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Giveaway! Another “Socks” Book!

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socksI managed to secure another copy of the very awesome Knitting Socks With Handpainted Yarn book, by Carol Sulcoski, so it’s going out the door.

Hmmm, what criteria to use…. how about….. if you’re willing to link to this blog from your site or blog, I’ll put you in for the giveaway!

Just drop me a comment and let me know, and of course, I’ll link back! I’ll verify the links, then put you in the hat.

Looking for more knitted socks designs and patterns to keep you warm this winter? Check out these knitted sock patterns on Etsy.

Comments

  2. I decided to forego my original blog (Scarlet Letters – ADD) and start something less weight-y (This n That) as in from ‘bulky’ to ‘fingering’ weight yarn for socks! and you inspired me to do it! Thanks – your link has been added.

  3. Perfect timing! I have recently been interested in working on my sock knitting skills, and would love to add some sock knitting books to my library!

    I’ve added a link to your site.

  4. I always wanted to try socks. My daughter thinks they are the neatest things.

  6. I don’t have a blog or website, but I do have a weekly knitting group that I would just love to share this great book with!

  8. I was just telling someone yesterday that I wanted to learn to knit socks! thanks for the chance 🙂

    emvark at gmail dot com

  11. I just taught myself to knit and would love to try socks.

    I just finished reading Debbie Macomber’s book “A Good Yarn” where the characters are learning to knit socks.

Have you read?

Fun Halloween Cowls to Knit

One of the fun things about knitters is that we will use a holiday theme on any kind of project. From Easter bunny socks to Christmas sweaters, there’s no combination of holiday motif and knitwear genre we won’t combine. 

Case in point: Halloween cowls. 

This fun cowl from Sweet Vireo Designs features large carved pumpkins and little cats and skulls. It uses two colors of DK weight yarn and I love the multicolored yarn for the background color on this one. And the braids! So cute. 

Spooky Season by Jocelyn Tunney (also on Ravelry) uses fingering weight yarn in two colors to make a design with crescent moons and eyes. There are two circumferences and two heights available so you can make it a neck hugger or a slightly bigger project if you like. 

Make more moons with the Broom Riding Cowl from Vanessa Ewing Knits. This two color pattern looks extra fun with a multicolored yarn for the colorwork, but you can use a solid as well. It calls for DK weight yarn but there is also a fingering weight version if you have some yarn in your stash you want to use. 

Jinx Made has another fun Halloween cowl, this time covered in skulls. South Philly Skulls uses DK weight yarn and comes in two lengths, and there’s also a matching hat pattern, both of which can be found on Ravelry. 

The Ghost Stories cowl from Melissa Knit Wear is a two-color cowl with ghosts of different sizes on the body. It uses DK weight yarn, and average sized skeins will allow you to get two cowls out of two skeins. It also calls for stitch markers to help you keep your place in the chart. 

Or stitch up a cowl with a giant bat on it. The Nightling Cowl from Jen Immer uses DK weight yarn in two colors and has moons and a large bat on it. This pattern can be found on Ravelry. 

How about spooky trees? The Weirwood Cowl from Andrea Krüß-Anders is inspired by the weirwood trees in the Game of Thrones books, and is worked in two colors of fingering weight yarn. You can find this free pattern on Ravelry. 

If a bandana cowl is more your thing, try Cowloween from Tellybean Knits (on Ravelry). This colorful design is worked from the top down and features pumpkins, ghosts and candy colored stripes, and is worked in a light fingering weight yarn. There are kid and adult sizes available.