Hi everyone: I spent a weekend with Catherine and she *made* me knit a sock <lol>. Actually, I asked her to show me how she does it and voila, we had a...
Hi Lea-Ann and everyone, <br>I have the book, and I have yarn. May I play, too? I have Wool-ease or I have cotton (DesMontes). Which is better for socks?...
'Lo all!<br>I am up for a pair of socks (actually need several, cold weather and all) I am about slam out of my own wool, and out of the natural colored Galway...
Hi All -- I have my woolease sport weight yarn all ready. BUT do not have the Sock Options book -- just the original Magic Knitting Machine Sock Formula -- got...
Hello Lois and all socksters,<br>That book is fine,this time we will be doing the basic machine knit sock..and the pattern is in both places.(all basic machine...
Hi . . . what about doubling the Woolease Sport and doing it on a 1 or 2 kp?? Swatch? Catherine . . . can you recommend the best method to swatch? I'm using...
Yes,you can double the woolease...then you use kp 3...I used one strand of woolease sport variegated(burgandies and yellows and oranges, with a strand of solid...
Catherine -- in your directions for the Round Heel - it says (after putting 1/3 in HP on both sides) using TT move HPsts OPC over 1 sts toward center -- does...
Yes, It means move ALL the stitches over 1 st...that is why the revised book has photos!<g>a picture shows techniques so much better. If you have any ...
Hi Catherine,<br>I would like to participate in the Sock Knitalong.<br>I don't have the Sock Options for Machine Knitters book, but do have the Magic Knitting...
Hi Bobby and all, <br>You can just pick whatever of those socks you care to knit, and just use the standard machine knit heel style as described on the heel ...
Hi Michelle (and for those just joining) as Lea-Ann posted when she started this knit-along (Lea-Ann, are your feet getting cold enough to move your socks to...
I've started a couple sox so far -- but don't like the cast one edge. Did one with singe ewrap and one with double ewrap. Is there a better or preferred cast...
My favorite is the tubular cast-on & 1x1 ribbing. I find this to be the most stretchy, and it returns to the original shape very well.<br>For the LK 150, the...
I finished a pair of socks!!!<br>Finished a pair of socks that fit -- and one EXTRA large (maybe for Santa!!!) <br>They even fit me pretty well. I'm pleased at...
Hi Catherine,<br>How was your visit with the NC Bonders? Aren't they wonderful gals? Did you freeze in the mtns around Asheville?<br>I just checked both of my ...
Hi All!<br>I am back after a long move. I am now in Northern CA(lifornia, not Canada), and wondering if any Bonders are anywhere near me. Actually, there is...
One time I knitted the heel with some thread added. It seems to strengthen the heel. Is there a preferred type of thread or elastic that should or could be ...
Your LYS probably carries bobbins of thin yarn specially designed for re-inforcing heels & toes. As for elastic at the top, I think Wooly Nylon should work...
Hi, I began my sock this weekend and when I got to the heel, it was MUCH too long. I measured it at 9.5 in and it came almost to my knee. I measured a sock I...
Yes, I've got a pair of those boots and I love them! I can't wait until the really rainy Alabama weather when I can wear all of my new socks with them! I also...
Hi: Did you measure your sock shortly after taking it off the machine? That might account for some of the length. I usually let it roll and pull it lengthwise,...
Hi Grace: I too like the tubular cast on, but always have to dig out the instructions to figure it out. I know there was someone who did a FAQ and its on the...
Socks with Toes on the KM!<br><br>By golly, I did it!!!<br>Knit your sock per your own pattern, I used Mark's Birkysocks<br>After you have knit the length you...
I used tension 2.5 on my lk 150. Decided I would use 2.o next time. But I started each sock at the beginning of the skein and they came out striped, EXACTLY ...
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