How do they knit up?

Here are a few socks that I’ve knitted in the last few months in various sock yarns from yarn4socks.
The first pair and second pairs are Red Dwarf socks by Turtlegirl. It’s a pattern that is perfect for thicker sock yarns but could be adapted for thinner sock yarns as well.
The first pair I knit was [...]

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Interview with Purly Gates’ Suzie

The first person to have finished a pair of socks in the Socks-O-Wool KAL is Suzie from The Purly Gates. She will soon receive a fun package of yarn4socks goodies! You can go congratulate her on her blog for her beautiful socks!
Here is our interview with Suzie:
Your socks are really beautiful. Can you tell me [...]

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2 women, 2 cars, a parking lot and lots of yarn

For the last two years, Donna and I have been “smuggling” yarn between her house and mine. When we both lived in Worcester I think that we ran the biggest yarn smuggling operation of the city. Let me explain to you how this went:
A car would drive up my street and park in front of [...]

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Update: Sunday April 20 @ 9pm

In tonight’s update you’ll find the following goodies:
* New line by Farmhouse Yarns: Fannie’s Fingering weight. The same beautiful colorways that we had for the Bo-Peep in a thinner yarn that still has a bit of nylon in it for durability.

* Restock on Noro Kureyon Sock plus lots of new colorways. We got so much [...]

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Winner #2 in our Biggest Sock Stash contest!

Here is our interview with Nell, our second winner.

How long have you been knitting and how did you learn?
I learned to knit and crochet at about 7. (I’m 30 now.) I’ve dabbled over the years but it never really stuck. I picked up the needles for good around June 2005. I took a class at [...]

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Flash your Sock Stash Contest – We have winners!

After going through all the entries for the Flash your Sock Stash contest, we decided to have 2 winners. Our first winner, Debbie, won because she just had the biggest stash, by far. Our second winner, Nell, while having a much smaller stash, had the largest stash of all the remaining entries. Also, it was [...]

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Let us know about your favorite charity

Between May 1 and May 15 a percentage of all your purchases at yarn4socks will be going to a charity. We don’t know yet which charity this will be so we would like you to help us pick one.
Between now and April 30 we’d like you to talk to us in the comments about your favorite [...]

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Booby Sock Kits – Delayed

We’ve just found out that the Booby Sock Kits we’ve been waiting for will not be coming until mid-May. There was some problems with the yarn and the people at Skacel had to redye lots of the yarn which is why it’s been delayed.

So if you’ve preordered a kit from us and do not wish [...]

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Flash your Sock Stash Contest

Just a quick reminder about our Flash your Sock Stash Contest:
You have until the 14th of April to share with us pictures of your Sock Stash by the following means:

You can send us your pictures by email to yarn4socks at yahoo dot com
Send us a link to your pictures to the above address
Upload your picture [...]

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Update tonight April 6 @ 9pm est

At tonight’s update you’ll find the following:
Restock on Pagewood Farms Sock yarn

Restock on Della Q project bags

New Della Q zip pouches in 2 sizes &

2 gorgeous Della Q shoulder bags

April Sheep Charm available for sale

Before tonight’s update you can preview pictures of the new yarns and bags on our Flickr account.

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