How to knit socks for beginners the easy way - Nimble Needles Your socks are beautiful. It was very chilly, but the snow stopped thank goodness. After plugging away with a basic sock pattern, I have now ventured off and started a patterned sock. and they fit Ken perfectly, which is awesome, because that was the plan. I am totally in love with the Rivendell socks, what a fantastic pattern. The weekly cleaning helped immensely! (Well. I started wearing my wool socks a few weeks ago and didnt go near a wash place first. So, I started another pair of socks and ordered another copy of your book. Browse or sell your items for free. Looking forward to something larger from you. Colourways that are exciting enough for your wild side, and tame enough for your conservative husband/best friend/mail carrier/person on your gift list. You can find the flap and gusset heel pattern here. First comment? Ravelry: Plain Vanilla Socks pattern by K McKiernan marketers. IS. Promise. Really love all the socks. Im catching up. ), Coming in close to the end of the tour then, I started a pair of Francie socks (I LOVE this pattern. OH ALSO: I should mention that this: http://emilytheslayer.livejournal.com/232103.html this is partially your fault. Glad to hear you made it home and through the tour ok. You may be sick of knitting the socks, but were not sick of looking at them. Yeah, and what Presbytera said, too. I like ribbing because it adapts better to the shape of your foot. But I wont but I can wish! When I sent my sister a picture of the Baby Surprise Jacket I knit for her granddaughter for Christmas and asked her what she would like, she responded socks would be fine. Last I heard, the ones I sent for her birthday three years ago were too nice to wear. I guess I should get started, its definitely going to take me longer than just a weekend. I am reading the Things I learned from knitting which I got as a mothers day present. You definitely completed quite a few pairs of socks on this tour. Gauge 7 stitches = 1 inch in stockinette stitch Needle size US 1 - 2.5 mm Languages English adult heel-flap ribbed top-cuff-down written-pattern Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Oooh. Im currently doing this for myself. Even mens socks! Maybe in a couple days Ill pick up my almost finished Biscuit cardigan for a while, but I think I need a little sweater break. However, this pattern is a bit more difficult than the previous two. Im working on Francie right now (after having to rip back the entire leg of one due to knitterly denial they were wayyyy too tight), and it really is a fun little pattern. I followed your sock directionsI didnt even use the cheat sheet pattern. Gotta love lake effect. Your socks are beautiful, and I hope you go back to them, once youve done a sweater. I might even last w/o the harlot competition! 10 2833. I do hope to learn eventually what the red socks were that I got my photo taken with (along with scores if not hundreds of other knitters) at the Maker Faire. Someday before my legs are taken from me I will get to one of these events. Ok.. the real reason I had to comment is Ive been reading all the old posts since I only recently discovered your super blog. Thank you! You always make it look so easy. Take the measurement around the ball of your foot, which typically is the largest circumference. Or did that only happen to me because my feet are size 10 US? Im channeling you, I was done with socks as of yesterday. This is truly inspiring, but I can see how a sweater would be sweet relief. to use traditional techniques for the neck or Let the colours do the talking! Congrats on the completion of your grand tour. The stranded pattern does very, very interesting things with a handpainted yarn. Very cool, and he looks thrilled to get them which always doubles the feeing of accomplishment. Though I seem to recall Stephanie having petite feet (and thus, smaller socks) Im still continuously impressed by her knitting speed. We thought it would be a good idea to offer up to some of you sock knitters out there, both new and seasoned, some of our favourite sock patterns from the interwebs, and sock yarns that you can find at your local yarn shop. Another fabulous sock yarn that comes in a rainbow of variegated shades (rather than striping) is Cascades Heritage Paints. I just signed up for the 52 pair plunge as a companion to the Summer of Socks. Theres a seemingly endless parade of sock yarns out there, and at the beginning of April, when I decided to only work on socks while I was on tour for the next 36 days, I relished the opportunity to make it through a bunch of patterns Ive been meaning to work on. I digress. Very nice! Kim. The self striping aspect of Langs yarn makes knitting socks out of this yarn wildly addictive (Just one more stripe!) and this yarn is built to last. (Your socks bring tears of awe to my eyes, and .. socks that are beautiful ON THE BOTTOM? Uses fingering weight yarn. Arthritis be darned, I am knitting two shawls for myself right now and a pair of mittens are in the works for my husband. . Your blog is a generous gift to other knitters. Yes 9 fingers. Should you be someone that prefers the self-striping patterns- fear not! Then simply knit the second sock. However, I am just finishing my first-ever pair of socks. 1. I was doing so good with repressing the sock urges I feel the need to go buy sock yarn now. (Naturally sold out, since I've had this one in the stash for a bit.) While knitting plain vanilla socks is always a joy, every so often it feels good to sit down and actually focus onastitch pattern. Yes, but just remember who got all those socks! Your tour and pictures inspired me to learn to knit socks. Thank you again, Stephanie, for the shout-out for my yarns! Theyre like the mob! Ive never made a pair of socks started some but the first one is still sitting on its needles years later. Other free Sock patterns are out there without all the sales that we have to go through just to get to the next 2 sentences necessary to follow this pattern. I quite like the socks now. Step away from the socks its time;) Well- unless you want to knit a pair for me. Dear Stephanies AGENT did you hear that? Step 2: Wash and block your finished swatch (important!) Really and truly great! If you know me, Im seldom outwardly chipper, but Ill be chipper on the inside.) January is Selfish Knitting Month. But I am determined to find new ways to knit and continue to fight this disease. What an amazing line-up. In a way this is a sock recipe. Hubby needed new socks as his drawer was pretty dreadful. Mine did. This yarn is 75% wool and 25% nylon, making it an easy yarn to launder (exactly what we need in a sock yarn). What a very socksy post! Those are both snacks though, just little bits of knitting to tide me over the disorganized gap. For instance, I knit my socks with gauges 32 sts (Fingering), 28 sts (DK) and sts 21 (Aran) / 4 (10cm). The pattern comes from the Yarn Harlot's book " Knitting Rules " - Sock Recipe: A Good, Plain Sock by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee and is an ideal pattern to use with self patterning sock yarn. Ok.. youve seen it. Love the fallen leaves and spinners on the ground in your cowl photo. If you want more conventionally constructed socks, you can do an Afterthought Heel, which can be carefully snipped out and replaced. 1. You definitely didnt waste all your free time in a frivolous fashion, did you? Just asking. For boot socks select DK or worsted weight yarn. After all those, I think I would be tired of socks, too. I agree with Chris T, Im lucky if I can knit a pair of socks in one month. Then bind off. St Andrews by the Sea?! My Secret to Knitting Beautiful Socks! Wow, socks. Jane. It is symmetrical and you make it exactly the same way regardless if you knit your sock from the toe up or cuff down. Not that Id mention it. This particular breed of wool, known for its softness and durability is what makes this sock yarn stand out in a sea of sock yarn. You definitely rock socks. Thanks for the new term. And the one-third sweater. She also has a new class on Craftsy that is on my Christmas list. I enjoy knitting socks because i can finish them fairly quickly if i set my mind to it, im scared to start a sweater for this reason i get bored so easily! Wool & Silk Co. back. but you and adjust it for the double pointed needles as well, a guide that helps you to buy the right amount of yarn. Take care! Thank you so much for the time and the accurate information you sending from Finland you really live in the middle of nowhere and it must so peaceful, from your new supporter in Ayr West Scotland coast, Add this pattern to your Ravelry queue and favorites, Save this pattern to your Pinterest board. Julie in San Diego. At this point might be that the length of your sock is not yet 4 (10 cm). I love the feeling I get when someone loves the hand-knit Ive given them (especially when they get compliments on it), but I also love the feeling of getting a compliment on it myself and being able to say yeah, I knit this. I sort of balance the universe that way. Those socks are great! Im temporarily displaced to the deep south so sweaters and warm thick stuff is just not gonna happen for awhile. Im sure theres someone, but dont look at