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Most of my sock knitting is for my husband. He likes them thick, a tightly knit gauge, and undeniably manly. This means worsted weight wool on 3.25mm (US 3) needles. A few years ago, the only way I could convince him to wear two tones was if the second color was hidden in his shoe, […]

Close up photo of a cotton sock knit with Reynolds Cantata yarn and a mock rib cable twist pattern. Graph of cable pattern included in description.

After many frustrating months of too tight socks, my Jaywalkers are finally finished. I had to pattern all around the foot to keep the Koigu KPPPM from pooling.

Knitting Jaywalker socks has been very frustrating. Too tight, too loose, wrong needles, pooling colors, etc. At least the ripple pattern looks wonderful.

Pooling colors, puckered decreases, and too tight fit are my life with Jaywalker socks and Koigu yarn.

When it becomes painfully obvious that a sock won’t fit, do you keep knitting in denial or rip it out?

Four different pairs of socks I knit before starting this blog. Lace, Making Waves cable, simple stockinette, and picot tops.

Here are over 100 free knitting machine video links from around the web. Below you will find movies on set up, cast on’s, cast off’s, garter carriage, lace knitting, miscellaneous techniques and equipment and much more. This list is just the beginning. If you know of a great knitting machine video you’d like to add, […]

I’ve read your comments, really I have. I’ve debated for a long time whether to sell the pattern, given how much effort it will take to set up and process the step by step photos. The written portion has been done for quite awhile. I’ve even demonstrated the heel flap and turn at my local […]

As demonstrated in my Fairy Easy Passap Tuck Hat pattern, sometimes you need a flat, reversible join. This is particularly true for hats and socks. When it’s time to seam, most patterns will tell you to mattress stitch which involves catching the horizontal threads on each side. That works well for sweaters where a sturdy […]

Hello. My name is Kathryn, and I’m still a blog stat junkie. We’ve looked at Top Linked sites and Up and Comers. Now it’s time to zero in on traffic, my favorite measure of blog health. You can have all the links in the world, but if no one actually visits, what’s the point?

Check out the top 250 up and coming knitting blogs with the most links as measured by Technorati

Of the 1700 knitting blog feeds tracked by Bloglines in 2005, how many of those bloggers are still writing and knitting today.

Find a link to a free knitting machine manual and patterns

Here are my hand knit patterns. As new designs are added, the old ones will scroll to the bottom of the page. You are free to use them for non-commercial purposes.   Mock Cable Cantata Cotton Socks A mock rib cable twist pattern gives some stretch to this pair of Reynolds Cantata socks. Pattern assumes […]

Remember the socks from my very first blog post? Here is what they look like after a Boy Scout winter snow cave outing.

Pictures of sock yarn from Stitches East 2007 and links to Japanese Kumihimo sites to get started making braids and cords to decorate your knitting.

…you’re laid out in the endodontist’s chair, head lower than your legs, shot up from three different syringes of novacaine, and you can still turn a heel.

Passap dropped stitches can sometimes be prevented by using an additional set of edge springs. Use extra springs to insure interior decreases knit off cleanly.

My Wee Tiny Sock Swap came all the way from Canada, along with a beautiful card, and hand made stitch markers.

Each spring, the Seattle Knitters Guild holds its spring cleaning Fiber Frenzy Sale. Members sell unwanted stash, tools, and books. Buying open to the public.

Many knitters suffer from startitis, the knitting disease of starting but not finishing projects. I complete a project and then freeze up for weeks, unable to decide what is most worthy to start next.

What type of knitter are you? Random Knitter can flit from project to project with no stress. Linear Knitter needs to start, finish, and then start again. A different view than the usual product vs process knitting debate.

Annual knitting seminar held in February in Washington State. Numerous national teachers with many classes. This year orange overtones ruled the yarn market.

Knitting socks is only half the fun. You have to wear your works of art as well.

My husband loves his wool socks with a gusseted heel. It is possible to use a knitting machine to make a literal translation of a hand knit sock with heel flap and turn. Whenever he makes me laugh, I knit them for him.

Even the smallest changes in mm size of knitting needles can profoundly change the appearance of hand painted yarns.

If Addi Turbo can make 40″ circular needles in 2 mm, 2.5 mm, and 3 mm sizes, when can’t it make 2.25 mm and 2.75 mm?

A machine knitting, hand knitting, passap blog is born