Bag Love

I’ve taken the plunge; I’ve made my first Etsy purchase. I’m just beginning to realize what a dangerous place Etsy is…
The object of my desire is this scrumptious sock bag. I’ve been schlepping my traveling socks around in plastic bags which works but isn’t very aesthetically pleasing. Then ennairda bought a really [...]

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Another Cool Ravelry Feature…

Okay, I’m already totally addicted to Ravelry, and now I find the books section. Here I am, all excited about my new Sensational Knitted Socks book. I think, “Gee, it would be cool if I could keep track of my knitting books in Ravelry. I wonder if I can.”
So, I go to Ravelry and [...]

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Socks Explained

I LOVE this book. It is Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch. How do I love it? Let me count the ways…

The 28 page introduction to knitting socks, including sock yarns, sock anatomy, size charts, stitch tables, tips, techniques for casting on, increasing, decreasing, heals, and toes. It also has troubleshooting and an abbreviation [...]

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Knitting Abbreviations

As a new knitter, knitting abbreviations baffle me. Even when I know what the abbreviation means such as slip, I don’t know the details of what I am supposed to do. I have seen lists of abbreviations, but they usually just what the letters stand for, not how to do what it stands [...]

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