🧦 Revolutionary Techniques for Unconcerned Sock Knitters: Personal Footprints & New Pathways in Knitting by Cat Bordhi (2009-10-01) Review

The name is to be taken literally; The book is actually about "footprints" in the literal sense, since the book requires you to make physical (flat) duplicates of your footprints. The text is excellent, the instructions are clear and the finished product is wonderful. The variety of templates is good and you can go from beginner to experienced by following the templates. However, I personally don't care about socks that are perfect for my foot (and no other's); I would have preferred to learn…

For two years I've been trying to find the perfect and easy knitted sock pattern so I can knit socks quickly and without stress. I was disappointed in the lack of knowledge on how to knit the best socks with no gaps, no holes, no short seams and no gussets. We live in the 21st century; Didn't sock knitting have to keep up with the times? Well, now it happened. Mrs Bordi has written the perfect book about socks, where socks are so easy to knit that even a novice knitter can handle them. I just…

When I was working on my first Discovery Sock, I had a bit of trouble understanding where Cat was going. However, when I took the time to figure it out, I could see the genius of this new approach. Kat provides some really helpful YouTube videos to help the knitter with some of the more difficult aspects of the design (like casting). on and close recommends them in the book). I was incredibly grateful for this feature as I watched the video multiple times to refresh my memory. There are some…