Socks from the Toe Up: Essential Techniques and Patterns from Wendy Knits Author: Visit Amazon's Wendy D. Johnson Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0307449440 | Format: PDF
Socks from the Toe Up: Essential Techniques and Patterns from Wendy Knits Description
From School Library Journal
Adult/High School—As readers of Johnson's blog are aware, in the summer of 2007 the author set out to see how many socks she could design and complete as part of the online knitting world's "Summer of Socks." The result is the genesis of this book. Johnson is an advocate of the toe-up method. She starts with the essentials and goes on to include a range of patterns from easy to challenging. The socks are shown in beautiful photographs featuring young models wearing kicky clothes. The patterns are written for two circular needles but can be easily adapted to double-pointed needles or a long circular one; the variations are described and shown. The techniques section includes clear diagrams and illustrations. Standard abbreviations, definitions, and resources are included as an appendix. Errata are available on the blog. A solid resource with interesting patterns and clear instructions.—
Sarah Flowers, formerly at Santa Clara County Library, CACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Knitting socks from the toe up has a few advantages: you can try on the sock as you knit, and you can adjust the height of the cuff to the amount of yarn you have. Johnson provides five different techniques for starting a sock with the toe; three different heel techniques; several cast-off options; as well as instruction on knitting using double-pointed needles, two circular needles, or one long circular needle. The ballerina photos show off each sock pattern from multiple angles. The three basic sock patterns allow knitters to experiment with their own creations. Solid or heather-colored yarns are recommended to best display the lacework or textured design (no color-work patterns are included). Half of the socks are lace patterns, and all but three use fingerling weight yarn. Socks are a popular knitting project because of their size, portability, and variety; they can be as simple or as complex as you like. This attractive collection of 23 sock patterns ranges from very basic to more challenging designs; both first time and advanced knitters will find projects here. --Jennifer Palmer
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- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Potter Craft; 1 edition (April 14, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0307449440
- ISBN-13: 978-0307449443
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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