The ultimate guide to every aspect of sock knitting for knitters of all abilities. Whether you’ve never picked up a double pointed needle in your life or you’ve already started your sock knitting journey, this book will help you on your way.
The Sock Knitting Bible will break down all the different techniques and show wannabe sock knitters that there is nothing to be scared of. Covering everything from casting on to colourwork and everything in between, knitters won’t find a better reference book for all their sock knitting needs. Whether you want to knit toe up, cuff down or even two at a time socks, we’ve got it covered. Sock knitting is the perfect portable project too – once you know the basics you can dip in and out until they are flying off your needles!
There are a lot of sock pattern books out there but this is more than a pattern book – it covers all the different techniques and methods for sock knitting! There are step-by-step instructions for all the various sock knitting techniques so that instead of sounding like a foreign language making socks becomes your second language. There are also step-by-steps instructions for three basic socks so that you can follow them even if you are an absolute beginner and then start to choose your preferred method for sock making.
Author Lynne Rowe explains what kind of yarns are best suited to different styles of sock and shares her techniques for how to get the best finish. We also look at the different kinds of tools available for making socks so you can experiment with double pointed needles, the magic loop method and small circular needles as well as innovative new products such as flexible dpns until you find your own favourite method.
With this book you can put that beautiful skein of hand dyed yarn you couldn’t resist to good use by making the perfect pair of socks because in addition to the extensive techniques there are also 10 projects by some of the most exciting and talented sock designers, illustrating a number of the different knitting methods and styles. Here you will find stripes, fair isle, cables, lacy, sparkly and snuggly socks: a pattern for all your needs. It won’t be long before you are delighting your friends and family with your new found skills – just be sure to make yourself a pair too!
But be warned: sock knitting is addictive!
Daftar Isi
Introduction
How to use this book
All about socks
Sock anatomy
Measuring foot size
Choosing the correct size
Tools and materials
Yarn
- Hand-dyed vs machine-dyed
- Yarn colours
- How to knit matching socks
- Yarn fibres
- Yarn weight/thickness
Needles
- Needle materials
- Needle types
Extras
Checking your tension/gauge
Importance of tension/gauge
Substituting yarn
Swatching
Measuring your tension/gauge
Achieving tension/gauge in a pattern
Sock recipes
Getting started
Cuff-down socks
Toe-up socks
Two-needle socks
Variations on the sock recipes
- Contrast cuffs, heels and toes
- Scrappy socks
- Shortie socks
- No-heel socks
Sock elements
Cuffs
- 1 x 1 rib cuff
- 2 x 2 rib cuff
- 3 x 1 rib cuff
- Half-twisted rib cuff
- Two-colour rib cuff (corrugated rib cuff)
- Picot edge cuff
Heels
- Cuff-down heel flap and gusset options
- Common heel (stocking (stockinette)
stitch with garter stitch edge) - Slipstitch heel
- Garter stitch heel
- Striped (two-colour) heel
- Toe-up options
- Simple shaped heel
- Double stitch short row heel (boomerang heel)
- Wrap and turn short row heel
- Toe-up gusset and heel flap
- Forethought heel
Toes
- Toes for cuff-down socks
- Classic wedge toe
- Rounded toe
- Four-point toe
- Toes for toe-up socks
- Basic toe
- Banded toe
Sock projects
Sloping Hills by Winwick Mum
Under the Stars by Emma Potter
Twisting Pathways by Vikki Bird
Spring Lace by Rachel Fletcher
Bracken Cables by Olivia Villareal
Summer Meadows by Carmen Jorissen
Autumn Berries by Kaitlin Barthold
Red Sky At Night by Abby Brown
Beads of Dew by Anniken Allis
Winter Snow by Kerstin Balke
Knitting in the round
On double-pointed needles (DPNs)
Joining the round
On a short circular needle
On a long circular needle for magic loop
On flexible short needles
Two at a time magic loop knitting
Sock techniques
Casting on
- Long-tail cast on (thumb method)
- German twisted cast on
- Cable cast on (two-needle cast on)
- Alternating cable cast on
- Judy’s magic cast on
Basic stitches
- Knit stitch
- Purl stitch
- Slip stitch
- K1tbl (knit 1 through the back leg)
Reading charts
Increasing
- Kfb (knit front and back)
- Yarn over increases (yo)
- Make 1 stitch (M1L & M1R)
Decreasing
- Right-leaning decreases (k2tog, p2tog)
- Left-leaning decreases (skpo, ssk)
- Double decreases (cdd, k3tog, sk2po)
Adding beads
Picking up stitches
- Along edge from right side of work
- Along edge from wrong side of work
- From waste yarn for forethought heel
Cables
Short rows
- Wrap and turn (W&T) short rows
- Double stitch short rows (German short rows)
Working with more than one yarn/colour
- Holding two yarns together at once
- Changing colours
- Carrying yarn along inside of your work
- Jogless stripes
- Corrugated rib
- Stranded colourwork and Fair Isle knitting
Casting (binding) off
- Knit cast (bind) off (in the round)
- Knit cast (bind) off (working flat)
- Three-needle cast (bind) off
- Jeny’s surprisingly stretchy cast (bind) off
Finishing your project
- Grafting/Kitchener stitch
- Mattress stitch
- Weaving in ends
- Fixing holes
- Blocking your project
Abbreviations
About the author
Index
Thanks
The designers
Tentang Penulis
Lynne Rowe is a very experienced author, technical editor and designer. There will also be contributions from other well known sock designers and makers.
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