Sock Summit 2011
Taking Sock Knitting Almost Too Far!
July 28-31, 2011
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
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Classes
Getting Comfortable Knitting Socks
3 hours of tips, tricks, and troubleshooting to help new sock knitters gain the skills and confidence to bust out socks like their seasoned sock-knitting friends. We walk through the sock from cuff-to-toe (or toe-to-cuff if you prefer), discussing tips for making socks the quick, easy, portable project that they are touted to be, as well as customized sizing tricks, how to do sock math, how to remember the Kitchener stitch, how to recognize where you are in a sock pattern, and why each part of a sock is “the fun part!” We will also reveal the secret to managing sock patterns, sock yarn labels, and notes without your knitting bag looking like the “junk drawer.”
| Class Level: | Beginner |
| Class Skills: | Must be able to long-tail cast on, knit, purl, K-2TOG, SSK, and bind off. |
| Cost: | $75 |
| Class Length: | 3 Hours |
| Class Materials: | |
Please bring your Basic Knitting Notions too (scissors, tape measure or ruler, small crochet hook, tapestry needle, something to take notes with). | |
| Homework: | |
Please bring a sock-in-progress, any stage of progress is fine. If you have a sock that has given you fits and is still on the needles, please bring that and its corresponding pattern along too. | |
