About this deal
Heavy/larger items and furniture will be despatched separately and will not arrive with other purchases. Luckily, because my gauge runs large that’s an easy fix, as I can use my usual 00 sock needles and stick to sock yarn and that should do the trick without having to adjust the actual patterns much. Nancy Bush being Nancy Bush with a love of historical detail that reminds me of Cheryl Oberle, she spends the first few sections writing about the history of knitted socks, from their origins, methods of construction, and details of British and European sock knitting.
Folk Socks: The history and techniques of handknitted footwear Folk Socks: The history and techniques of handknitted footwear
This service is only available for UK mainland addresses - excluding Scottish Highlands and some AB, PA and PH postcodes. Printed in a delightful mix of floral motifs and folk patterns, set against a striking black background. The patterns are evenly divided between solid-colored socks with detail in the knit texture, and socks that are more about color and pattern. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Today, men's Folk socks perfectly capture that ethos, with soft, comfortable wools, lightweight cottons and a choice of simple or eclectic patterns. Taking a flip through it, I’m drawn to the patterns that have a little bit of intricate detail to off-set a plainly textured background, like the Estonian Socks that are featured on the front cover. Now, I never thought of my feet as particularly tiny, but as a size six I’m going to have to adjust every pattern in this book. Having said that, and not having forgotten my other projects but realizing that life is short, after I got home from work, took out the trash cans, let out the dog, and got dinner started, I cast on for a pair of Egyptian Socks.
Folk Socks - Etsy UK
The only thing that I noticed, and that Nancy herself brings up, is that most of the patterns are designed around an “average” sized foot, which in this book means around a size 7-8. Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. I have a sneaking suspicion that knitters in North America were knitting socks with a heritage long before 1994, but I do think this book had a lot to do with the persistent popularity of sock knitting.Waffle knits, logo detailing and geometric patterns lend a contemporary feel to these wear-anywhere staples. Food and self-assembly furniture (once partly or wholly assembled) cannot be refunded or exchanged unless faulty.