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Knit Picks' Podcast

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Find camaraderie and understanding as Knit Picks employees confess to their own knitting triumphs...

Love Me Do

Lydia Macpherson

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'Love Me Do' offers a fresh and distinctive look at how we live our lives. Lydia Macpherson's poems...

Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Sock Club: Join the Knitting Adventure in Books

Apr 27, 2018

Sock Club was created and inspired by both physical knitting clubs and online knitting clubs. Many of the sock patters were designed by knitters who have had many patterns published, and some are the knitters first published pattern. But all of them share this—they are creative, unique and beautiful.

The special thing about the patterns is this: in the front of the book, Schurch and Parrott give a variety of suggestions and instructions on how to adjust the size of the sock by altering the pattern slightly, or changing the needle size, or the yarn, etc. For each pattern, they give which specific ways work best for resizing for that pattern.

In the back, there are 5 different ways of casting on (sometimes you need a different cast-on for a pattern to make it work), and the instructions and pictures are pretty good. There are other little tips and tricks for technique, like knitting with a circular needles, wrap and turn, suspended bind-off, and finishing techniques. There’s also a sizing chart for men and women, information on yarn types, and a list of sources to find recommended yarn for your new socks.

There are 23 patterns, a million colors you could work with… you realize how many beautiful socks you could make with this book?

Recommendation: This book was designed for the intermediate to experienced knitter. Many of the patters work with lace, cables, bobbles etc. even one with beads, and other more complicated patterning.

Happy Knitting!

~Haleyknitz

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Simply Modern Lace: 20 Knit Projects

Interweave

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Handpicked knitting projects celebrate a favorite topic for knitters-lace! Lace is a perennial...

Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Knit One, Bead Too: Essential Techniques for Knitting with Beads in Books

Apr 27, 2018

This book is amazing. Durant takes you through all the different ways of using beads with knitting (I didn't realize there were so many options! and each gives a different look!). There are tons of neat patterns and lots of inspiring pictures and clear instructions. I've got a whole slew of things I want to make now!