The Twisted Sisters Sock WorkbookWith simple directions and tips on how to dye, paint, spin, and knit yarn to create authentic socks, this book offers all the information necessary to fashion socks with personality. Included are innovative patterns and tips for knitting socks with customized fit--even for all ten toes. Safe and easy directions are given on dyeing yarn from pour-dyeing methods to dyeing with Kool-Aid. With photos and illustrations of finished examples, sock patterns such as newborn socks and magic genie toe socks, and advice on how to create one-of-a-kind projects, it will appeal to all levels of knitters and spinners. |
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afterthought heel back to front blend Blue-faced Leicester cast-on center back COLOR & DYEING color wheel combination coral color cuff Dec rnd desired length Divide sts dyebath dyed Elizabeth Zimmermann fabric Fair Isle Fair Isle technique fiber or yarn finished foot foot length four needles front to back gauge gently green gusset hourglass heel insert instep Jim Ann Howard k2tog Kitchener stitch KNITTING SOCKS Kool-Aid kwise Lanaset look loop measure method mixing muted number of sts orange p1 rib packet pair photo Jim Ann photo Lynne Vogel pick placket plastic plied plying purl remove Repeat round toe roving Sandy Sandy's seam selvedge shade side skein slip slipknot spin spun steaming stitch pattern stock solution stockinette stitch sts evenly technique Tide Pool tube turquoise Twisted Sisters two-ply yarns violet wash waste yarn wedge toe yellow Zinnias