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Learn How to Knit Socks!

Knitting socks can seem really difficult at first. There are hundreds (maybe thousands?) of sock knitting patterns out there! How do you choose? Top down or toe up? Circular needles or double pointed needles? Patterned socks or plain? Striped, solid,...

Published May 24, 2013 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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The Essentials of Casting On and Binding Off

From top to bottom: Backward Loop Cast-On, Knitted Cast-On, Cable Cast-On Casting on and binding off are two skills that are essential for knitters to know. In our new eBook, The Essentials of Casting-on and Binding-Off: How to Cast-On and Bind-Off Knitting...

Published Mar 29, 2013 6:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Sock Knitting: Sewn Bind-Off Tutorial

Newly finished Lacy Socks An example of the sewn bind-off I just finished a pair of toe-up socks; a beautiful lacy pattern that I've been working on for at least six months. Remember those New Year's Resolutions? These socks were on my "must...

Published Feb 17, 2012 7:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Summer Knitting: It's all about socks!

On Your Toes Socks by Ann Budd. Get your free sock knitting pattern now! I'm going to Sock Summit at the end of July, and I can't wait! I just started a new pair of socks with Knitpicks Stroll, and I love them. The design is a simple lace yarnover...

Published Jun 30, 2011 5:22 PM by Kathleen Cubley

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Cast on with Eunny!

Do you ever feel like your hopes and dreams begin with a cast-on? I know, that's a little bit over the top, but I do get really excited when I'm about to cast on a new project. I can't wait to feel how the yarn will knit up, try different...

Published Oct 6, 2010 7:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Binding Off: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

A note from Kathleen: Raise your hand if you've bound off too tightly, bound off on the wrong side, or bound off too loosely. My hand is WAY up; how 'bout yours? I was recently looking through my back issues of Interweave Knits (which I can now...

Published Nov 23, 2009 7:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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Toe-Up Socks: The Middle Eastern Cast-On

I haven't had much experience writing patterns, but I had a ball of Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball Crazy Sock Yarn that I was itching to knit into a pair of socks, and I couldn't settle on a pattern. So I decided to write one myself! The yarn lent...

Published Sep 23, 2009 7:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

Filed under: Lace Knitting, Sock Knitting, Knitting Techniques, How To Knit, Knitting Patterns, Knitting Daily, Color Knitting, Free Knitting Patterns, Toe Up Socks, Knitting, How to Knit Socks

The Magical Magic Loop

I started knitting circular objects—socks, gloves, mittens, hats, and so on—on double-pointed needles (DPNs). While I enjoyed knitting the pattern, I didn't particularly like the finished object because I always ended up with ladders where...

Published Sep 16, 2009 7:00 AM by Kathleen Cubley

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The Joy of Toe-Up Socks

Note from Sandi: There's more than one way to work a sock, as many long-time sock knitters will tell you. Most of us learn to make them by starting at the cuff--but if you find that this method isn't making you happy, then perhaps you could try...

Published Mar 27, 2009 7:37 AM by KD Sandi

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A Stretchier Bind-Off

I showed you a really great cast-on for toe-up socks on Monday ...but what do you do when you get to the cuff and need to bind off? Lots of folks, myself included, get a little tight-fisted when it comes to binding off, and it's a bit demoralizing...

Published Jul 30, 2008 2:12 PM by KD Sandi

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Exploring a Tricky Cast-On For Toe-Up Socks

Eastern Cast On I was flipping through the final proofs of the new Fall Knits with a colleague who is a beginning knitter, and when I got to the chapter on different cast-ons and bind-offs, she looked mildly puzzled and said, "You mean there's...

Published Jul 28, 2008 12:12 PM by KD Sandi

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Lots of Socks--And Lots of YOU!

When I first came to work at Interweave, I found out that my officemate was to be none other than the one and only Ann Budd , author of one of my most well-loved knitting books: The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns . I was petrified. They might as...

Published Aug 3, 2007 12:00 AM by KD Sandi

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Your Perfect Sock Pattern

According to the Sock Survey, your perfect sock pattern would be: Worked from the cuff down (70% of the votes); For a woman (46%); Designed in a textured (but not cabled) stitch pattern (22%); Worked on 5 dpns (37%); and Suitable for a variegated or handpainted...

Published Jun 5, 2007 11:00 PM by KD Sandi

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