Custom Socks
Custom Socks
Custom Socks
"Whether you knit them toe-up or top-down, getting just the right fit on hand knit socks can be a major challenge! In Custom Socks, Kate Atherley sets out to teach knitters of all levels the skills and tools they need to understand sock fit, and to knit a pair of socks that fit properly. She calls on her years of experience as Knitty's managing technical editor, where she has edited hundreds of sock patterns, to share this information in a way that is easy to understand with patterns that inspire. So go ahead and treat yourself to these 15 original sock patterns that are easily customizable and work with any needle configuration. Your feet will thank you!"--back cover.
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Functional formulas for your feet.
Nice batch of formulas to knit socks that will conform to your feet no matter how oddly they might be shaped.
If aliens landed on Earth and were handed this book, I am fairly certain they could learn to make excellent well-fitting socks with no prior knowledge. It's a comprehensive yet approachable book that easily qualifies as the sock knitting equivalent of June Hemmons Hiatt's encyclopedic Principles of Knitting and it also benefits from a close read. As an experienced sock knitter, I was primarily interested in the patterns (Oh, Valencia! will be on my needles shortly), but quickly found myself engrossed in the detailed instructions - even if I gloss over the charts with specific stitch counts, I'll return to her ideas for fit and finish. After I've knit a few patterns, I'm almost positive this will become the book I recommend to people interested in knitting socks, “plain vanilla” or otherwise. I don't want to knit every pattern within, but that's not a reason not to make space on my bookshelf for this impressive resource.
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