Hi Debbie, Welcome to the group. I highly recommend the Silver Sock tutorials <http://cometosilver.com/socks>as your starting place. That is how I learned to...
Has Tabitha or anyone else ever heard of making a sock with a provisional row heel? Last night at a knitting session at my LYS, I heard someone talk about a...
I think the most common name for that is the Afterthought heel. It was made popular by Elizabeth Zimmerman - I think she covers it in Knitting Without Tears....
Good Morning Everyone, I was to the Silver Site the first time socks recommended here......and I was throughly confused as to how to do the join. Would there...
Thank you so much for your help. I was looking at the tutorial on the Silver site and how confusing it looked. Years ago I had done this........but you...
Hi All I hope you all are well, I finished a pair of socks & there is a photo on my blog, I done them using Regia Bamboo yarn, I got enough of the bamboo to do...
Great socks Janice. Someone is going to be very lucky this Christmas. I have been knitting socks lately too - most of them for Christmas gifts but the most...
Thanks Tabitha I not told DH if they for him or not so he can't get his hands on them lol I already got another pair on the go different yarn this time not...
I had to bribe DH with the socks to get him to model for the photos. ;-) I have another pair on the needles that is a variation of that design. I am using...
Hi Janice! I am also trying to knit Christmas gifts. Mostly dishcloths. (That is what everyone requests these days.) We all have so much clutter that I...
I have some nice sock yarn I received in a swap but that will be for me apart from anything else not a man's colour plus I like it lol I can't say I know of...
Hi Debbie I have done some dish/face cloths as well also back scrubbers, I will give these with a cloth & some soap & or bath/shower gel all make nice...
I think Dream in Color is available in the UK now but I would have to check. It is simple glorious. The colors do not stripe or pool so you can knit a...
Hi Everyone I am new to the group. I too have made the dish/wash cloths.......they are so easy.........my  goal is to get a pair of socks made. Working...
Everyone has their preferred method of knitting socks. I personally found it easiest to learn on dpns. I learned from the Silver tutorial using worsted...
Tabitha, Thanks for your advice it's most appreciated. I was just practicing the DPN's and it is getting easier..........know I must pull the yarn tight at...
Janice, I usually knit while watching TV at night also. =) I am working on socks. Just got a book I ordered. "Knitting Circles Around Socks". I haven't...
I don't use yarn larger than worsted weight for socks. For inexpensive worsted weight, I like Lion Brand Wool Ease or Lion Wool. Patons Classic Merino is...
Lion Brand years ago had a heavy I guess it would be more of a house sock than a regular sock done with their homespun yarn. If you go to their site you may...
Thanks, Janice. I still haven't gotten to my first pair, but plan on working with them at Christmas when all the hectic things settle down. :-) Hugs, Dorothy ...
I recently saw an ad for the new book "The Knitter's Book of Wool" by Clara Parkes that featured a quiz from the book, Which Ewe are You? Link to quiz...
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This is great! Thank you for sharing this. And to whomever worked it up!  Donate Life ~ Be an Organ Donor Debbie J East Texas tx_dj1951@... ...
[:)] Thanks so much for sharing this Two nurses had written this down for me while I was knitting and waiting for my husband to come out of surgery. but I...
Thank you so much for doing this for us. My knitting group will appreciate this so much even the ones that don't do socks. At one time or another we all...
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