me. My two favorite things in this post: Many thanks. If you are gifting the socks you can check the typical sock lengths here. Wait. Join our email list to receive our Weekly Ad, special promotions, fun project ideas and store news. they could put up on Click Bank to be sold by affiliate Wow! You are a sock knitting machine! Socks for myself has been my goal as well. In my blog youll find tools (knitting calculators and interactive patterns) which will save you some trouble and do the knitting math for you. It takes me months to make a pair of socks. Ive spoken (probably a lot) about my strong preference for socks as the ideal travel project, at least for me. They dont count. Rye . Learn how your comment data is processed. I listened while pinning out my Tuscany Shawl:), Hi Stephanie, As always, its great to read about your projects and adventures. I need a simple sock pattern with detailed instructions and pictures! I can literally make any sock with this pattern- i have a lot of yarn scavenged from yard sales etc- thank you! Be the first to find out about Free Patterns,New Yarns and Trends. Holy socks Batman! A purchase from Bristol Ivys Ravelry page is next. Its perfect for those of you that just like to knit around and around and around, and use a beautifully coloured yarn. Our Favourite Sock Patterns and Yarn- Free Pattern Friday We love sock knitting. I think you should knit some lace now. Hey, you are So Done with socks, just as you inspired me to get started knitting them! I love that Canadians see enough snow in October to nonchalantly shrug it off as air snow. Good Luck and cant wait to see what you come up with **Joes gansey** cough cough. I am from Ottawa, and Ive never heard the term air snowjust asked my household what we call that not really snow stuff, and they came up with pre-snow? The instructions are in Knitters Almanac and Knitting Around. I think Ill get to work on the three different half-socks I have going now. Required fields are marked *. So there you have it dear knitters. Still, if you wanted to really worry us, you could have announced the plan and never mentioned the word it would have been like waiting for the other shoe to drop.. After the first sock is completed, unwind the yarn to the next yellow starter thread and cut it off. And I also taught my best friend to knit, and now she wants to learn to make socks! These ones are Gauge Dye Works again (I swear I'm only a little obsessed with that yarn) in a colourway called Azurite B. So soft and fuzzy. Youve probably heard about this, but in case someone hasnt theyre collecting knitted hats for Syrian refugees in Munich: http://nelkindesigns.blogspot.com/2015/09/knitting-for-munich.html, That could be a big project (made of lots of small projects). Those last socks are particularly interesting. You can bang out a pair in a weekend. Kens socks look so comfortable! oh and the socks are beautiful! Any ideas on which sweater you want to do? Two birds, one stone. Thanks for all your hard work and for sharing it! Such pretty socks! Have we dubbed this sock porn yet? A good rule of thumb is that the fabric should not be see-through. Ive had Francies on the needles for 2 weeks for my mother, and the first one still isnt done. If you find yourself getting bored and distracted with traditional free knit socks patterns, then be sure to check this one out! It also helps that sock yarn is so cool and I have become a collector. Wont go the the doc to get it fixed sohubby with the 9 fingers. It was surprisingly good, (beginner recorder class though? They are all lovely, as usual. )Ill make her wear it and show you. Its not that I dont knit, but I love, love, love to spin! I guess Im behind the fashion curve for sure. I pulled out my hand knit socks last weekend, and most of them have holes in the bottom of ONE. ! OK, what we really said was The shrinks kids are nuts!, but we were far less PC-aware then. And an easy blanket project to work on while watching movies. Yes weve had it too here west of Toronto mind you you really had to squint to see it. 27 Free & Easy Sock Knitting Patterns (Great for Beginners!) Darn you!! They are all fantastic. Find local deals on Cars, Trucks & Motorcycles in Bolivar, Missouri on Facebook Marketplace. Everyone else is getting tons of socks, but I need to remember to keep a few pairs. OK, I, too, am deeply curious about how the Francies feel, because I find the shaping completely compelling. You had to say something about the Lion SockEase again, didnt you? (Not that I knit a lot of socks anyway, just, if anyone deserved a pair from me its him.). Enjoy the change. I find just plain and simple