How to Knit Basic Socks that aren't BORING!!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this video I take you along as I challenge myself to knit three pairs of basic socks that are anything but basic or boring! Sometimes we need a simple, relaxing knit, but that doesn't mean we have to end up with a pair of socks that aren't fun to look at or wear! Watch this episode for all the Not Basic basic sock inspiration!
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Wait….Dave makes you food, brings it to you AND winds your yarn? You are so lucky/where did I go wrong? Love your videos ❤😘
The only thing more nerdy than knitting 3 pair of socks in a week is sitting here watching someone else do it. Like almost on the edge of my seat with only the tiniest bit of my brain to wonder how hard it would be to find vampire diaries....❤❤❤❤❤
All 8 seasons are on HBO Max!!!! 😂
hahaha Karen!!
Have your book and love your color choices ( I ordered the color wheel you listed), but you forgot to link the weave in ends as you go video. 😢
Fun, fun, fun! You’re fabulous. Your socks are incredible and your book is amazing! Love Linda, UK 💕🧶🧦
So true! 😂
I wanted to share how encouraged I am that even you, as accomplished a knitter as you are, knit in fits and spurts. I love the transparency you have in your vlog! Believe it or not, it is empowering to some of your followers.
You will never know how much I needed to hear you today. I have been beating up myself for wanting to spend time knitting instead of things I think NEED to be done. I’m almost 80 and I say screw it, I’m knitting today..the world will have to wait
Almost 80? I think you've likely racked up years of doing things that (might) need doing instead of hobbies by that age, so you've definitely got at least a few days of "vacation time" for knitting! _Especially_ if you're a parent, pretty sure that means you're due at least a couple solid years of hobby time!
@@mackenziedesire7515 LOL! When I became an empty nester, I decided that the world owed me several years of good nights sleep 💤!
@@mackenziedesire7515 You go, girl! You’ve earned your knitting time.
Look at us. One day we are sneaking behind dumpsters to smoke. Then we are nerding out on yarn and hand knit socks 🧦 🧶 😂
This is me. 🤣 Sock Cult United!
Hahaha really felt this
Summer! Fellow introvert here, so many laugh out loud moments and relatable experiences. Thank you for keeping it real.
In my opinion, your are the ⭐️ of knitting podcasters! You are so funny and brilliant...and free to watch in your environment...they charge for this on TV😂 - LikeGuylaine
I didn’t want this to end. The colors I didn’t think would work were gorgeous! And the bed jump…the best way to showcase socks I’ve ever seen! Two thumbs up. Or three or four.
I love your podcasts.You are so down to earth and funny.Watching you create your beautiful socks always brightens my day.
I just got your book and started my first pair! I’d love to see videos of your cast on and joining in the round process. I have heard of using two circular needles, I want to learn everything! I’m so excited to make my first pair of socks!
You inspire me to use all my leftovers to knit up not-so-boring socks!
Your podcast is new to me. What a breath of fresh air.....so down to earth! Thank you!
I looove all six of your socks! ❤Very early one Saturday morning in 1991 I was buying four pocket tees in the Gap in Regents Street, London when Princess Dianna walked in! She and I were the only customers in the shop! The shop assistant nearly fainted. Great episode. Thank you. Can’t wait for my copy of the Sock Project to arrive. 🌷
I have timed myself. It takes me almost 3 minutes to knit a single round on a sock for me. I did the math, it takes me 7 hours to knit ONE sock. I don’t think anyone can EASILY knit 6 socks in 7 days. I absolutely love your socks!
i'm impressed that you got 2 pair done
I had to laugh - when you were knitting sock #2 and changed the striped sequence between the leg & the foot I thought “No! What is she doing?! Thanks gonna look awful!” And then you showed the finished sock & that one is my favorite!!! 😅 Guess you know what you’re doing! And that’s why YOU have a book & a podcast & I watch them - because YOU’RE the expect! I’ll have more faith next time. Keep up the awesome knitting!!! -Erica ❤
Summer,
You’re such a bad influence-I love it!! So I’m casting on a 4th pair of socks and cueing up Vampire Diaries right now. Had I planned on being a functioning adult today? Yep, but I can’t remember what I was going to do…. Maybe wind yarn for my next pair of socks?
❤❤❤you. Are just exactly what I needed.........i however.......still stink at my sock knitting, but it makes me happy and I will not quit❤❤❤
❤❤Love to color plan!!!!the socks with the colored rib🎉🎉🎉so fun!!!i find the ribbing so boring!
Not now!!
What a busy time!!!
Enjoyed it so much!!!!
Elaine 🏠
Love ur book!!!!!
Thank you so much!
Just bought your book can’t wait to start knitting some sock out of it love ❤ your podcast
OMG…..how fun is this? Anything but basic my dear, anything but basic! I love them all and your enthusiasm and real life knitting adventures 46:03 are so fun to watch. I bought your book yesterdy and am reading every word starting with Chapter one…great book…thank you. What’s next?
PS…the braces are worth it…. Smile!
Haha, Hereditary was great :) Definitely not for everybody, though!
Thanks for the video!
Always love you choice of colours. I think your helical pair is my favourite and I’m feeling inspired to try to out!
Also Vampire Diaries is probably my favourite show. It’s just so good! Now that you’re a couple seasons in you can also check out The Originals too!
Great podcast - loved every minute!
Loved this episode! Is there a reason you chose the afterthought heel for these 3 socks vs a heel flap and gusset? Is it a better choice for striped socks? 🧦 ❤ LOVE the color choices for all 3👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Good luck with the braces! I got Invisalign at 45. No regrets! 😃
Amazing that you finished 3 pairs of socks in a week! I love watching your happy face and I’m now subscribed to your podcast…❤
I am a so glad you started making videos again. I’m so glad I found your channel. And I’m really excited because your book shows up in the mail tomorrow.
I loved seeing you driving around with the debate team… I live in a tiny village in Oxfordshire England 🏴🇬🇧and will probably never get to see America 🇺🇸 so please never think oh no one wants to see where I live!! I do ❤ I’m loving your videos about to start another one.. well after over ordered your book x x Jane
Just learned to make classic vanilla socks (cuff down basic gusset heel) last Aug ‘23.
I’m on my 15th pair of socks. I only make vanilla socks (with the exception of a scrappy sock) so this video is really helpfull !
Thanks for the video and ideas ! I can’t stop making socks- great travel project. I was taught to make socks by a lovely 82 year old lady using
bamboo double pointed needles from a Clark and Coates vintage pattern from the 40’s-50’s. Never goes out of style !
Summer, I looooove watching your video's! They are so entertaining and informative. You are funny and a great knitter. I binche watched ALL the episodes now, in the last weeks, please make more! Can't wait to the arrival of your book at my doorstep.
What I also like is that the music in between is light and not too loud. Also like that you don't put music in the whole video. Can't watch a video with constantly music in the background...
I do have a question: I heard a knitting shop owner saying that blocking your socks is great but using the sock blockers would made them stretch too much, that you could better block them without the blockers. What is your opinion? I would love to hear.
With love from The Netherlands,
Ingrid
@leukgemaakt
I just love you, Summer! I love your socks, I love your videos, and I love YOU!
How she casually says “And I can stockinette without looking”, while I’m over here struggling to just knit with regular, not-a-bus-full-of-high-school-kids distractions.
You go girl
I'm wondering... if I've never knit a sock before, would your book help me start? Or is it more for people who are already knitting?
I could never knit a sock in 7 hours, but I have big size 10 feet!!!
Love love love! You, your socks, your creativity, your nervousness to drive other people’s kids, your obsession with vampire diaries. I am here for it!
Poor Things - could not get through it. 😨 Very disappointed.
Love the yarns. Love your dog. The new quilt looks perfect All Cozy
Absolutely stunning socks, I am in the uk and eagerly awaiting the delivery of your book 😊. I am so glad I found your channel I so wanted to knit socks but thought no I couldn’t possible knit a pair, but you certainly have changed my mind. I have downloaded your basic pattern and can not wait to get started 🎉.
You are really fun! I’m a 67 year woman. Married 48 years. Two children and 4 grandchildren. My knitting has been interrupted over the years from surgeries. 6 shoulder surgeries (3 each side). , elbow surgery, 7 hand/wrist/finger surgeries. I had really serious surgery in November that took 6 months to heal. I about to Kitchener the toe on the second sock of a pair I started since my surgery. I am so excited . Then I get to cast on a sock for daughter.i am so happy. I love your podcasts. Ijusy found you and you are delightful.
😍😍😍😍 OOOOO Summer these socks are gorgeous and fun. Love all the colour choices you made with these 3 socks. All the best with the braces situation. I had them years ago when I was in high school and at the end of it all you'll be so happy to have gone thru all the pain. Well I hope so. Look forward to each and every episode.......THANKYOU !!
Those socks are great! I think the striped ones are my favorite.
I’m currently knitting your pattern mermaid avenue. I love them ❤
I was NOT prepared to see vampire diaries in this video!! What a nostalgic guilty pleasure show!!!❤
I think was one of my favorite of your videos. Have I mentioned how happy I am that you are making these videos? Because I am 😃. They are interesting, informative, entertaining and enjoyable. Every episode is different and I always learn something new! Loving the socks! I had adult braces too, it was definitely worth it and you will love the results. Have a great day!
As a beginner sock knitter I love seeing the “what else” I can do with what I am learning. 🤩 I have your book and I’m just finishing the first recipe, so looking at the afterthought heel gives me the heebie jibies. I can see the use and opportunities it provides, but cutting the yarn 😮🫣🫨 Loving this podcast & good luck with the braces.
When your yarn rolled under the sofa and you had to pick the fur off 😂. I've found my people!
Yes!!!!❤
Noooo Now I want to watch the vampire diaries again... for the 5th time or so. When you're done, be sure to watch the originals and then Legacies... I'm a fan...
Omg I love you!!!!! I love the socks you come up with, love your adventures with kids and hubby! You are a breath of fresh air and I look forward to watching each and every episode!
U cannot imagine how much I loved watching this!..I burst right out laughing to my dog surprise so many times throughout this video!....man i can relate to sooo many things that you said...lol...Your socks look wonderful by the way.....loved this!...❤ 🇨🇦
If there were knitting video Oscars you would get one. Funniest knitting video ever loved every minute😂
Love the soundtrack you play when jumping on the bed. Love watching you knit 🧶 ❤❤❤❤
I love the mint heel and toe!
Watched this (again!) while knitting sock #2 from the September Sock Club! So many great ideas! I'm inspired!!
Good Morning Summer ... I bought your book "The Sock Project" the other day, Your designs are beautiful. Currently, I am knitting the Camellia Socks. I chose them because I wanted to learn how to read a charted lace pattern. You have the chart as well as the instructions written out which is a great learning tool. Thanks so much.
Came for the sock chat but I absolutely feel the need to comment I relate and 💯 back the mantra of watch movies you can handle.
I adore Toni Collete but Hereditary traumatised me: you only watched 15 min but I watched it all😂 and I had nightmares for days with someone creeping up a wall.😰
Felt like I needed to watch Finding Nemo after that one to balance it out 🤭
i could watch you knit socks all day. Loved this episode! I can relate to your braces journey - had mine in my late 40's. It was worth it in the end.
The music, the filming, its giving Wes Anderson and I am here. For. IT. 👩🍳💋
Your videos are so lovely! I have purchased and knit your sock patterns for YEARS, I love them, they are my go-to recipes. Thanks for the tips, thanks for your enthusiasm, socks are the best 😊
I'm currently knitting my very first pair of socks. LOVING your book and really enjoying your podcast!
I listened to this post while knitting a sock and felt like I was sitting with a friend, chit chatting!! I did take a break and ran up to Barnes and Noble and bought your book!!!" The sock project", I can't wait to try a few of the recipe's!!!!
OMG! Your doggo reminds me so much of my first dog, Sandy! It has me smiling and crying at the same time😂. Give them extra loves from me, please!
I had no idea you were from Oklahoma! (I’ve only seen a couple videos!) I grew up like 45 minutes from Shawnee!
Hi Summer. I just "found" you through a mention on another knitter's blog. I am knitting my second pair of plain socks, but I just ordered your book to jazz things up! I love knitting socks and sweaters. BTW, did you knit the beautiful drop shoulder cable sweater you are wearing in this video? If so, I'd love to know the pattern and even what beautiful yarn you used. Thanks for what you do. Great videos, very fun and engaging. So happy I found your channel.
Hereditary is the most twisted, evil movie I have EVER seen. I watched to the end and really wish I hadn’t. I have never seen anything so diabolically WRONG. I can’t even believe a human being could conceive of such a perverse story. If you haven’t watched it….DON’T. I regret it. And I say that as someone who has watched just about every supernatural horror film ever made, and none of them bothered me. That movie is not “normal.” It is wrong on so many levels….truly disgusting. It will make you sick.
Love these socks!!! I typically only have the brain space for stockinette! Excited to check out Vampire Diaries. Have you watched Veronica Mars?
Had a ball with this video. I knitted vanilla socks along with you. Had a great time following you around OK Thank you.
I just discovered your channel, and can I just say that I LOVE you! You are so fun to watch, I love your laugh! 😂I am a hat knitter, I've only knit hats, but have really wanted to learn how to do socks, but have been very afraid of knitting things that need good sizing. 😬 But you have inspired me to give it a try! I'm going to get your book...hope it helps 😊 Again, loving your channel, I will watch every week! 💜
your book is in my cart already!! I'm so happy I found your channel. Knitting is quickly becoming my whole personality. also are you team Damon or Stephan? I'm subscribing and buying your book :) Good luck with the braces!! All I remember about them from 8th grade is that I had the "garage door technology" which was so cool at the time
Socks, awesome! I HATED Hereditary! Get Out was fairly good. But I prefer mystery and/or sci/fi. I'm wanting to see A Man Called Otto.
Love your videos! Keep making and good luck with the braces!!
