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At 11:55am on May 9, 2009, palsknitto said…: Did you get in Raverly. you have to go Raverly.com. they will ask if you are wanting to join, they will give you an invitation to join, it too me 3 weeks to be accepted it is worth the wait, Good luck Irene

At 8:54am on February 18, 2009, Tina said…: Doris,
The best book we have for showing first time sock knitters how it all works is I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Socks. At $12.95, it's a little more expensive than a pattern, but is full of step-by-step photos an instructions for knitting socks in different ways so you can find your favorite. I highly recommend it!

At 1:56pm on February 12, 2009, cocolattewoman said…: Dear Doris,

I'm sorry about getting back to you so late. I've been away for some months and had trouble with e-mail. I'm uncomfortable sending a pattern I got out of a book. These are copywrited. I believe you may find a basic sock pattern for free on the internet. I'd be happy to share info and trade war stories with you. Please let me know how you are doing.
cocolattewoman

At 5:52am on November 10, 2008, Jenknits said…: two at a time socks is a great bock with easy to follow instructions

At 3:47pm on November 6, 2008, cocolattewoman said…: The easiest way to learn socks is from Knitting for Dummies. I'll send you the directions from this if you like, but your local library probably has a copy. The illlustrations are great, and the instructions very easy to follow. It's how I learned. I got a copy for myself because it covers practically everything in Knitting! You'll need a set of 5 double pointed needles (dpn's) and some worsted weight yarn. I used Lion Brand with 25% wool. I highly recommend using plastic or wooden needles, as wool on metal is very slippery. My personal favorite dpns are made by bryspun and only 5 inches long. It keeps me from jabbing myself at the end of each row. Klutzy. Needle size 7 or 8 is good to start with. Let me know if you still want the basic how-to pattern. But the illustrations in the book are really helpful. Good luck. Let me know how you are doing.

At 10:15am on November 3, 2008, knitstertoo said…: Doris,

I copied and pasted the message I received from Ravelry. I still have not taken a picture of my shrug, but I shall.

Your friend would need to sign up for an invitation at www.ravelry.com Once they are a member of the site, they can simply do a People search (www.ravelry.com/people) of your user name and they will see your page! Please let me know if you have any further questions or if there is anything else I can do to help! Thanks!! Erica (Ravelry Help) erica@ravelry.com

At 7:56pm on October 29, 2008, Leslie Galloway said…: Just saw your post. I'm a RH Queen of a group of 18. We've been together 4 years already. This past weekend we all went to Maui for the Interisland get- together. So Fun!!! There we're only about 200 but it was a terrific weekend. I took my knitting but never had time to touch it. I collect knitting books (don't seem to use them much) and love to go through them and dream about cold weather, a fire, a glass of wine and my knitting.

At 7:51pm on October 29, 2008, Leslie Galloway said…: Hi Doris! What a nice surprise. What kind of knitting projects do you like? I'm sort of on a sock tangent right now. It's never too hot to wear socks - even here.

At 2:14pm on October 28, 2008, knitstertoo said…: Doris,

I shall have a picture taken of myself in my shrug and post it for you. The picture on ravelry is on it being knitted.