works for me since I am introducing so many different colors and patterns of yarn. Pattern is Sock Recipe: A Good Plain Sock by Stephanie Pearl McPhee (the Yarn Harlot). Dana But the constant, repeating ads made me crazy. But I think I like the Frankies best, just because of the surprise soles I am LOLing at the gansey suggestions. Theyre all lovely. My head was cold.). I have a knitting club in Helsinki and people are always asking for help. WOW. I have only ever knit your plain vanilla sock pattern. This means that my income comes from advertisements. I can only manage one pair of socks per month and Im not even on tour. This tour I knit the Rivendell socks out of "I am the Eggpant" Dyed in the Wool Handmade sock yarn. I knit a pair of plain vanilla socks from the forthcoming "Sock Ease" from Lion Brand Yarn. In the event that I ever actually complete a handknit sock, Im probably going to have to name it Stephanie in your honour, because itll probably be your fault. So I got back to my center-cable EPS sweater. I was pretty sick of that by the end of four days. We have been working diligently for the past three years to open our retreat center, At first I thought that might be Joe modeling the Francie socks. In the case of one pair, years.over two now. This is probably the easiest toe pattern. I love the Rivendell socks, although havent got the nerve to try them yet. I have decided to provide all my content and knitting patterns for free. I only started learning to knit socks this year and am working my way through Jeanette Trotmans Easy Knitted Socks book. Geez, at this rate, Joe deserves kilt hose and a long cabled cape to go along with that alleged gansey. Unbelievable! Many pairs behind you, and in not so intricate patterns (recipe socks) However am having one problemthe pain in my right hand. Another little added bonus??? Love the socks. Step 3: Count how many stitches you need to cover 5 cm / 2 in. Oh I can certainly understand the stick a fork in it attitude about socks I hit that same wall myself a few weeks ago. How??? I have crocheted for a couple of years now, but crocheted socks just dont cut it! Here you are stepping away from socks to do a sweater and I am trying to finish up a toddler sweater so I can knit multiple pairs of socks. Ive been waiting for a reasonably close-up picture of the Rhinebeck sweaterworn or draped on a piece of furniture or something. Ive declared January/February Knit For Me Months! Get Just Plain Socks Free Knitting Pattern. 25 Terrific and Free Knit Socks Patterns. It occured to me that you should hear about my harrowing trip across the livingroom hurrying, to do something and was impaled in my leg below my knee, with a metal needle sticking out of the knitting basket. I've just shared the link. Ive been filling in the space lately quite productively with knitted tits. Socks scare me. and the Grimms Garden colorway, and and and man do I need to finish the two pairs languishing in SSS hell and start new socks! Ooh, and the Leyburn (and what a great colorway!) But Im glad you made it home safe, (partially?) Very Vanilla Socks is a free Knitting pattern by Jo-Anne Klim, available as a Downloadable PDF and includes instructions in English, German. . P.S. My husband just isnt there yet and I have never knit him any. not only are the socks beautiful, but they carry greatly powerful knitterly mojo holding the travelling sock has had quite an immediate effect on my formerly non-knitting mom! THANKS! We have a few suggestions! Here's a knitting pattern for socks that are made with DK-weight yarn. -Steph, Socks are so wonderful. I must make those socks;) Nearly 10,000 pairs of socks have been made using this pattern and recorded on Ravelry!!!! Sure, they start out that way, but life happens to them too. I perform you a service, cherished Yarn Harlot: I take up the other side, knitting one sock in two months, as opposed to your 200 socks in one month. For baby socks I recommend the short row or afterthought heel because if your sock is really short might be that you are not able to make all of the required gusset increases before the heel turn and the foot will become longer than intended. ;) Good on you Steph! Im thinking some sort of shoulder shawl-type object, because I dont think I want to muck up such great yarn by making socks out of it. They are small, light, easy to keep track of and come in a charming variety of difficulties. If you want to wear your sock in shoes pick fingering weight yarn (also known as sock weight yarn or 4ply yarn) or if your shoes are loose-fitting you can pick a little bit thicker sport weight yarn. OMG! I know what you mean, Im