I wear a size 10 shoe but I have large swollen ankles
How do I make the cuff extremely big to fit my swollen ankles? Also I'm new to sock knitting. It will be my first attempt, is your book for beginners? Enjoy your videos very much. Debra H from Kansas
LOL I thought this was and instructional video……but I did enjoy watching you lol…..Im a beginner sock knitter and I’m trying to learn to knit so but simple 😊
So fun! Gotta say, I’m really liking the chunky cuff. How many stitches do you cast on for your socks…..what is your show size?
They’re all so fun and cute. I think my favorites are the colorblock stripes… but that mint heel with the orange stripes! Chef’s kiss 😄
Omg you’re from oklahoma!! I live in Shawnee. ❤❤. So glad I came across your channel!!
I just love the way you e displayed the guitars in the background..do you play them?
My most disturbing scene/movie was Seven--to this day I wish I could unsee that (and it was in the 90ies...)
Good luck with the braces 😉
I really enjoyed this podcast and now I am all about the chunky cuff! I also like longer cuffs on sleeves and hems of my sweaters and almost always adjust the pattern. Anyhoo, I was just wondering? Are you a knitwear designer or a movie producer because your videos are among the best and most enjoyable to watch. I LOVE your aesthetic!
Love your videos!! Sock knitting has become a favorite pastime for me. Does your new book include kid sizes?
Great socks and fun video! I don’t know what the debate competition is. I don’t think there is any competition like that in my country. So what is it?
Will buy a copy of your book for my birthday and the kindle version for travelling.
Thanks for the videos
Thanks so much for the inspiration. I was struggling with leftovers and now I'm ready to roll:)
Love, love, love, every one of your episodes. Your socks are so fun and happy!
The socks are co gorgeous. Good for you for getting the braces, I’m sure it’s quite a challenge doing them as an adult.
What a great fitting sock! I must have your book …immediately! Did you knit the gray sweater? It’s so beautiful!
Poor Things is not a creepy film. Its artistic and more about living without inhibitions and preduces with mostly just instinct to drive us. I found the film to be beautiful and comical and totally engaging. Not scary whatsoever.
I would highly recommend you give it a go.
I loved this video! You are so fun! I’m just getting the sock knitting bug after acquiring tons of sock yarn on the yarn crawl in my area last year. I’m so excited!
Yo, I was also traumatized from Hereditary! It's one of the first horrors I've seen, and I'm constantly being shown more and they don't really hold a candle to A24!
I love the helical pair so much! I have your book (which I love!) but if you published that helical pattern on Ravelry I would so buy it anyway. I mostly only knit by moonlight after working all day then mom-ing all evening. My last brain cell likes the plan all spelled out in a pattern.
Great video! So so fun. I’m curious what brand and shade the sock number two mint shade is? I’m thinking it is the perfect mint.
There is something so soothing and joyful about listening to your videos!!!
I am so enjoying your vlogs! I just bought your book and an on a quest to be a better sock knitter. I want to suggest Lands End for clothes shopping. I love them and there are lots of basic pieces and sales
Relating so hard to so much of this video. Watching while knitting a plain sweater sleeve cuz I want to get it done before the weather gets too warm to wear sweaters! And also my last clothing purchase was a grey tee and two white tees from Eddie Bauer. Went with 2 whites cuz the colour options seemed too overwhelming…
But all this fun sock inspiration is great for summer sock stash busting plans!
Just found you! I loved the video and your personality. It was so much fun to watch your journey from initial ideas to end results, and those socks are all absolutely stunning. I love how you put colours together, too!
I just found you and am in awe of your sock designs! You are so creative and inspiring. I'm going to try the magic loop method and put more color in my socks too. I commend you on the braces - that's not easy as an adult, but your smile will be so beautiful when you are done. Bet you fit in more with those teenagers now, hehe!
When you talk about a chunky cuff, is there something different you do to make it chunky? Is it the yarn? I like the look of chunky cuff. Btw, adore your videos and love the book
Oh my god this is BEST episode 🎉 i chuffing love you and your socks xx
Good for you managing your mental, visual intake! I agree - no fun to have yucky stuff hanging out in there.
Your socks are lovely. Waiting on your book from Amazon 😊❤️
I would really like to know how many rounds of each color you are using for the solid and striped cuffs and for the rest of the areas you are striping. I was trying to count as you held up your socks but you either didn’t hold them up long enough or you were waving them around. Lol. I’m still new to striping so need more hand holding at this point. Your book is on its way and I am excitedly waiting for it to arrive.
A newbie to your podcast and absolutely love it, so inspiring ❤
These all turned out gorgeous!! What were the pale peach and white yarns you used? It looks like the perfect color to pair with Buoy 😍
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