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🧦 Socks a La Carte 2: Customizable Patterns for Knitting Your Own Way Review

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🧶 Knitting Patterns, 🧶 Knitting & Crochet

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

lots of new toes and heels

I like this book for the most part. there are a few errors here and there, and some pages in the "flipbook" section are missing. I really like the wide range of socks and heels and many of the patterns are fun. However, I would like the book to include instructions for different sock sizes (e.g. 58, 64, 72, etc.) so that readers can see how the design works on different accounts AND that people with larger or smaller feet can easily fit socks knit without having to spend a lot of time figuring…

Pros
  • easy to use
Cons
  • concise instructions

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Not as cool as it sounds

I found this book and was very happy to get it and work with it. I love the creative design of the book and the flexibility of all the individual pieces to mix and match. In this way it doesn't necessarily present itself as a beginner's step-by-step guide to their first socks, but is intended for the relative beginner as I assume more experienced sock knitters will already have their own patterns for combining socks in theirs have history . Unfortunately, the descriptions are a bit confusing…

Pros
  • Certified
Cons
  • Cable is shorter than other picks

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Nice ideas

I'm a big fan of two socks at a time, socks with a sock and a former patient of SSS (Second Sock Syndrome). I really love this series of books, if only for the pattern ideas it gives. This book, like the other two in this series, has some great patterns and I love the option to combine bodies with cuffs. The instructions are clear (at least for most templates) and there are many complexities from very simple to more complex templates. Unlike many sock books, the patterns here aren't for a…

Pros
  • Quality construction
Cons
  • Requires socket