What is Sock Club? It’s your chance to explore hand knit socks with us
Every new cast-on of Sock Club starts at the beginning so even if you have never tried knitting socks before you can absolutely join in. Basic knitting skills and the willingness to try new things are absolutely essential. We start at the cast on each time and record meetings as we go to make sure if you miss one, you can still keep up.
When: Mondays in the store at 10 am and at 6 pm ET on the ATTY Recorded Zoom (password 796058)
2022 Schedule:
- January 3 Measuring your feet and getting gauge (video recorded Jan 3 2022) Click here for the handout PDF We are using the book Custom Socks: Knit to fit your Feet by Kate Atherley as a reference for foot measurements.
- January 24: Casting on (video removed at the request of the designer Feb 17, 2023) the Vanilla is the new Black sock by Anneh Fletcher or Vanilla is the New Black (sport & dk)
- February 21: Finishing Vanilla is the new Black sock (video removed at the request of the designer Feb 17, 2023)
- March 21: Casting on (video recorded Mar 21 2022) Sundae Socks by Shannon Squires (toe-up version) pages 4-7 Judy's Magic Cast-on
- April 18: Finishing Sundae Socks (video recorded April 18, 2022)
- May 23: Casting on (video) To the Moon and Back by Megan Williams Toe-up with traveling cables
- June 20: Heel turn To the Moon and Back
- July 25: Casting on Southwest Stocking by Heather Walpole (Christmas Stocking or socks!) Stranded colorwork
- August 22: Finishing Southwest Stocking (Christmas Stocking or socks!)
- September 26: Casting on (video) Poet Socks by Sari Nordlund Tubular cast-on, textured and lace stitches
- October 24: Finishing (video) Poet Socks
- November 21: Casting on (video No Sweat Shorties by Olga Olach Short row shaping and striping
- December 19: Finishing (video)No Sweat Shorties
The goal of Sock Club is to encourage everyone who wants to to make hand knit socks and along the way to become more confident in all the knitting techniques that socks can teach by making socks together for ourselves (and deserving others!). Along the way we will examine what makes a good pattern, create our own sock recipes and use the yarn we have or that gorgeous sock yarn we always wanted.
What you need:
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Paper and pencil and maybe a calculator
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tape measure and maybe a ruler
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sock yarn (or yarn you want to make socks out of)
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sock needle style of your choice. (Don’t know which needles? We’ll talk about that a lot.)
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If you need yarn or equipment use the code SockClub in the Good for Socks category on our web site one time to get 10% off of the listed price or tell us at the register in store.