These socks are named after the Tiveden National Forest. It is famed for its ancient virgin forests, which are rare in southern Sweden, and has lots of dramatic bare bedrock, extensive boulder fields carved by glaciers and a scattering of lakes. It …
Area of Effect Socks by Tisserin Coquet
Area of effect: a term used to describe an effect that affects multiple targets within a specified area. Take a dice and roll it as if your knitting depends on it because... it does! Area of Effect features two kinds of cables and an eyelet …
Cawfields Socks by Helena Callum
The stitch pattern on these socks, with its strong linear features and evenly placed circles, reminded me of the Roman Wall in the North of England. The wall has turrets and milecastles appearing at regular intervals along its length. There’s an …
Radiative Socks by Tisserin Coquet
Domesticated thousands of years ago in the Pacific Ocean islands for their nutritional properties, bananas are now one of the most cultivated fruits in the world. One of their hidden properties is to be slightly more radiative than common fruits …
High Tide Socks by Solène Le Roux
I've always been fascinated by high tides, when the beach slowly disappears and the sea reaches the city before withdrawing again and you have to walk kilometers on the beach to find it. Tides have always punctuated my vacations so I wanted to design …
Outono Sock by Trelly Hernández
Size One size. Circumference 8”/20cm’- Height 10”/25cm’ Yarn Larpeiradas Yarns Sock (440yds [384 meters]/100gr): Mostaza, 1 skein Needles 2.75mm (US 2) 40’’ (100cm ) circular needles for Magic Loop Notions 1 marker 1 tapestry …
Yarnbender Sock by Heidi Nick
Yarn One skein of Invictus Yarns Master of My Feet 80% superwash merino / 20% nylon (400 yards / 100 grams) Needles Two 24” circular 2.25 mm needles, or size needed to obtain gauge Notions stitch markers (optional) tapestry …
Tufted Diamonds
I've always been enamoured by knee high socks - store-bought or hand knit, striped or textured. It doesn't matter. Unfortunately, my calves were not engineered for most knee highs (socks or boots for that matter). I've grown tired of walking …
Lazy Daisy
I wear sneakers and capris a lot when the weather is warm. I like the comfort the sneakers give but not the stickiness of wearing them without socks. Usually I wear gym footies. And then one day it dawned on me - this might be the perfect …
Bella
My mom's name is Isabelle, but her closest friends and family call her Bella. This has been quite a year for my mom. She had minor leg surgery, was diagnosed with lung cancer, braved the surgery and recovery of breathing without half of one of …
How-To: Short Row Heel Gussets
Short row heels are my favorite to execute. While a flap heel is more traditional, I don't enjoy picking up stitches. I also like the symmetry of a short row heel. This post is part of our sock issue. Check out the whole issue! But I'll …
Socks: A Comparison of Methods
if you're new to sock knitting you might be overwhelmed with the options avaialble to you - DPNs or circs, cuff-down or toe-up, flap or short row heel? We won't tell you which method to use - only you can make that choice. But we will give you …
How-To: Decrease Bind off or Lace Bind off
If you're new to knitting socks toe-up, you've probably heard that one of the challenges is making the bindoff stretchy enough so it's not actually binding. My go to method for a stretchy bind off is the decrease bind off (also known as the Lace …
How-To: Elastic Thread
Knee highs take a lot of work to knit. I've made several pairs and most of them work their way down my calf throughout the day. You have several options available to you: Work in a yarn with lycra to create a tighter fit. Work a folded …
Under One Skein
These little baby booties have a simple sock construction and are perfect for using those treasured one off hand spun skeins you might purchase from a small spinner or dyer. Yarn Rescue donated the yarns for this project and provided a custom dye …
