Learn to Knit Socks

Learn to Knit Socks!

4 Mondays: March 9, 23 & April 6, 20 from 5-7pm

Want to make your first pair of handmade socks, but got cold feet? Not for long! If you're possessed of the desire to knit warm, cozy handmade socks but feel slightly intimidated by all the skills necessary to complete them, join us for four sessions of sock making basics. You'll learn how to jump into the tiny stitches, knit a cuff, turn a heel, measure your feet for the perfect length, and craft a comfortable toe in the company of other first-time sock knitters.

SKILL LEVEL

Almost Intermediate. If you know everything in the required experience section below, you know enough to take this class! 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

To take this class you must already be comfortable with the following techniques: long tail cast on, knit, purl, working in the round, working in a rib, k2tog, p2tog, ssk, weaving in ends, and some experience reading simple patterns.

INSTRUCTOR: Heike & Rebecca

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

How to choose a sock size, german twisted cast on, knitting in the round on small circumferences using short circulars and double pointed needles, how to knit a flap-and-gusset heel, and grafting stitches together at the toe.

SESSIONS & LESSON PLAN

Session 1: intros, picking a size and type of needle, starting the cuff and leg
Session 2: heels day 1!
Session 3: heels day 2!
Session 4: finishing the sock at the toe

PROJECT
A pair of socks!

PATTERN 
No Fear Socks by Denise DeSantis

WHAT'S INCLUDED

8 hours of instruction, 1 Skein of Landlust sock yarn, US 2 / 2.75mm double pointed needles and US 2 / 2.75mm 9" circulars and the printed pattern