stocking blocking

a simple set of home-made blockers, for all your stocking blocking needs

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knitting (and fitting) colourwork socks

how might a colourwork sock differ from one knitted in plain stockinette?

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sock of the week no.1

Philippe Mercier’s popular portrait of an eighteenth-century stocking knitter

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changing direction

there’s no “best” way to knit socks, but which way do you prefer?

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some socks

I have been knitting some socks for about three months now, and finally finished them last night. It generally takes me a good long while to make a pair of socks. While I enjoy the process, for me, there is somehow no urgency about them. I do understand how some knitters find them completely addictive,…

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