Join Me and Learn How to Knit a Sock

If you’re into holiday crafting, whether knitting or otherwise, Rebecca Page has a holiday crafting summit coming up that you’ll want to check out.

The summit runs from Nov. 14-18 and includes access to 48 classes over those days. There are classes in knitting, crochet, paper crafts, embroidery and more.

You can sign up for the summit for free and get 24-hour access to each day’s classes, or there is a VIP option that gets you full access to unlimited replays of the classes, plus three classes that are only available to VIP users.

One of those is mine! It’s a class all about learning how to knit socks, using a worsted weight mini stocking as our learning pattern. This stocking is big enough to hold a gift card, and you can embellish it any way you like, from knitting stripes to adding a duplicate stitch design, sewing on buttons or beads, even adding a cable or pattern stitch to the body as you knit.

The class covers three different ways to work in the round, three ways to join your knitting for working in the round, knitting all the parts of the sock including a heel flap with a wrap and turn heel that’s over so fast you won’t have time to be nervous.

It’s such a cute little project that’s great for teacher gifts, or make an advent calendar full of little stockings to hold tiny treats all season long. What a fun stash buster that would be!

Again my class is only available if you choose the VIP option, but there are a lot of other fun classes you can get for free if you’re available to watch that week. Check out all the offerings at Rebecca Page. (PS there’s a knitting summit coming up in the new year and I’m thinking about classes if you have something you’d love to see let me know!)

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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