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Giveaway: Sock Knitting Books

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sock knitting book giveawaySince I’m still thinking about sock knitting this week, I thought it would be fun to give away a couple of sock knitting books.

First is the booklet I reviewed for you last week, Easy Knitted Socks. I’m also going to throw in a copy of Knitted Socks by Anna Tillman, but you’re going to have to wait until tomorrow for a full review on that one. For now let’s just say it has some really creative, colorful and wild projects your whole family will enjoy (she had me at rainbow-colored toe socks, to be honest).

If you want a chance to win these books, leave a comment on this post by the end of the day Sunday, March 22. I’d love to know what experience you have if any with knitting socks, and if you haven’t knit socks yet, why not? (If you need some reasons, check out my great list.)

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing. Good luck!

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Comments

  1. I love sock knitting!!! I have been knitting socks for many years and only wear hand-knit socks. I also make socks for my children and grandchildren and charity. Thank you for the contest.

  3. Much as I love helping my son-in-law Rich in his quest for the ‘Socks of Darkness’, these patterns would make a light-hearted change!

  5. I have not ventured to socks yet, but,…I have attempted (not mastered) the mitten so socks seem the reasonable next step on my knitting journey.

  6. I’ve knit socks before and they aren’t hard. I was afraid to start knitting them because I thought they would be hard to do, but they aren’t. Those penguin socks on the cover are really adorable!

  8. I almost always have a sock on the needles. They’re my goto portable, mindless knitting for all the meetings I have to sit thru.

  10. I enjoy knitting socks! I will sometimes go long periods without knitting any. And then I get in the mood to knit some cozy socks and usually end up making several pairs. Those are the times when family members get socks for Christmas 🙂

  11. I have been knitting for less than a year and have not tried socks yet, but am looking forward to my first pair.

  12. I am very new to knitting but would absolutely love to dive in and learn! I started with crochet and quickly discovered how limited you are for some amazing patterns. Would be delighted to try my hand at some socks! Thanks for the giveaway and good luck to all!

  14. I just finished my first pair of socks and I am hooked! All I want to do now is knit socks!

  15. I love to knit socks, and usually have one that I carry around with me since it’s such a portable project. I have knitted them on the train, in the line at the grocery store, etc. It’s usually a good conversation starter, too, since most non-knitters aren’t familiar with double-pointed needles or magic loop and it looks kind of exotic.
    thanks for the giveaway!

  16. I have only knitted sock-like felted slippers, but bought some gorgeous rainbow yarn at Stitches West that is calling to be knit up. Just need to finish up a couple other projects so I can focus on socks!

  17. I love sock knitting and I am always looking for new patterns and techniques to improve my skills. I enjoy both toe up and cuff down styles and am just trying two socks at a time. I’m trying to improve my sizing ability. It is a work in progress.

  19. Socks were the first real clothing item I kit at age 9! Fo the kid brothers of course, smaller feet and finished quickly. right now I have balls of sock yarn and can’t decide what pattern! And lots of nieces to make socks for!

Have you read?

Practice Colorwork on a Cute Knit Bunny

Sometimes I feel like knitters get intimidated to try new things because they think they need to start with a big project. Your first time working in the round doesn’t need to be a sock, and your first colorwork doesn’t need to be a sweater, for example. You can find little projects that use the skills you want to learn to build your confidence before you move on to something that requires more time commitment.

This adorable knit bunny, for example.

The colorwork bunny from Knit Picks was designed by Amy Munson and is a kind of bowling pin shaped bunny complete with a knit hat, contrasting inner ears and a little stranded colorwork on its body. Note that the ears are attached the the hat not the bunny, but you could stitch them to the bunny if you’d rather.

It’s worked from the bottom up and also has a tiny pompom tail you can’t see in the picture but it’s a really cute touch. There are a variety of little fair isle patterns to choose from to make the best bunny for you.

The bunny comes out about 8 inches tall (or just over 20 cm) and use several colors to complete the colorwork, depending on the design you choose.

You can purchase the pattern by itself from Knit Picks, or make a kit that includes sport weight yarn in all the colors you need for your creation. There are gray and brown options for the main body of the bunny, but of course if you’re using your own yarn you can make it whatever color you like.

Once you’ve tried colorwork (maybe also working in the round and shaping if those are skills you haven’t used before) in a little project like this you’ll be ready to take on something bigger in no time.

Check out the pattern on Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]