I’m doing it again – teaching people how to knit socks.
I will be teaching sock knitting classes again at Morris and Sons (Melbourne) in September and October. Click here for class times and details.
Rather than have people embark on knitting an adult-sized sock, students make little child sized 8ply socks in two, three-hour classes.
Six hours might seem like a lot of time to produce a child sized sock, but when students are learning a new cast-on, how to knit using the magic loop, creating a heel flap, turning the heel, picking up stitches for the heel-flap, and Kitchener stitch, the hours go by REALLY quickly.
A few months ago I started making little socks. I needed a handful of them so my students could have a sample to refer to as they worked on making their own. After I’d made enough to use as samples I was addicted. I couldn’t stop.
I decided to try making some sock bunting and thought that about 15 socks would be plenty.
Twenty-seven socks later I have over four metres of sock bunting. I decided to make one in almost every colour of 8ply yarn from my oddball stash. You can see I have quite a variety of colours in my stash, but weirdly I don’t have much green or yellow which are my favourites.
I put a cardboard template inside each one so they hold their shape and joined them together. I expect the crocheted cord will stretch a bit but for bunting that’s not a big concern.
I’m really happy with my sock bunting and it’s now hung up over the window of my craft room.
I’ve only seen sock bunting as a Christmas decoration before – with tiny little Christmas stockings. I think it would be sweet idea for a nursery – with little baby booties.
Regardless of how you end up using it, it’s a fun way to use up some leftover yarn in your stash and I had a lot of fun making it.
