Gauge is so important when knitting garments and socks. Fit depends on it. Clara Parkes gives a wonderful overview of the principles of a well knitted sock in her book, The Knitter’s Book of Socks. For a fingering-weight yarn, she suggests a gauge of between …
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Block Your Socks Off
Do you use sock blockers? I have had a sock blocking revelation with the most recent pair of socks that I knit. I’ve never used sock blockers in the past. Once socks are finished they end up on feet which naturally blocks them, right? When …
Introducing the Ocean Mist Sock!
My sock pattern is finally finished! I am pleased with the design and the specific elements that I have worked hard to perfect – especially the transition from cuff to leg, the transition into the heel and foot, and the repeating cable pattern. I like …
What A Heel
I have managed to fit the perfect number of pattern repeats into the leg of this sock that I am working on. Now it’s time to blend the pattern into the heel. It’s taken a couple of attempts to get something that I like. I’m …
I Can’t Stop Thinking About Socks….
I’ve had a sock pattern developing in my head for many years now. I really like cables and have always wanted to design a pair of socks using cables. I knew right away how I wanted the cable pattern to look and I worked it …