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Title: Sensational Knitted Socks
ISBN: 1564775704
Author:
Charlene Schurch
Publicate Date: 2005-08-22
Publish: 2005-08-22
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: The only first sock book you'll ever need
Schurch's sock book is excellent. There are plenty of options for both men and women, and enough variations to keep you busy for years (literally).
I had never knit socks before I picked up this book; I think now I can fairly state that I'm pretty much an old hand at it: just grab the double-pointed kneedles and get to work.
The one problem is that her sizing pretty much assumes a loose-fitting sock: if a foot is, say, 9 inches in circumference then she gives sizing for a sock which is 9 inches around instead of 7 or 8. Fortunately I own a pair of suspenders, so I can wear too-big socks. I now knock the size down one or two steps from whatever her charts say, and so far that's worked well.
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2: Sensational!
Loved the choice of options for each pattern and design. Would recommend to my knitting friends.
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3: I highly recommend this book, but. . . .
Like other positive reviewers, I love that following this book, I can make a sock of any size using any weight yarn and that I can use a stitch from another source and interchange heels and toes from different sock patterns.
I share none of the others' complaints. Though I'm a novice sock knitter, the directions are easy for me to follow, with one big exception. I describe my problem in the paragraphs that follow, hoping to elicit advice from other readers. Nevertheless, I want to emphasize that in spite of this difficulty, I am impressed by the clarity and versatility of this highly informative book.
Shurch is unclear on where a heel flap begins on a toe-up sock. On page 59, she says knit "to desired length of foot minus heel measurement. See charts on pages 13-14." On page 13, an illustration indicates that the measurement goes up the back of the foot, a heel flap for a top-down sock. Schurch does not state whether this length is the same when the heel flap covers the bottom of the heel for a toe-up sock.
I tried her advice on page 11, "the heel flap is worked from the middle of the arch," and my sock was too short. Then, I referred to page 41, and knit "until sock reach[ed] anklebone." My sock was too long. Subtracting the excess length, I succeeded on my third try.
Using this book, I would not knit a toe-up sock for someone else, at least not until experience tells me whether the heel flap is the same length on the bottom of the foot as it is on the back of the foot.
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4: Great for knitters
This book is great. There are lots of patterns for socks and good instructions and pictures.
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5: Great, just what I wanted
I was very pleased with this book, it was exactly what I wanted and I received it is a very short time, actually sooner than I had expected.
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