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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?

Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use. 

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make. 

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!). 

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn. 

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart. 

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern. 

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.