Knitting Daily TV with Vickie Howell, Episode 1311 – Foot Forward

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Episode 1311 — Foot Forward

This episode of Telly award-winning Knitting Daily TV with Vickie Howell is about putting your best foot forward with knitted socks and slippers.

How-To:
Along with Host Vickie Howell, sock book author and designer Cathy Carron guides us through the history of knitted socks and demonstrates how a World War I-era sock was made. Give it a try with a spiral sock pattern based on a pattern that is over 100 years old, but updated for today.

Space to Space:
Vickie asks British sock designer Rachel Coopey of CoopKnits how she got into sock knitting and why she thinks socks are the perfect knitting project.

How-To:
Katie Startzman, author of The Knitted Slipper Book guides us through the steps of making adorable felted slippers.

Tools of the Trade:
Tanis introduces products that will help you become a prolific sock knitter in no time.

Loose Ends:
Vickie Howell wraps up this episode with a technique for attaching an easy crocheted sole to your slippers.