For the last year and then some, I have been researching and
learning about socks. Much of early learning had trial and error like most do,
but the more you do, the better you get. In this book it might as well be a
dictionary or encyclopedia of socks for the looms. While you can do a literal
translation from needles to loom, sometimes it isn't functional, and more
effort than it is worth. My goal for this book was to get the look of the
needle knit, but the ease for the loom. Some things still were difficult even
on the looms, but were included anyway. Please keep this in mind if you are a
needle knitter and are looking to learn the loom for socks, these are not
literal translations. They are more on average an essence of the techniques.
In this
book I will go over a vast number of things from brands, looms, gauges, yarns,
sizing, cheats, swatching, and so much more. I will also go over basic sock
styles and include some history on a few of the styles that are in this book.
If you are interested in knowing as much as you can about everything socks,
then this is the book that has it.
If you need
to know if a certain technique is a skill level you can achieve, I will be
including a star rating. One star for beginner, two stars for intermediate
beginner, threes stars for intermediate, and four stars for advance. This will
help you decide if you can work the technique, or even if you want the
challenge of the technique.
Much of
this book has photos and plenty of written instructions, but the wonderful
thing about this book is, almost every single thing has a video tutorial for
it. This means you get visual help, along with the written. Making this book
very helpful for those visual learners who kind of understand written, but need
to see it as well.
Heels,
toes, and socks styles have formulas, this is a concept of plug in measurements
and equations, and use a calculator to figure up any size, in any technique or
style sock you want. This is nice, in that is doesn't block you from making
sizes and using different looms and gauges.
I have focused on the Cindwood loom brand for
this book, many other brands have versatile looms that you may have to maneuver
a little differently to get the same look. This means you will need to keep an
open mind as to how you can use the looms you have, to work up the same
techniques on the Cindwood looms. I am not an expert on loom brands, I have
tried to become more of an expert on the variety of techniques. If you are
interested in who you can talk to about brands I have included names in this
book along with links to websites to be able to get in touch with these people
who can better answer your questions. I have even sought some of these peoples
help on being able to put info down in this book so you can have a better idea
on other brands you would like to try.
This covers
a general overview of the book, and now it is time to dive in and get started
making socks!!! Happy Sock Looming!!!
Release date for the PDF on Ravelry . Hoping to have the paperback ready on Amazon later next week. Will be available in Ravelry, Cindwood, Kindle, Amazon, and Create Space. Keep a close eye on postings!!!!
