By Wendy on January 7, 2010
A bunch of you asked for more information about my upcoming book, Toe-Up Socks for Every Body.
Part One of the book contains basic information for sock knitters, including tools you need, knitting socks to fit, and essential information about the patterns in the book, tips on reading charts, ans some information about creating your own [...]
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By Wendy on August 19, 2009
I get a lot of requests asking me to provide a “formula” for resizing my basic sock patterns. Well, I don’t know how to express the sizing changes in a formula. In fact, I did a whole blog post on how math-challenged I am.
But I did work up a document that has tables that show [...]
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By Wendy on July 7, 2009
Erica asked in the comments yesterday:
Could you explain a little about how you chose the lace motifs you’re using? I’ve only knit lace from patterns, but would love guidelines on how to pick and combine my own.
Ah, that is the $64,000 question.
What motifs “go” together? I am of the opinion that this is something that [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged aran sweaters, lace motifs, newark delaware, sock patterns, sore thumb
