Work from the ground up with knitwear design: create your own socks!
Sock Knitting Master Class showcases methods for designing and
knitting creative socks, featuring signature elements and techniques
from 16 top designers. You'll learn what makes good sock design, and
then dive into knitting 18 spectacular, brand-new patterns featuring the
widest variety of techniques.
With patterns divided into two sections by top-down and toe-up
construction, Sock Knitting Master Class explores such techniques as
cables, twisted stitches, lace, stranded colorwork, entrelac, shadow
knitting, and intarsia worked in the round. Plus, you'll discover
inventive ways to start and end socks, shape heels and toes, and knit
the soles.
Sock Knitting Master Class is an all-star assembly of the most
inventive, exciting designers working in socks including Cookie A,
Kathryn Alexander, Nancy Bush, Cat Bordhi, Priscilla Gibson-Roberts,
Anne Hanson, Melissa Morgan-Oakes, Meg Swanson, Anna Zilboorg, and
many more. And you'll also learn how each yarn contributes to the
overall design from Clara Parkes.