Episode 3: Let's Talk About Socks!

Intro Song is Pjanoo by Eric Prydz

The original version of Julie's Let’s Talk about Socks is a take off a Salt-N-Pepper Song.

Check out the 52 Pair Plunge II at 

http://www.ravelry.com/groups/52-pair-plunge-ii

Friend us on Ravelry, we are jknitsjulie and knittingSAMurai.

Join our Ravelry group at

http://www.ravelry.com/groups/j-knits-on-ravelry

J.Knits Sock Renaissance includes the yarns: Superwash Me Sock, Superwash Me Light Sock, and Stunning.  You can see more details on these at http://j-knits.com/Yarn.html

The famous Monkey pattern can be found at http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTmonkey.html

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To see a photo of Sam's Rocket Socket RPMs pooling, go here: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/KnittingSamurai/rpm

 Do a sock test knit with a pooling yarn, try changing the needle size and send a photo to [e-mail] to get a free skein of J.Knits yarn.

Top Ten Things About Socks…

Elizabeth Zimmerman is the godmother of knitting, you can find more about her here,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Zimmermann

Silver Sock Class can be seen here:

http://www.cometosilver.com/socks/2mlsocks_start.htm

and the short-row heel without wraps demonstration video is available at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5YAKsAEpY

Judy’s Magic Cast On:

 http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEATmagiccaston.html

Turkish Cast On:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnFQVSSx9do

Calculate sock that will fit perfectly:

 http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall08/FEATsocks102.html

Cat Bordhi’s book New Pathways for Sock Knitters Book One is amazing!  Check out the patterns from the book on Ravelry here:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/new-pathways-for-sock-knitters-book-one

Curious about how much snow we have, check out Julie’s blog posting at:

http://jknits.blogspot.com/2009/02/ok-now-were-onto-2nd-podcast.html

Clicking The Sticks:

Sam is working on the infamous Sock Yarn Blanket and the Staccato Socks from Carol Sulcoski’s book, Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn.  Check out the patterns from the book on Ravelry:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knitting-socks-with-handpainted-yarn

Who doesn’t love to wear Danskos?  To see what they look like check out:

http://www.dansko.com/#categories,0,1,1

Julie is working on a sweater in the West Virginia colorway. You can see all of our awesome colorways here:

http://j-knits.com/Color.html

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The Next Podcast will be a Fall 2009 Extravaganza of J.Knits Yarns, Colors, Patterns, and more!