Ahoy there knitters!

How are you doing today?

I have been thrilled at the response to our Stepping Out Knitalong. As I write this, there are already 20 pages of supportive sock-related chatter in our Ravelry group! And lots of beautiful patterns and yarn inspiration. I wonder how many pairs of socks will be completed by us collectively during this KAL? A search of the projects tagged SteppingOut over on Ravelry reveals that there are already 6 pairs completed, and another 35 pairs in progress! By the time this post is published, it will likely be even more than that! Thank you for all your enthusiasm for sock knitting.

I appear to have embraced the knitalong enthusiastically too, as I now have two pairs of socks on my needles! First up are the Flowed Socks that I cast on last week from Hunter Hammersen’s delightful Shoreland book. I’m knitting these in a solid sock yarn so that the patterning really shines through.

I have also gratuitously cast on a pair of Dave socks (from Rachel Coopey’s Socks Yeah! Volume 1). This is my go-to plain sock pattern, and I’m using some Self-Striping yarn in the Tiger King colourway from Fab Funky Fibres. I can’t resist having a pair of plain socks on my needles. They are perfect for working on at any time and almost anywhere. At the moment, they are my Zoom knitting of choice. Knit, knit, knit, and another few rounds are done. I even do the odd needle while I’m at my desk, thinking about my next sentence, or task! It’s a good thing I’m my own boss…

As I work on my socks, I’m reflecting on each step of the process, and making notes of things that might make a handy little video tutorial. These ideas are all for our Little Lessons series – short, unedited videos that I am filming while we are on lockdown (Jim is my normal video camera man and editor, and he is furloughed for childcare). I hope that you are finding them helpful. This week’s video tutorial is on weaving in ends in ribbing. It’s a tiny process, but one of the many things that has the potential to leave your work looking less polished. As ever, there are lots of ways to weave in ends, and I’m not saying this is the best way – it’s just the way that I use.

You can find our video tutorial on YouTube here: Little Lessons: Weaving in ends in ribbing

I hope you find the video helpful, and are enthused to get some socks going right away! If you need some sock-knitting related supplies, don’t forget that until the end of June we are offering 15% off when you spend at least £40 on products in our Stepping Out Knitalong collection. Use the code STEPPINGOUT at the checkout, or click this link to see the collection and apply the code automatically to your cart. This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer, and will expire at the end of June 2020.

Happy sock knitting!