Sock Knitting Resources:

• Basic Sock Pattern – Regular Heel
• Basic Sock Pattern – Eclectic Heel This is the pattern I use for all of my socks
• Long Tail Cast On This a rather detailed description of how to do the “long tail” cast on which is what I use
• Long Tail Cast On when you have a LOT of stitches
• Invisible Join For Knitting In The Round This describes how I join stitches for knitting in the round
• Eclectic Heel An alternative to the conventional K1Sl1 heel
  • Wrapping Stitches The Eclectic Heel refers to “wrapped” stitches. Here are instructions on how to do that
  • Short Rows Heel This is another version of a short rows heel
• Sock Heel Types This is a brief description of various ways of doing sock heels
• Kitchener Stitch – for grafting toes
• Reknitting Sock Heels Got holes in the heels of socks?
  No need to throw them out—here’s how to reknit them
• Info on Knitting Socks Lots of useful information on yarn, needles, sources for patterns (took a bit of tracking down to find the archive but here it is)
• Knitting Socks Toe Up – I knit socks cuff down but here are instructions for knitting socks starting with the toe (If the link doesn’t work here is the original link which may…)
• How to knit small diameter round with a single (32″) round needle – it works! (BTW you can buy 9″ circular needles for sock knitting – I saw some at my local wool shop recently, I didn’t like them; found them too short to be comfortable – I’m sticking with double point needles.)
• Magic Loop Knitting – More information on sock knitting using round needles
• My Sock Sizing Chart  – number of stitches, rows, foot length, etc. It’s handy to print this out and keep it nearby for reference
• Men’s Sock Sizing
• Women’s Sock Sizing
• Women’s/Children’s Shoe Sizing Info – helpful to relate to my sock sizing chart above
• Children’s sock sizing – sizing info for children

Knitting Stitches:

I’ve kept my knitting resources focus on sock knitting but Brian Connelly (https://eknittingstitches.com) sent me a note mentioning his website which provides a treasure trove of knitting stitches in his knitting stitch library. Worth taking a look at if you’re looking for an interesting stitch for your next project:

Knitting Stitches