About this title: This title offers a simple new approach to knitting socks that saves wool and always gives a perfect fit. It features more than 20 fun and beautiful patterns, with a sock for every foot and a pattern for every knitter! It includes how-tos, tips and techniques, as well as the pros and cons behind all the options. Wendy D. Johnson shows knitters a ...
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307449443ISBN:0307449440
Description: New. Longtime knitter Johnson creates her own formula for toe-up knitting, and in "Socks from the Toe Up" she reveals her secrets and 20 of her original designs. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Date Published: 2009-04-14
ISBN-13:9780307449443ISBN:0307449440
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780307449443. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307449443ISBN:0307449440
Description: New. Shows knitters a simple approach to making socks. This title features more than 20 patterns, with a sock for every foot and a pattern for every knitter. It includes how-tos, tips and techniques, as well as the pros and cons behind the options. read more
"I was completely intimidated as a new knitter to consider making socks. Though I struggle following patterns (I'd call myself an adventure-seeking independent knitter) this book taught me everything I could have ever wanted to know. I knit my first sock within a week and my second soon after. I feel confidant enough after this to design my own and the world of socks is calling!!"
"Sitting in a crowded, delayed, and AC-less subway car in mid-August is not the best way to gain a favourable impression of any book. Regretfully it was those conditions which lead to my first impressions of this book, formed while skimming quickly through the patterns and melting on the platform: "meh".
I knit my socks toe-up and I feel I can follow most standard recipes in my sleep. I didn't see anything that excited or inspired me.
Last night I sat down to draft this review and decided to give the book another chance, with a glass of cold water and the AC running just enough to cut the humidity.
I had obviously skipped the first 29 pages. These opening pages to the book are a delightful resource with those not familiar with the toe-up technique or without a solid resource (such as the Reader's Digest Knitter's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Principles and Techniques of Handknitting). I will say the technical drawings are gorgeous and kick the RD Handbook's arse.
If you are a newish sock knitter and haven't yet figured out how toe-up and top-down differ; if you do not own a reference guide nor any stitch dictionaries, then I think this could be a good investment for you.
If you are a knitter looking for a reference to give you plug-and-play numbers to knit with at different tensions (yarns) and foot sizes, I suggest you pair this book with a pencil, some paper, and Sensational Knitted Socks or New Pathways for Sock Knitters to assist you in figuring out different sizing more easily and receive the most mileage out of this book. (Note: if I missed this and it's in the book, please let me know!)
If, however, you own several stitch dictionaries along with other reference materials demonstrating toe shaping and various bind offs, I'm not really sure what you'll get out of this book.
Breaking it down a bit more: The technique section -- 4.5 stars The patterns -- 2 stars for inspiration and individuality (Guess who's been watching too much Iron Chef? Sorry).
Overall it's a nice book and I'm happy to see a compilation of many of Wendy's patterns but I'm not quite sure where it fills the niche on my bookshelf, but it might very well find a happy home on yours."
"I am working on the Serpentine Socks. There is an error in the pattern as it is printed in the book though. For the gusset increases it should read 40(44, 48)."
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