Don’t miss the Summer Sock KAL with projects from Stories In Stitches 3! The Key to Sock Size The key measurement for sock sizing is the ankle & foot circumference. For women’s sock patterns, this is usually sized about 8 inches, for men it’s about 10 inches. But in real life, our ankles are all different circumferences. Usually […]
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Don’t miss the Summer Sock KAL with projects from Stories In Stitches 3! Yep, I cussed. Almost. I guess it depends on where you live and how you define “cuss” but I wanted to get your attention. The single most important thing you can do to get a good fit when you are knitting a sock from a pattern […]
Don’t miss the Summer Sock KAL with projects from Stories In Stitches 3! More About Heels and Toes So, what happens after you knit the heel? You started your sock working in the round, then you knit the heel back and forth. When you’re done you need to get back to working in the round again. […]
Cuff Down Now, let’s go through the parts of a sock in more detail, working from the cast on edge at the top of the cuff and working our way down to the toe. This is an overview, so don’t worry if some parts seem confusing. We’ll go over each part in even more detail again when […]
Welcome to the Stories In Stitches 3 Summer Sock KAL! (That’s a lot of esses, isn’t it?) To get started, let’s look at the parts of a sock and discuss how the three cuff-down sock patterns in Stories In Stitches 3 fit into this picture. (In the next post, as a bonus, we’ll also take a look at […]
I’ve been to Lithuania many times and have had wonderful opportunities to see knitting collections in large and small museums. A few years ago, at the Mile High Lace Knitting Conference in Denver, I was talking to Galina Khmeleva, author of Gossamer Webs: The History and Techniques of Orenburg Lace Shawls and expert on Russian lace knitting, and […]
In Stories In Stitches 3, I tried a new experiment. I included a bit of art history! One of the projects, the Flying Fish Knee High Socks, were inspired by a pair of socks made in Belarus in the early 20th century, with colors inspired by the artwork of Marc Chagall, an artist who was born […]
Thank you to Woolly Wormhead for taking some time out of her crazy busy schedule to talk to us about designing hats. Because Stories In Stitches 3 includes several helmet liners, which are essentially hats with cowls attached, I wanted to have a blog post to share with you about the structure and shape of hats. […]
This is the first book I’ve written where I’ve gotten to include a few of my own illustrations. You’ll find these in the “A Knitted Peace” story. They are digital images. But I am hoping one day to include my hand-drawn sketches and illustrations in future books. I started using sketching and doodling as part […]
Sometimes knitting patterns really are just that simple. Materials: 2 hanks Sunlight Knitting Worsted. Cast on 50 stitches. This should measure about 10″ in width. Knit plain until 58 inches. For more WW2 patterns that are, admittedly, more complicated as well as more interesting than this one, check out Stories In Stitches 3. Pre-sales are […]