25342 Everlasting Socks with Replaceable Soles
Class | Available
Registration Deadline: 9/19
You love knitting socks, but—darn it!—they eventually 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 the entire “public” part of your handknit socks and simply “magic” an entirely new sole into place? It’s possible to do this, using Marcia’s elegant “unvention”: a fully replaceable, “everlasting” 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 you’ll receive a pattern for adult socks worked in fingering-weight yarn. We’ll also discuss how to convert this technique for use with any other sock pattern you like!
AGE: 14 & up
**This Class has a special tuition rate for children. At the top of the page, select Youth Discount. At checkout, a child's tuition will be discounted to $20. The student must be registered as a child in your account profile to receive the discount.
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.