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(More customer reviews)If you have never knitted socks before, this knitting-bag-sized book (6"x 9") will tell you everything you need to know about knitting classic cuff-down socks. Instructions are included for three popular sock-knitting methods: (1) using double-pointed needles, (2) using two circular needles, and (3) using one long circular needle and the "Magic Loop" approach.
The book has 17 different sock patterns (some with extra variations), most of which call for slip-stitch heel flaps and simple stitch combinations. Nearly all of the patterns appeared previously in McCarthy's sock-shaped book, Knit Socks!. The patterns are presented in tables, and every step for each sock part (cuff, leg, heel flap, heel turn, gusset, foot, toe) is written out in detail. A great feature is that the tables give the stitch counts whenever the counts change (because of increasing or decreasing), including row-by-row counts when turning the heel. This step-by-step approach results at times in rather wordy instructions.
All of the patterns can be knitted by a novice sock knitter. "Winter Garden", the flowered cover design, is a more advanced, charted design that introduces the Fair Isle (stranded color knitting) technique. "Yoga Moves" includes an alphabet chart that can be used to personalize gift socks or add any short message around sock legs. "Off the Cuff" has an interesting fold-down cuff that uses the natural roll of stockinette stitch for an unusual cuff treatment. "Lacy Days" incorporates simple lace patterns; "Diamonds and Cables" and "Best Foot Forward" offer attractive cabled socks; and "You've Got Rhythm" presents three versions of textured-pattern socks.
There are patterns for many different weights of yarn, and at least one pattern ("Fireside Stripes") that is designed to show off handpainted yarn. Also included is a pattern with a stockinette heel ("Straight-Laced") and one with an "eye of peacock" heel ("Fireside Stripes").
If the competition among sock-knitting books weren't so fierce right now, this would be a 4- or 5-star book. However, because the patterns are so simple, the book is primarily of interest to new sock knitters. Therefore, the book rates only an "average" 3 stars.
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Knitters love to make socks. Socks are practical and pretty, cozy and colorful. Sock projects are easily carried in a knitting bag, and the patterns are complex enough to be interesting but small enough to be quickly finished. Plus, socks are always fun to wear and great to give as gifts.
Now Knit Socks!, the little die-cut hardcover that sold more than 65,000 copies, is available in a paperback edition that includes two all-new sock patterns. But that's not all. Sock knitters will find much more in this revision to feed their sock addictions, such as helpful new advice on choosing sock yarns what feels the best, what holds its shape, what really lasts.
And what is a knitter to do if a pattern looks interesting, but she wants to substitute a lighter yarn for the chunky, warm wool specified? A new chart provides alternative yarn weights and the corresponding number of stitches needed for each of the patterns and sizes. Knitters might also want to experiment with two circular needles. Or four double points. There's advice here for adapting any pattern to any type of needle.
With all the variations and possibilities, Knit Socks! goes far beyond its 17 patterns. Creative knitters will find an endless array of exciting options for keeping feet comfortable, warm, and beautiful.
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