Date
Saturday, 27 April 2024
Time
1:30pm - 4:30pm (3 hours)
Price
£35
Room
Dean’s Office
Age guidance
16+
Learn to knit beautiful socks from the toe up with Samira Hill! In this workshop, participants will learn all the techniques required to knit a beautiful pair of socks, using either double pointed needles or the Magic Loop technique, as well as the advantages of using the toe-up method.
Participants will learn the benefits of the toe up technique, how to cast on for a beautiful seamless toe, how to shape the toe using symmetrical shaping, how to work a heel flap, the heel stitch, turning a heel, the gusset section, and how to work a stretchy cast off at the cuff, all whilst working on a minisock. All the skills required to knit the full-size socks pattern provided will be covered in the workshop. Participants can choose to use either double pointed needles, or the Magic Loop method, as both methods will be demonstrated.
Skills required
Only basic skills (knit, purl) are required, some experience of circular knitting or sock knitting might be helpful, but not necessary.
Materials required
20-50g Sock / 4ply / Fingering weight yarn (for the mini sock, 100g for a full size pair)
2.75mm / UK 12 / US 2 set of double pointed needles OR 100 cm long circular needle.
3 stitch markers
All patterns and handouts will be provided by Samira Hill
Teacher biography
Samira, a former professional archaeologist, teaches knitting and crochet professionally and is also a designer, freelance pattern writer and technical editor, based in the Scottish Borders. Samira is also the co-organiser of the new Fibres Festival Tangled Galashiels.
Samira’s designs are inspired by local nature, walks in the historic landscape, and appreciation for the people and places that surround her. As a crafter and designer, she thrives on collaborating with the talented independent yarn and textile producers that exist in the Borders and beyond, highlighting the local and the wider textile crafts community in her design adventures.