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The Sock Knitter’s Workshop

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Remember my desperate plea for help with my socks (well, maybe it was more like “help me not buy any more sock yarn”)? Anyway, I have issues with socks. They don’t quite fit. I wear them and love them because they are hand knit, and I know it’s me, because socks that others have knit fit just fine.

Enter The Sock Knitter’s Workshop – Everything Knitters Need to Knit Socks by Ewa Jostes and Stephanie van der Linden. Check! Check! and Double Check!

This time the socks I’m knitting are straight out of this wonderful book. It’s like the authors are holding my hands and walking me through this. So far, so good. Step-by-step, hundreds of illustrations, and 15 really cool patterns too. It’s a can’t miss! Available from Sixth and Spring, here.

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Comments

  1. love knitting socks but have become stuck in a rut of knitting them cuff down, get goofy when i start at the toe for some reason! Hmmm, need a book!

  2. I produced a video on how to knit socks. Step by step instructions, over one hour and 40 minutes of clear visual instructions. Give it a try, I have a lot of happy customers.

  4. Would like to see your video and want to knit the next pair from the toe up. Thanks for your sharing. Wanita

  5. I want to start the For Mother and Daughter…with lace pattern from pg 105 and 106 of The Knitter’s Workshop but in reading the diagram, a diamond is shown on both row 2 and 4 of the lace pattern. My problem is that no diamond is given in the key for the diagram. Has anyone done this sock? And if so what stitch did you use at that point of the pattern?

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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