Sock Knitting workshop for beginners

Learn to knit a simple top-down sock with heel flap and flat toe. This workshop is suitable for you if you have never knitted socks or you want to improve your sock knitting skills.

The workshop will cover:
• Looking at different methods for constructing socks.
• Measuring feet for hand-knit socks.
• Different methods for knitting projects with a small circumference in the round.
• Knitting a heel flap and turning a heel.
• Picking up stitches for the gusset and decreasing the gusset.
• Decreasing stitches for the toe.
• Grafting stitches together to finish the toe.

You will knit a small-sized sock, and then you can choose from knitting a second small sock or starting an adult-sized sock.

You may also like the following events from Being Knitterly:

• This October, 11th October, 10:00 am, Fair Isle Knitting workshop in Loughborough
• This November, 8th November, 10:00 am, Knitwear Finishing Techniques workshop in Loughborough

Also check out other Workshops in Loughborough.