Not feeling (kn)it? I'm home today under the weather. I've escaped the dreadful sickness that's going around, so it feels a little wimpy to stay home with anything less than the plague, but...
The digital world moves fast, but Alice Yu moves faster. The Deuce socks, which Alice Yu designed for the Spring 2013 Sockupied , were named for her adorable pug. Just as the Spring 2013 issue of Sockupied...
The last page of Sockupied , which we call “The Last Stitch,” has always been one of my favorites. The 2010 issue featured Franklin Habit’s Cinderella cartoon. Anyone who’s read...
Meet the designers! One of the great pleasures of editing Sockupied is getting to work with designers and writers who are clever, fun, and generally delightful. For Sockupied Spring 2013, the designers...
The "Feet on the Street" feature in the first few issues of Sockupied was always one of my favorites. I loved seeing and reading about what sock knitters had on the needles. Gifts for friends...
Earlier this year, we offered to send a copy of Alice Yu's book Socktopus: 17 Pairs of Socks to Knit and Show Off to a knitter who best answered this question: In 5 words or less, what makes a sock...
The Summer 2013 issue of Sockupied is almost here, but for now, we hope you'll enjoy this sneak peek of all the sock-knitting bliss this issue has to offer! From knitting two socks at once to cast...
I recently received an email asking whether Sockupied includes toe-up sock knitting patterns. Why yes, we do! But how many, I wondered? I took a look at all three Sockupied issues from last year, which...
Feet on the Street in Melbourne and Ontario Welcome to the first post in our occasional “Feet on the Street” blog feature. There is such a passion for sock knitting around the world, and in...
I have a friend who refers to my favorite eMag as “the Sockinator.” I feel a little guilty playing favorites—I love ColorKnits and LaceKnits and EntreKnits and SpinKnit and Colorways...
One of the contributors for the Summer 2013 issue of Sockupied recently asked how our sock patterns get their names. Should she come up with an evocative name, or would we change it when we put the magazine...
Belinda of BlendyKnits has generously offered to give away a few copies of her fabulous app from her website . Visit her by February 11, 2013 to sign up—and check out her new project.
Being connected to the Internet at broadband speeds has gotten so common that I'm surprised to find myself in spots with no connection. Surely I can see YouTube videos on my phone from a cave deep...
Since the first time I knitted a pair of socks, many sock yarn dyers have started including generous yardage in their skeins. Occasionally I’ll run out of yarn (especially on a top-down sock), but...
Lace knitting can run the gamut from simple yarnovers to complex patterns that would make a spider dizzy. In LaceKnits we featured some of each. Two that I’d definitely put on my list of aspirational...
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