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Handknitted socks are the luxury of the wearer. They’re a private pleasure to enjoy inside one's boot, or they add a pop of color at the boundary of a shoe.
Over the years, we at PieceWork have written a lot about the delightful patterns featured in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, and we’re especially smitten by Weldon’s Victorian-era socks.
A dainty knitted pair of baby socks decorated with pink and green tulips inspired this project and my admiration for their maker, Tamsen Dame McBride.
Donna Druchunas’s lovely lace socks, featured in the PieceWork, were made for dancing—traditional Spanish-style dancing of the Charras from Salamanca, Spain.
One of the most fascinating structural elements of the Turkish socks featured in Lynne Hershberger’s article is the heel construction.
Mindy Dickler, granddaughter of Rose and William Sneider, who owned The Yarn Shop in Asbury Park, New Jersey, shared the introduction below to go with the Operation Kid Knit sock pattern Rose designed for the Ladies’ Home Journal.
This project was adapted from Nancy Bush’s Folk Socks: The History & Techniques of Handknitted Footwear. In addition to the Egyptian Socks, there were patterns for seventeen other designs, all inspired by traditional, historic references.
PieceWork has been publishing a special theme issue on knitting for several years now, and it has become an annual best seller. It has even spawned a spinoff, Knitting Traditions, likewise a crazy success.
Jacqueline Fee recounts how she came to knit the Brewster socks, which were based on an original sock that was brought to her attention by her daughter.
If you were limited to just one way to shape the toe of knitted socks, what method would you choose? I will occasionally ask myself silly questions like this one to promote entertaining the possibility of trying a new technique.
Katrina King’s elegant Ogee Lace Stockings draw their inspiration from the past. The lace stockings feature a knitted-stitch pattern based on a centuries-old Persian design.