Purl of the Week 9-13-08

This week's Purl of the Week are Monkey Socks!

We are putting together our Fall/Winter classes here at Cultured Purls, and one of our ideas is to step up your sock knitting with a new sock class! If you have taken our basic sock class or are already knitting socks on your own as we know many of you are, why not learn to make the most popular sock on the web -- the Monkey sock! With 6,663 projects and counting on Ravelry, this sock is the talk of the knitting world. If you haven’t yet checked out Ravelry, don’t wait, go now.

You can use any fingering weight sock yarn for this project, and you will learn several techniques in one project. You will learn how to follow a pattern chart as well as knitting lace techniques. If you have never done lace or followed a chart and are nervous, this is the project for you. Socks are portable and the Monkey stitch pattern is easy to memorize. You can use double pointed needles, two circular needles, or magic loop for this sock class, whichever style you prefer. The instructor will help you through the cast on, stitch pattern, heel turn and toe. This is an intermediate sock class, and we do recommend that you have knit at least one pair of socks before taking this class.

With a little help from one of our experienced teachers, we will have you knitting lace socks in no time at all!

Keep an eye out for our Fall/Winter Class Schedule coming soon, as well as our sample Monkey sock being knitted right now!