Everbody Wants Hand-knitted Socks

Socks are fun, and fast, to knit and make great gifts.

This class is for knitters who want to knit socks, especially in time for holiday gift-giving to self or others. The instructor is the creator, author and designer of two collections of the original sock-of-the-month pattern collections and journals [The Sock Calendar: Socks for all Seasons and The Sock Journal: Knit the Year in Socks] and has been demystifying and teaching sock knitting and design for many years.

The class especially welcomes first-time sock knitters who have been intimidated by sock patterns in the past. The only requirement is the ability to knit and purl. We will work with double-point needles but students who prefer knitting via the "magic loop" method and are comfortable with it are welcome. The instructor has written a user-friendly pattern for a simple crew sock, using sport-weight yarn, and matching miniature ornament version, so students can see results sooner than if knitting in thinner, sock-weight yarn. There are multiple ways to knit this pattern so students can select the process they prefer. The goal is to make any knitter comfortable with the process and understand any sock patterns, and have fun in the process.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Catherine Wingate (Read Catherine's bio)

Members: $100

Non members: $120

Materials fee:  No materials fee for this workshop

Materials Provided: Written pattern for Everybody Wants Socks! crew sock and matching small ornament-sized version.

Materials students should bring: Students should bring sport-weight yarn and size 5 double-point knitting needles. The pattern, and all the socks in the photo, were knitted with Knit Picks' Wool of the Andes sport weight yarn (137 yards per 50 gram skein). Three skeins were used to make a pair of adult women's M/L or men's S/M crew socks.

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