Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch
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Book Reviews of Sensational Knitted Socks
Book Review: Sensational!
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved the choice of options for each pattern and design. Would recommend to my knitting friends.Book Review: I highly recommend this book, but. . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
Like other positive reviewers, I love that following this book, I can make a sock of any size using any weight yarn and that I can use a stitch from another source and interchange heels and toes from different sock patterns.
I share none of the others' complaints. Though I'm a novice sock knitter, the directions are easy for me to follow, with one big exception. I describe my problem in the paragraphs that follow, hoping to elicit advice from other readers. Nevertheless, I want to emphasize that in spite of this difficulty, I am impressed by the clarity and versatility of this highly informative book.
Shurch is unclear on where a heel flap begins on a toe-up sock. On page 59, she says knit "to desired length of foot minus heel measurement. See charts on pages 13-14." On page 13, an illustration indicates that the measurement goes up the back of the foot, a heel flap for a top-down sock. Schurch does not state whether this length is the same when the heel flap covers the bottom of the heel for a toe-up sock.
I tried her advice on page 11, "the heel flap is worked from the middle of the arch," and my sock was too short. Then, I referred to page 41, and knit "until sock reach[ed] anklebone." My sock was too long. Subtracting the excess length, I succeeded on my third try.
Using this book, I would not knit a toe-up sock for someone else, at least not until experience tells me whether the heel flap is the same length on the bottom of the foot as it is on the back of the foot.
Book Review: Great for knitters
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is great. There are lots of patterns for socks and good instructions and pictures. Book Review: Great, just what I wanted
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very pleased with this book, it was exactly what I wanted and I received it is a very short time, actually sooner than I had expected.Book Review: best I've seen yet
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is alot better than most of the books I have on knitting socks. The patterns are interesting, the yarn choices are vared and I like the instructions MUCH better than any of the Vogue books. I haven't had time to knit any of the patterns yet, but do have 2-4 marked out to make. I'd recommend this book for someone who has a good idea of how to knit socks.