Use Every Scrap Knitalong: Finished Socks!

September 22, 2021 Jen Arnall-Culliford

We are deep in preparations for Yarndale at the weekend (are you going? We’ll be on stand J14 and are very excited about it!). But in the meantime, here are the socks…

I hope that you’ve enjoyed this gentle summer sock knitalong. We set off from our toes, and worked our way up the foot, conquered Mount Heel, and as of two weeks ago I hope you’ve been meandering along your calves. This really has been the perfect way to use every scrap, whether it’s a bag of sock yarn scraps, or every scrap of a precious skein of yarn, with this recipe, you can knit until it’s all gone!

Use Every Scrap Knitalong: Calculating Calf Increases

September 8, 2021 Katherine Radburn

Welcome to the penultimate post in the Use Every Scrap KAL! How did you get on with the heels? I hope they’re happily inserted, with all stitches present and accounted for, and that you’re feeling very pleased with your bravery! Today, we talk legs and particularly, how to accommodate our calves if we’re making longer socks that use every scrap of yarn.

Use Every Scrap Knitalong: Working the Heel

August 25, 2021 Jen Arnall-Culliford

Welcome to the next instalment of the Use Every Scrap knitalong! So, now we’ve knitted some tubes, with nice uninterrupted sequences of stripes, be they of the hand-dyed or scrappy variety, that are a bit longer than our feet. Lovely! Except, of course, the small matter of not being able to try them on anymore – our pesky heels get in the way. So today, that’s where we turn our attention.

Use Every Scrap Knitalong: Working the Foot

August 11, 2021 Jen Arnall-Culliford

Welcome back to the Use Every Scrap Knitalong! How did you get on with your toe(s) last week? Today, we’ll be talking knitting the sock feet, and we’ll even glance toward the leg. Exciting times! Let’s dive in.

Use Every Scrap Knitalong: Cast On!

August 4, 2021 Jen Arnall-Culliford

Today’s the day that we cast away for our Use Every Scrap Knitalong, and cast on! Over the next two months, we’ll be sharing posts that together will form a road map for knitting toe-up socks that use up every bit of a special skein or scraps that you’ve got lingering in your stash. If you missed last week’s post on preparing your yarn, you can catch up here. Today, we’re going to cover casting on and knitting your toe. Needles at ready? Let’s get started!

Use Every Scrap Knitalong: Preparation

July 28, 2021 Jen Arnall-Culliford

Welcome to the Use Every Scrap Knitalong! Over the next two months we will make a pair of socks together – socks that use every scrap of yarn.

Our first task is to decide what yarn to use. Will you use a combination of scraps or a whole skein of something? Read on to learn how to choose and prepare your yarns for this super-fun knitalong…

Coming Soon: The Use Every Scrap Knitalong

July 21, 2021 Jen Arnall-Culliford

Summer has finally arrived in Frome! It’s only due to last until the weekend, but it has trigged my annual desire to cast on for socks. Every. Year. Without. Fail. The weather gets even a little bit warm, and I cast on for socks. It’s the rules.

This year I thought it would be fun to do a knitalong to show you how to make a pair of socks that uses every scrap of yarn. This is the method I used to make the fabulous striping pair above.

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