Not so long ago, in a land called Portlandia, dwelt a knitter who loved sock yarn. She knitted socks night and day, generally on so she wouldn't have to make eye contact with fellow passengers. And it ...

It can probably be said that Ann Budd, editor of "New directions in sock knitting," is one of the most influential knitters of our time. As the former editor of Interweave Knits magazine and a current ...

"Sock Architecture" by Lara Neel is the most comprehensive book about how to custom-fit your handknitted socks that Pam MacKenzie has ever seen. The book includes a brief history of how socks are ...

In a workshop that’s a refuge from the world, Dorothea Campbell uses her hands. Her right hand turns a crank, or manipulates dozens of needles arranged in a circle. With her left, she holds tightly to ...

The art of knitting your first pair of socks - and it is, apparently, an art - is something akin to a knitter's rite of passage. Socks are regarded with a certain reverence within the knitting ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. HERE is a story from the days when love meant a clean, warm pair of knitted socks. Nobody knows how ...

Organizers of the world's first, maybe only, Sock Summit could put their feet up Sunday night, reveling in sweet memories of a sock hop at the Portland Art Museum and the satisfaction of setting a ...