Lucy Neatby's Cool Socks Warm Feet [Spiral-bound]

Lucy Neatby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2003

The advent of printed yarns, those yarns where colour runs rampant throughout the skein, leads to many exciting new challenges for busy hands. This is a collection of six sock patterns developed for those busy hands using this newer yarn and they are certain to capture the imagination of many hand crafters. Great knitting is a sum of small parts. At first glance, some of these socks may not look particularly revolutionary, except for their colours, but they are full of small details that add up to very special socks. These patterns contain useful techniques, which may enhance your pleasure, not only in knitting socks, but also in other areas of your knitting life. Some of the techniques will also enhance the wearing of these beauties. Filled with tips, techniques and suggestions this is a book that will warm your feet, your hands and your heart.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Once a British Merchant Navy Navigating Officer, Lucy now sails under the Tradewind Knitwear Designs flag while teaching knitting around the world. She writes her superb patterns in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 128 pages
• Publisher: Down East Books (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0973394005
• ISBN-13: 978-0973394009
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of The Best Sock Books Out, April 11, 2005

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sfknitter (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucy Neatby's Cool Socks Warm Feet (Spiral-bound)

I am won over by this book by Lucy Neatby for her creativeness in sock design, fantastic explanation of every thing related to sock knitting and humor infused writing. It starts off with a basic pattern then as you look further into the book, really nice designs are added (such as crenalated cuffs). This wonderful book has also enabled me buy more sock yarn - another sign of a really good book!

After a good initial read you're able to start to knit a nice pair of socks, knowing well they will fit - as she starts you off with good advice on gauge, number of stitches to cast on and how much to knit - and to end up with a good looking sock with an added design twist of Neatby's.

This book has been hard to get from Amazon (sells fast) but worth the wait - it's got alot in it and worth it.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, could use rewriting/reformatting, January 23, 2006

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ReadNReVu - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucy Neatby's Cool Socks Warm Feet (Spiral-bound)

I wanted to rate this 3.5 stars.
This book has lots of useful sock-making tips (different cuffs, toes, and heels, among other things), and is written specifically for using the "self-patterning" yarns out on the market. There are 6 patterns with variations.

What I didn't like about the book is that you would be well-advised to use some sort of book easel to hold it up while using, as the book cover is oriented in one direction while the inside of the book is oriented in the opposite direction. Also, there is a lack of good illustrations for the technique section. And the directions could use more spaces between paragraphs for ease of reading. All in all, this makes the book somewhat frustrating to use. Hopefully this will be corrected in future editions.

Good book for a passionate sock knitter, but NOT worth $75 on the used market. Amazon's own site shows that you can probably get it at your local Borders (use the "in store pick up" function) for around $20. I hope it is soon available again through the regular Amazon site.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best sock book ever, February 8, 2008

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Knit Queen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucy Neatby's Cool Socks Warm Feet (Spiral-bound)

I've read a lot of good sock-knitting books and many are excellent but I think this one is the best as it offers so many variables in sock-knitting: top-down; toe-up; different cast-on methods; heel flap; peasant heels; short-row heels. This has everything that I need for sock construction plus a lot of different patterns for the body of the socks as well.