Summer of socks!!!

It's finally been heating up a bit here in the Pacific Northwest, and at least in our office as the temperature rises everyone's thoughts seem to turn to lace and socks. I guess knitting sweaters and lugging around half-knit wool afghans just doesn't seem very appealing when the thermometer hits 80 degrees.

To celebrate the long, lazy days of summer, we're releasing a free sock pattern once a week from now through August.
You can find the first one here- http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/Butterfly_Garden_Sock_Pattern__D5.... You can check the free patterns page for the newest addition every week OR you can become a fan of our Facebook page and we'll send you an update with the latest pattern once a week.

If you haven't knit socks before (like me!), think about joining a knitalong or checking out our tutorials.

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22 Comments

Comment by SarahD on June 29, 2009 at 8:50am: We need a general sock knit-a-long. The current ones are specific to books or yarns. (Though I am looking forward to it being my turn at the library for Cookie A.'s book. There's quite a long wait.)

Comment by Julie Hicks on June 12, 2009 at 1:13pm: Great sock pattern for a summer sock. I might have to try it with some of the yarn I have.

Comment by Angela on June 12, 2009 at 10:32am: Sorry about the issues with the Busy Bee download! Let me know if it's still giving you trouble.

If you go to this page and search by newest instead of best selling, the new sock patterns will always be near the top. http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/FREE_Knitting_Patterns__L300218.html

Comment by deb reeb on June 11, 2009 at 11:56am: I thank you all there at Knit Picks for offering so many free patterns and so many ways to learn!! I'm excited to try my first pair of socks!

Comment by Marta on June 10, 2009 at 8:44pm: If we are not on Facebook, how can we know what the name of the free sock pattern is each week so we can find it? The free patterns are just listed according to the name of the pattern. I loved the butterfly socks and thought I'd look for this week's pattern but have no idea which it might be. Thanks!

Comment by imaknitter on June 10, 2009 at 1:49pm: It's back up!!

Comment by imaknitter on June 10, 2009 at 1:06pm: LOL- me too!

Comment by ditetre on June 10, 2009 at 12:39pm: Thanks- I'll give up until after dinner. The more I get the error message, the more I want to see the pattern!

Comment by imaknitter on June 10, 2009 at 12:36pm: I've been getting the error message all morning...

Comment by ditetre on June 10, 2009 at 12:28pm: I still can't get the download for Busy Bees. An error message keeps showing up. Is there a trick I'm missing?