What would be the easiest sock pattern to start with for someone who hasn't knitted socks before?Preferably a free online one. All this talk of knitting socks is making me envious as it's something I've always wanted to do.
Also I was wondering after reading a pattern that said fingering weight yarn what weight or type of yarn that would be. Am in England and never heard of it myself.
Many thanks in advance :o)
Fingering is thinner than DK, much thinner. Just a bit heavier than laceweight.
sue
That would be 4 ply for you. Here is a very nice simple pattern, it does help to be familiar with using 4 dps and knitting in the round.
I just learned of this cool resource from the stitch and b*tch calendar:
There's a tutorial at socknitters.com, starts you with casting on, takes you through grafting the toe. Or you can try the toe-up sock on the same site.
If you're comfortable with GAUGE and you're willing to do a little math I'll hook you up with my sock formula pattern.
The "Craft Yarn Council of America" is promulgating these as "universal standards". For a yarn manufacturer to join the organization it must comply with the Council's self-imposed labelling standards.
But it isn't universal by any means. The only labelling requirement in the U.S. for imported yarns is fiber content and weight/length information. Anything else is extra :D
Note: The above is my opinion based on information I have read over the past few years. Don't take it as gospel, do your own research.
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