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When you start to become interested in knitting socks, you’ll soon be told about a frightening disease that seems to affect the majority of the population: the SSS a.k.a the “Second Sock Syndrome“. Some of us decide to use a technique with the scary name of 2AAT whose name simply means “2 At A Time” or “2 at once”. You are making two socks at the same time, on two circular needles; so when you're done, you're done! No need to keep track on the first sock to make sure the second sock comes out the same length. As long as you do the same thing on each sock in each round (e.g. increase at each beginning and end of the round in one row!), you never have to worry about keeping track of how many rows your foot/leg/cuff are, or where you've increased, where you've forgotten to increase, and where you made up for your forgotten increase. Your socks will turn out the same. Some say this process takes longer and is a little harder to grasp at first (L.K. said it took her five classes to finally get the process, challenging at first but most satisfying when done ) but once you get it you have this new skill forever and I would never go back to knitting one sock at a time. To simplify the teaching process I ask the students to knit the two socks with two different colours. It makes life easier to begin with. This technique also works great on sleeves and mittens or even hats. ~Gabriela
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Stop by Needles & Knits Wool Shop in Aurora, ON and check out the amazing selections of sock yarn in the sock room!
Here is a free sock pattern for those of you who are sock knitters. There is a great selection of sock yarn at Needles and Knits in solid and variegated colours. If you need help while knitting these socks, just pop into the store and someone will be able to help you. This pattern is one that was given to Tove by Eileen’s husband. Sadly Eileen passed away and the socks were left unfinished. Her husband brought them to Tove and asked her to finish them for him which she gladly did. The travelling stitch gives some interest to the socks and if knit in variegated yarn, the pattern is still visible.
Download free pattern. 
 The Kitchener Stitch Kitchener Stitch Instructions To help you with your sock knitting, here are a couple of tools that might come in handy. There are many YouTube videos of the Kitchener Stitch but when viewing a “how to” video, they NEVER put on enough stitches! It is so easy to lose your spot when you have to hit “pause” and then “play”. We think this written version is much easier to follow. A few of us have printed it off and laminated it. Let us know what you think. We would love to hear your comments and thoughts.
How to modify sock patterns to children size We have also had some requests for children’s sock patterns. You can adapt any of the free sock patterns on the Needles and Knits Blog simply by casting on the appropriate number of stitches listed below. Just remember to check that the total number of stitches will work out with the number of stitches for the pattern. Guideline for Children's Socks Age (years) Total Length of Foot Number of Stitches 2 - 4 15.5 – 17 cm 48 4 – 6 18 – 20 cm 52 6 – 8 21 – 22 cm 56 10 – 12 23.5 – 25 cm 60 We hope you have a wonderful, safe summer! “We believe that the best approach to creating something new is to look into our past and cultural heritage, to bring out the best things that history taught us and to make it our own again. For this Regia effect, we’ve dug deep into our archive of Norwegian patterns and worked on developing an effect inspired by an old men’s vest, which was part of a 19–century Norwegian folk costume from the Gudbrandsdal region of Norway. The colour combinations are inspired by Edward Munch’s paintings of landscapes and beautiful Norwegian nights.” Arne & Carlos, 2015.  Arne & Carlos Needles and Knits has this sock yarn in stock now. Come in and see the beautiful colours ! The Regia 4-ply Design Line by Arne & Carlos entices with traditional “Norwegians” effect in six extraordinary colour combinations. Thanks to the effect, you get a colourful highlight for your feet.
This yarn is available in the following shades:  This bear is a free knitting pattern designed by Arne & Carlos and knit in Design “Fall Night”. For your convenience, you can download the pattern here.   For all you sock knitters, here is ANOTHER free sock pattern. Sumbo and Lorri loved this sock but could not find the pattern. So Tove figured it out for them so they could knit some more socks! It is basically eight rows repeated and very easy to keep track of where you are at in the eight rows. Lorri knit these in Fabel which is hand painted and why each sock is different. The brown socks were knit using Berrocco Alpaca. Drop by Needles & Knits to see the great selection of sock yarn in the Sock Room. Be sure to check out the Gallery of finished projects from our Needles and Knits Customers for more inspirations and ideas!
 Wide selection of colours to choose from in the Berroco Ultra Alpaca We are delighted to provide you with yet another free sock pattern for you to download! In honour of her father, Maurius, Tove adapted his mitten pattern into a sock pattern. Marius was born in February and would have been 114 years old this month!  Tove knit these gorgeous socks in Vincent Van Gogh by Opal.
Needles & Knits has a variety of sock yarns by Lang, Berroco, ROAM, Estelle, Regia, SandnesGarn, Cascade, Drops, Marks & Kattens and Opal. Come in and browse and find some yarn to knit these socks. Be sure to check out the Gallery of finished projects from our Needles and Knits Customers for more inspirations and ideas! Click on the file below to download Marius Sock Pattern
We are excited to start off the Needles & Knits blog with a free sock pattern, created by Tove, the owner of Needles & Knits Wool Shop, nestled in the heart of Aurora, Ontario. The selection of sock yarn is fantastic! Check out Drops, Van Gogh, Berroco, Lang, and Rowan, just to name a few. This pattern would look great in all these yarns. Below are pictures of socks knitted in Drops Superwash pattern and Drops Superwash solid. Download the file below to begin enjoying the spiral rib experience!
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