on this weird hat jag while I try to come up with something good for my next big project. Love that expression air snow. When socks are completely shot and can no longer be darned, is there a way to reuse the leg part or do you just throw them out? 959. Well done! Its a good thing there are so many choices now days, isnt it? I just ordered a skein of the Alpaca Sox in Classic Pinstripe to make my husband his first pair of handknit socks. What a lovely array of socks. The circumference of my foot is Wow, that is fast. Now! I have some handpainted that doesnt know what it wants to be. : ). Each pair is lovely. That happened to me with crochet. Every year I manage to forget. I have loved your journey through socks. You should now have finished your toe and its time to select what kind of heel you would like to make. Hopefully soon I will try to conquer my first pair of socks! Cool cowl, too! , Cool! The grade ones really are cute though. I put my hooks down and did nothing for years. My husband broke his leg in January (he slipped on some ice while walking the dog), and the recovery period is long. Okay, I confess. I LOVE knitting socks. When I think harlot, I think socks! I give you two weeks before you are jonesing for another sock. Wow, we might have to start calling you the Sock Harlot! Some sock yarn is a blend of Bluefaced Leicester wool and nylon (BFL). (!) Your email address will not be published. At least its less than two years ago now. I just added Francie to my queuedont want to download the pattern right now because Im expecting a new computer presentlyyippee! You are awesome! And last, but not least, we could not talk about solid coloured sock yarn without mentioning Cascade Heritage once again (no surprise). It takes me a month to finish a single pair of socks. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Personally I recommend you using brighter colors. I adore the Rivendell pattern, and very aptly nsmed. Brilliant! All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes . Done. I owe my success to you, and continue to dye my little heart out! Throw it in the washer, throw it in the dryer youre fine. Make sure that youre having your full weight on the foot while tracing. OK, to each his/her own.but I have to go and make those puppies. Use it to knit your first (or tenth or hundredth) pair of vanilla socks, or do as I do and use as a base for combining with other patterns. Takes me three weeks to knit up one pair and then only if I spend at least three to four hours a day at it. Good luck with everything!!! So, there will be a lot of sock knitting going on. If I really had nothing ahead of me but socks and more socks, I would be dreaming of garter stitch scarves, Im sure. I suggest a lace shawl or something, sweaters are a little out of season. Okay Ken could be a foot model seriously I didnt think it was a real foot at first. And with your busy schedule! I need some new sweater patterns. Love the socks for Ken (and great photo of both)! They are very interesting and was wondering, did Ken say they were comfortable? Socks Guide, R0333 | Schachenmayr . Ill send you my top 5 tips of how to make a durable pair of socks. I think I may have finally found my niche in knitting! You must knit in your sleep (or have you given up sleep with the recent hectic travel arrangements). The socks are AMAZING (just the number of socks you have knit is amazing and we wont even get into the patterns and colourways and artistry of them all). You were right when you said in your book, how turning a heel is almost magical! crap. These look like they will be super for both, AND interesting to knit. In this section, I explain how to measure your foot (or how to estimate the measurements based on shoe size) and then decide what size socks you should make. I want to knit them all! Like LOVE it. If you can make me actually THINK about knitting a sock, youre possessed of super powers. Holy Schmitt, what a lot of socks! I wonder if the ridges are uncomfortable on the bottom of Kens foot? You are important too. And I love the stranded pattern-such a neat way to make the colors look just a little different. I always love seeing your adventures. I hope you find time to rest soon or, at least, have only relaxing knitting projects in the queue. This is a universal sock pattern that you can use to knit perfectly fitting vanilla socks of any size and with almost any yarn. I wont look at any of this designers other patterns. Sock Museum | Yarn Harlot Those are amazing socks. Heck, yeah!! And now I have two sock drawers that are bulging and probably other socks that wont fit in them. That colorway was so gorgeous. i feel sorry for you. Be good to you and you will not end up resenting what is done for others. Yay! Great yarns to work with while churning through those socks? If I get half a sock done in the ten days Ill consider myself lucky. Approximately the first half of the increases are made every round and the rest of the increases are worked every other round. Stephaniedont you have any comments to make on yummy Justin Trudeau? And who couldnt love a colorway called I Am The Eggplant? I havent knit my first socks yet, though I have the yarn and needles ready to go I keep getting distracted by baby projects. Oh, how I wish I could bang out a pair or two of hand knit socks in a weekend.. Yeah, Ive just got to ask, though Im sure it may qualify as sacrilegious, REALLY?!? But I particularly love the ones Ken is wearing. Wow, Ken looks very cute at that angle! The sweater will await your sister as a call to fall, which might just be quite welcome after the *long, hot, steamy Toronto summer*. You can stick a fork in me folks because I. You can find all published articles here. And I am glad you get to stay home and chill out now. glad to know Im not the only one to discover that my handknit socks mostly have holes in at least one of each pair (I have one pair nearly done (on the gusset of the second sock) and yarn for at least one more pair, but I cant bang out two pair in a weekend, one probably, but not two. I was just telling my mother this morning that if something happened and all knitters had to specialize in just one article (be it shawl, hat, whatever) that I would definitely be the sock girl. I just finished November 2006 and read your green sock saga. There are lots due in July (including mine). Im glad you used the Leyburn pattern! ~x~. This free sock pattern is NOT a unique, rare thing. She deserves it. Plain stockinette or ribbed socks should be worn with a little bit of negative ease meaning that the circumference of your sock should be smaller than the circumference of your foot otherwise the sock wont stay up on the leg. As more of a spinner than a knitter, are you ever going back to Tuesdays are for Spinning? This way if I get bored with one pair, I can knit the other pair. You cant resist! Measure foot length: The next thing is to measure the length of your foot. While their variegated yarns are a hoot, their solid shades cover all of our bases. Dont they know that being harloted has a effect? If you dont one day you will put your needles down and not pick them back up. Seeing all these gorgeous sock and having a friend in the STR sock club who asked me to try on a partially knitted sock that felt wonderful could go a long way to curing me of my phobia. Simple Skyp Sockstook the sock knitting world by storm a while back, and if you cruise through the THOUSANDS of projects on this patterns Ravelry page, you will see that it can look beautiful in both solid yarn, or subtly variegated. Now THAT. The first half of the increases are made each round while the second half is worked every other round which makes the toe rounder than the wedge toe. Step 1: Cast on 30 stitches and knit 30 rows in plain stockinette stitch using the same yarn and needles you want to knit your socks with. I have converted the legs into wrist warmers by removing the foot, picking/catching stitches with yarn & needle, finishing with a sewn hem. Im kinda shocked. He was unable to walk for two months; hes up and around now, but still quite sore. You get this number by multiplying the circumference of your foot with 0.9. The socks are all wonderful. Also, I think this is in one of your books somewhere, but would you show us how to darn socks properly? The pattern guides you through needle selection. I do. I knit another plain pair in Blue Moon Heavyweight (forthcoming colour "Grimm's Garden" What luck! This type of toe shaping fits well if all of your toes are almost the same length. You'll also see smooth sock yarn, and yarn with a fairly tight twist. As for de-cluttering your house, have you ever tried FlyLady (www.flylady.com)? I cant believe how many socks you got done. The great thing about variegated yarn??? Wow, if you got tired of socks then Im doomed. They are all wonderful, each in their own way. Then take your drawing and measure the outline from the back/central part of the heel to the end of the longest toe. Simply start after you finish your toe increases, and give yourself a little buffer by knitting the first 2-5 stitches (depending on the width of your chosen decorative stitch) on needle 1 before you start the pattern, and the last .
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