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Getting Started Knitting Socks
Author: Ann Budd
Veteran sock knitter Ann Budd shows you how to knit your very own socks in Getting Started Knitting Socks. Each stepfrom casting on stitches for the leg to working the misunderstood Kitchener stitch at the toeis broken down into its basic elements and illustrated with clear photographs and drawings. Along the way youll learn the fundamentals of sock knitting, a variety of ways to achieve similar results, and a host of time-proven tips that ensure success.
In Getting Started Knitting Socks, youll find basic instructions for knitting socks at five different gauges and for five different sizes. Whether you want to knit a pair of delicate dress socks for your ten-year-old niece, a pair of sturdy book socks for your older brother, or a pair of bulky slipper socks for yourself, weve got your feet covered. If you get tired of the basic sock, add some color or texture, either by following one of the 16 patterns provided or by adding your own stitch patterndozens of rib, cable, and lace patterns are provided for your own experimentation.
So get started knitting sockssoon youll have made your first sock . . . then its mate. Then, before you know it, youll be your own sock-knitting machine.