Knit Your Socks on Straight: A New and Inventive Technique with Just Two Needles

by Alice Curtis

Overview

Put those clunky double-pointed needles down and learn to knit fabulous socks on your straight needles. Sharing her groundbreaking technique for straight-knit socks, Alice Curtis provides step-by-step instructions for 20 original patterns that feature a variety of yarns and an array of motifs ranging from cables to argyle. The possibilities for creative variations are endless, and each pattern can easily be adapted to any size. Get inspired and use your straight needles to knit stylish masterpieces that will keep your feet cozy and warm. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612120089
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	06/18/2013
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,127,735
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Alice Curtis was the owner of The Pincushion Patch, a yarn shop in Little Falls, NY. She created sock patterns for knitting on two straight needles so she could teach her students the technique she developed.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction

Sock Basics

The Secret

Your First Socks

 

Jelly Beans

Green Leaves of Summer

Flip-Flops in February

Lullaby

Wrapped in Hugs

Blue Tranquility

Carpentry Squares

Maple Seed Whirlies

Moccasocks

Livin' in Blue Jeans

Fireside

Cirque du Sole

Vroom-Vroom

Sláinte

Coffee Break

Winter Delights: Gingerbread Men and Snowmen

Garden Trellis Argyle

Touch Me Not

Carnegie Hall

 

Resources

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgements