25141 Everlasting Soles: Socks with Replaceable Soles
Class | Available
Registration Deadline: 3/16
You love knitting socks, but—darn it!—they always spring holes, and those holes are almost always located somewhere on the bottom of the socks, where the foot meets the floor (or perhaps the shoe), and it always seems that these holes never appear in the same place twice! Wouldn’t it be lovely if you could retain your entire sock cuff and the design that runs down the instep, but just “magic” an entirely new sole into place? It’s possible to do this, using Marcia’s elegant “unvention”: a fully replaceable sole! Bring smooth, worsted-weight yarn and a circular needle at least 30” long in an appropriate diameter (size 4-7). We’ll work a small sample sock in class to master the technique, and discuss how to convert this technique to use with any other sock pattern you like!
AGE: 14 & up
- STUDENT SUPPLIES: Yarn, circular needle at least 30” long in size appropriate for yarn
Marcia Weinert
Though I learned to knit in childhood, it was not until my homeschooled daughter (then age 9) asked me to learn to knit socks with her that I discovered the wonder of soft engineering that knitting represents. Together, we learned to spin our own yarns and explored the world of felting and weaving. Every technique in the world of knitting can find its place on the tiny and pragmatic sock, which remains a favorite canvas on which to practice my creative craft. My handspun skeins have taken top honors at America's largest fiber festivals and my original sock designs have appeared in print. I also assist with judging for the New York State Fair and teach throughout the northeastern U.S.
I always prefer to let "curriculum" play second fiddle to my students' needs and questions and to find a way to translate pattern instructions and techniques into methods that will best serve and make sense to the person making the project. I welcome students to bring in projects that have them stumped or which they're leery of attempting without guidance. I constantly aspire to have students reach beyond a particular technique, color, shape or pattern into the arena of their own creativity.