n this class, you will be making a pair of socks from the top down on a single cable needle in magic loop format. The pattern is provided for this class, but students are required to purchase their own yarn, needles, and notions.
Project: Sensei Socks by Tracy Tompkins. See sample in class listing.
Prerequisites: Casting on, knit & purl, working in the round (will be reviewed), experience following a pattern, how to pick up dropped stitches.
Skills you’ll learn:
🧶 Working in the round using cable needle (magic loop)
🧶 Longtail cast on
🧶 Short Rows
🧶 Picking up stitches
🧶 Decrease
🧶 Grafting/Kitchener stitch
🧶 Pattern interpretation & common abbreviations
🧶 Fixing common mistakes
Lesson Plan
Class 1
Learn the anatomy of a sock
Intro to magic loop
Cast on and knit the ribbing
Knit heel flap
Homework: finish the heel flap
Class 2
Turn heel with short rows
Pick up stitches for gusset
Knit gusset
Homework: Work foot until ready to graft
Class 3
Kitchener stitch and weave in tails
Start second sock
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