Sock Innovation: Knitting Techniques & Patterns for One-of-a-Kind Socks - Softcover

Apichairuk, Cookie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596681098 ISBN 13: 9781596681095

Publisher: Interweave, 2009

Synopsis

Take your sock knitting off the charts! Cookie A., pioneer of the unconventional sock - think traveling stitches, mirrored pairs, twists on the heel, cables and lace - shares her secrets for making rule-breaking socks in Sock Innovation. Even if you haven't been bitten by the sock bug, you will find fascinating technique information!

Sock Innovation aims to increase the skills of any sock knitter by exploring design and advanced stitch manipulation. Fueled by Cookie's unique approach, you'll be able to make modifications to suit your needs and aesthetics (and not just in sock patterns). Sock Innovation goes beyond the basic sock and explores complex stitchery, treating the sock as a knitted canvas where elements are strategically and intentionally placed.

Cookie guides you through the details of her design process, which include:

Choosing a stitch pattern to adapting it to be worked in the round, turned upside-down and inside-out, widened or narrowed
Stitch manipulations covered in detail including resizing, texture modification, and converting between flat and in-the-round
Plus, clear and thorough inventive instructions, accompanied by photographs and illustrations, so you'll learn to invent your own socks with unique details

In addition to a thorough exploration of her own techniques, Cookie presents 15 original new designs with floral lace patterns, angular geometric shapes, and unusual cables. Inspired by women and men among her friends and family, these socks display an incredible range of style and complexity, from sweet and simple to delightfully imaginative.

About this title

About the Author

Cookie is a knitting addict living in Northern California. She is particularly prone to sock yarn impulse purchasing and knitting, has a darling cat named after a mathematician, and is in search of the most whack haircut ever. She has designed socks for Knitty and the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Rockin’ Sock Club as well as for her own pattern line, which debuted in 2007 and was an immediate hit. She has appeared as a guest demonstrating her sock-knitting techniques on Knitting Daily TV on PBS and Knitty Gritty on the DIY Network and has taught workshops around the country, including the knitting vacations and camps at Blue Moon Fiber Arts Camp Cockamamie, the Spindlicity Cruise to Alaska, and Sea Socks 2008. She sells her patterns at TNNA and Stitches, and they are distributed internationally.

Edition details

• Publisher: Interweave
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596681098
• ISBN 13: 9781596681095
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144