These 18 sock patterns are fun, easy, and portable—making this book great for obsessive knitters on the move. Perfect for beginners, it features helpful tips for each pattern and covers each step of knitting these stylish socks with charts and illustrations. Packaged in a covered-spiral binding that is easy to use and carry, these patterns are perfect to toss in the knitting bag on the way out the door.
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Small, portable, and with enough variety in the knitting to keep them interesting, socks are ideal projects for the traveling knitter. Bush (Folk Socks, Folk Knitting in Estonia) is a well-known teacher and researcher in the area of ethnic knitting. This is a collection of 18 projects inspired by her travels in the United States and abroad. Understanding that the traveling knitter may not have on hand the yarn recommended in a pattern, she includes a dandy table of all popular sock yarns with information on each that makes it easy to substitute yarns. Each project includes complete instructions, charts, and full-page illustrations all packed into a sturdy, covered-spiral binding. For all popular knitting collections.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Nancy Bush teaches workshops for guilds, shops, and at conferences throughout the United States, Canada, and Northern Europe. She is the author of Folk Socks, Folk Knitting in Estonia, Knitting on the Road, Knitting Vintage Socks, and Knitted Lace of Estonia. Nancy lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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87 of 87 people found the following review helpful
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Until this book arrived, I used to recommend Nancy Bush's "Folk Socks" as a must-have book to all aspiring sock knitters. Nancy Bush knows socks and writes excellent instructions for different kinds of heels, toes, fit, finish and folk design. Now, Nancy has written helpful knitting tips as well as some cute patterns in a ready-to-go book that is a real winner.
For those of you who don't knit socks, these can be an addiction. Socks are a small, portable knitting project with many interesting design tasks (heels, toes, cuffs) that lend themselves to much creativity. And you end up with warm, comfy, custom fit footwear. ALL my socks are hand-knit because they are so wonderful to wear.
There's even a sock knitter's mail list, where members exchange patterns and helpful information on techniques and materials.
So whether if you fall into the "sock besotted" category, or aspire to knit socks, you won't go wrong with this book. It's specifically designed to fit into most handbags along with a sock project, has helpful tips, and is written by one of the BEST sock authorities, Nancy Bush. DON'T MISS IT!
45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Spiral-bound
...or at least in the top five! This book is an indispensable addition to any knitter's library. The socks included are beautiful, with the patterns inspired from places all over the world. It's a great book to use to expand your abilities--I'd especially recommend it for the intermediate knitter. There are several single-color socks with interesting patterns, along with a few color patterns and one *great*-looking Christmas stocking. The directions are perfectly clear, and the introduction at the front is fabulous--several different cast-on methods, etc, and the instructions actually make sense! One of the best little extras, and one that's indicative of the book's quality, is the listing of good sock yarns that are interchangeable with the yarns used for the example socks. This book was written with expertise, a sense of humor, and joy, and it really comes out in the anecdotes and the patterns. I can't say enough about it.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Spiral-bound
I am lukewarm on this book. I like the variation of yarns and patterns. However, some of these socks are very small for an adult foot. For the Whitby sock, she calls for 51 inches in a fingering weigh yarn. That's a mighty tight fit for even a slender to normal adult ankle and foot. I had to add ten stitches until the gusset and then decrease them. I've never had to do that before with a sock pattern in 20 years of sock knitting.
Make sure you measure your foot/the intended recipient's foot before you knit a sock from this book!
Make sure you measure your foot/the intended recipient's foot before you knit a sock from this book!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome little travel book!!
It's not quite what I expected, but it's still a fun little book full of neat patterns. I'm looking forward to starting new projects :)
Published 7 days ago by Steph
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely patterns, but too many mistakes
I like the patterns and the spiral bound format, but the book contains way too many errors, and either you scribble on your copy to correct them or you'll have to print the... Read more
Published on November 18, 2010 by anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars
wearable socks
I really enjoyed to choose from the many sock patterns, they are more traditionelle but also wearable and fancy, some of them are really elegant, too. Read more
Published on September 12, 2010 by Szandrah
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great bargain for a great, east to read book
I ordered a used book, it was in fine condition with only one small corner missing. The pictures were clear and in color. The directions easy to follow. Read more
Published on August 23, 2010 by Marcian
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good book at the used book price
Very interesting patterns in this book - Nancy always has interesting things, but there were a lot of correction that I had to go get from the publisher so that made me glad I had... Read more
Published on August 2, 2010 by gdh67
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great socks
Terrific patterns. Good instructions. My copy is worn heavily on the edges because its long size doesn't fit well in traveling bags. Read more
Published on March 30, 2010 by sock
2.0 out of 5 stars
A bit tough`
I was hoping this book was more "portable" (aka traveling) but in fact it's about socks named for travels. Read more
Published on November 19, 2008 by L. Ferron
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful sock patterns.
This is a good book with beautiful patterns for socks. The problem for me is that these patterns are too complicated for me at this time. Read more
Published on October 9, 2008 by Deborah G
5.0 out of 5 stars
You can't go wrong with Nancy Bush!
Knitting on the Road is full of fun, interesting-to-knit sock patterns, with wonderful tidbits of travel information regarding what inspired each pattern. Read more
Published on August 9, 2008 by Amy
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
New to knitting, I am rather reluctant to venture into new patterns. However, this book is well written and gives easy and clear instructions. Read more
Published on October 28, 2007 by J. Sudar
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- The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook by Lynne Vogel in Back Matter
- The Shop on Blossom Street (Blossom Street, No. 1) by Debbie Macomber on page 399
- A Good Yarn (Blossom Street, No. 2) by Debbie Macomber on page 11
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