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conversations.value: a description for a book titled Teach Yourself VISUALLY Sock Knitting about PowerPoint, Teach, Yourself with the genre: Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Crafts & Hobbies. Start with the sentence 'Why more publishers, even businesses, dont adopt more pictorial ways to communicate (other than PowerPoint) is a mystery'.
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conversations.value: Why more publishers, even businesses, dont adopt more pictorial ways to communicate (other than PowerPoint) is a mystery. After all, visual learning, step-by-step, accompanied by clear, up-close photographs and directions, is one of the best methods to retain information, which is precisely the point and success of the Teach Yourself Visually series. This series volume focuses on sock knitting.the author immediately dismisses any reader misgivings by deconstructing every step, beginning with selecting the right yarn and ending with the care and repair of handmade socks. Content varies from simple to complex; the author details three different methods of sock constructiontop down, flat, toe-upthen expands readers experiences with additional patterns, whether angora baby booties or cabled cuff socks. There is a follow-up chapter on troubleshooting to fix such mistakesas dropped or twisted stitches. Boxed tips throughout the text provide professional hints to turn a perceived difficult task into a relaxing hobby. --Barbara Jacobs
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conversations.value: the first four paragraphs for this book. Start with the sentence 'Teach Yourself VISUALLY Sock Knitting
  Eternal thanks to my family at Lettuce Knit: Megan Ingman, Denny McMillan, and Alexis DaSilva-Powell'.
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conversations.value: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Sock Knitting
  Eternal thanks to my family at Lettuce Knit: Megan Ingman, Denny McMillan, and Alexis DaSilva-Powell. I wouldn't be here without you. The same goes for my family in relation and in heart. A particular debt of gratitude to Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, for opening a door, and to Amy R. Singer for all the opportunities.
  Finally, thanks to all my knitterly friends and readers, in person and virtual, for all your creativity, openness, and skill. You inspire me.
  When you go to the yarn store and ask for sock yarn, odds are you will face a huge wall full of yarn. Sock yarn is available in an array of colors, fibers, and textures. Nearly any yarn can be used to knit socks, but some yarns work better than others. Different fiber contents and thicknesses will affect the feel, utility, and care of your socks, so carefully consider what you'll make when you pick out your yarn. In this chapter, you learn about different yarn types, fibers, and textures, and how to best use each kind of yarn for socks. Matching a yarn to a pattern is sometimes daunting, so here you also learn how to figure out what yarn works best for different types of sock patterns.
  In addition to yarn, you need a few more things to get started. First and foremost, you need needles! Depending on what form of sock you decide to knit, you need either double-pointed, circular, or straight needles. You also need a few important notions. For some types of patterns, you might need some extra tools, too.
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conversations.value: After you cast on, join for working in the round and place a marker in the work to indicate the beginning of the round.
  The cuff of a sock refers to an edging at the top of the sock of about 1–3 inches (see "Anatomy of a Sock"). The leg of the sock refers to the section below the cuff and above the heel. Of course, you don't have to have a cuff at all. Simply begin your leg pattern right away, but note that some stockinette-based patterns may roll down at the top without an edging.
  You can switch from ribbing to stockinette stitch after an inch or two for a cuff, or continue the ribbing straight down the leg for a close-fitting sock.
  The leg is where many sock patterns incorporate different types of stitch patterns, such as cables, lace, or color work. The patterning may then continue down the front of the sock to the toe.
  To incorporate a stitch pattern, figure out how many stitches the pattern requires. A lace pattern that has a 4-stitch repeat will fit nicely over any cast-on number from the chart, but it would be difficult to incorporate a 13-stitch repeat.
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conversations.value: With doubled sewing thread or matching yarn, thread a darning needle and leave the end unknotted. Begin at the bottom right corner of the section you wish to duplicate stitch with the right side facing you—you will work in rows from right to left. You will duplicate stitch a patch that is slightly larger than the actual thinning section, at least one or two stitches in all directions.
  Once your sock has an actual hole, you need to repair the fabric by creating a patch of fabric using sewing thread or strong yarn.
  If you don't want to darn a patch directly into your socks, or if you don't have matching yarn, you can simply knit a patch. Work a piece of fabric in stockinette stitch (or your pattern stitch) large enough to cover the hole by 1⁄4 inch all around, and sew the patch firmly into place over the hole with sewing thread.
  Foot sizing is extremely variable, particularly foot length. Luckily, handknit socks are extremely stretchy and can accommodate a variety of sizes. Your yardage requirements will vary depending on the style and pattern of the socks you knit, the size of the socks, and the thickness of the yarn. This table gives you a good idea of how much yarn to buy to make a pair of socks.
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conversations.value: This table gives you a good idea of how much yarn to buy to make a pair of socks.. Your yardage requirements will vary depending on the style and pattern of the socks you knit, the size of the socks, and the thickness of the yarn. Luckily, handknit socks are extremely stretchy and can accommodate a variety of sizes.
  Foot sizing is extremely variable, particularly foot length. Work a piece of fabric in stockinette stitch (or your pattern stitch) large enough to cover the hole by 1⁄4 inch all around, and sew the patch firmly into place over the hole with sewing thread.
  If you don't want to darn a patch directly into your socks, or if you don't have matching yarn, you can simply knit a patch.
  Once your sock has an actual hole, you need to repair the fabric by creating a patch of fabric using sewing thread or strong yarn. You will duplicate stitch a patch that is slightly larger than the actual thinning section, at least one or two stitches in all directions. Begin at the bottom right corner of the section you wish to duplicate stitch with the right side facing you—you will work in rows from right to left.With doubled sewing thread or matching yarn, thread a darning needle and leave the end unknotted