Getting Started Knitting Socks [Hardcover]

From cast-on stitches to binding off, this handbook details the simple steps needed to turn seemingly complicated sock knitting projects into easy and enjoyable activities. Helpful photographs and instructional drawings ensure that even inexperienced knitters will be able to produce high-quality socks and handle more complicated techniques, such as the Kitchener stitch at the toe. Using instructions for five different sizes--from child through adult large--at five different gauges, knitters can produce styles ranging from delicate dress socks to thick and furry slipper socks. More adventurous knitters can add variety and flair by following one of 16 unique designs or trying one of the dozens of rib, cable, and lace patterns provided. With plenty of tips and a handy stitch dictionary, this guide unleashes the creativity and fun of sock knitting.

Ann Buddis the best-selling author ofThe Knitter's Handy Book of PatternsandThe Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns. She is also the author ofGetting Started Knitting Socks,Interweave Presents Knitted Gifts,Knitting Green, andSimple Style, and coauthor ofBag Style,Color Style,Lace Style, andWrap Style. She is a book editor and the former senior editor ofInterweave Knitsmagazine. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Essential for all knitting collections. -Library Journal

I strongly recommend this book for anybody who wants to become a sock knitter. -Knitter's Review

The best beginning sock book that has been published so far. That is all. Go buy it. - Knitty.com

No detail is ignored and Ann anticipates questions as if she is sitting next to you. This is a finger twitching book--it makes me want to drop everything and knit something from it right now. - KnitPicks Podcast

One of the best sock knitting books to come out in a long time. -Knitting News CastlCx