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I have been busy knitting socks with Flotte Socke Kolibri yarn - a beautiful 3-4 ply yarn that knits up quickly even on 2.5mm needles. The colour I am using is 'Rainbow' - but there are also other colours available, such as orange-mustard-lilac and blue-lilac.  Knitting socks is the perfect project for the school holidays when you may travel a bit here and there and can't always take a major knitting project with you. But a ball of Flotte Socke and a set of double pointed knitting needles fit nicely into any handbag and can be pulled out whenever there is an idle moment. I am...

I have been experimenting with different sock patterns lately and thought I should share some of those with you. There are so many ways to do the heel, so it's good to look around a bit and find one that works best for you. I started with 'Boomerang socks', which use German short rows for the heel. (Knitting today has free instructions on how to do this heel).  I used Flotte Socke Kolibri in rainbow colours for these socks , and they turned out beautifully. However, I did find that I had to concentrate on getting the heel right, and that meant that I could...

Fun with Sock Knitting Yarns  I love the work by Norwegian designers Arne and Carlos. It's playful and quirky and always fun! In this video, Arne and Carlos show how to use multi-coloured sock knitting yarn to create a little doll's sweater.   We offer a self-patterning sock knitting yarn quite similar to the one used by Arne and Carlos at www.iwoolknit.com.au. The yarn is designed to create beautiful fair-isle style patterns without having to change colours.