hand needle.  This is trickier and it is hard to see what you are doing.  And it might take a lot of wiggling and tugging to get the stitch on the needle to come first, followed by the wrap - especially if it is a double wrap.  But it is do-able!  Then you purl the stitch and wrap together as usual and continue.

Unwrapping a short row toe, purl side
Start the unwrap on the purl side by going in the back of the wrap.

Unwrapping the short row toe
Pull the wrap over the left hand needle, and then over the stitch it wraps.
Purl the wrap and stitch together as usual.

I don't understand the mechanics of this (I only started knitting Solstice 2002) well enough to know if it is the lifting of the back leg over, or if it is the wiggling of the stitch out from under the wrap, or some combination of both that makes the seam go to the inside.

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