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Well, I'm extremely excited to know what a nostepinne is, because I have one upstairs in my Handwork room and had no idea what it was for. It must have come in with some purchase of vintage sewing notions. Thank you!!

Wow. So beautiful! Though I’m a bit bummed because I have old kitchen towels I wanted to do this to, but alas it probably won’t take too much color. Those colors on the protein samples are just so wonderful. Thank you for the tutorial.

Brilliant! What a great explanation and why did I never think to do my gauge swatch like that? I have cut mine, so it looks like a scrappy hedgehog by the end and all the yarn is wasted. Looking forward to the rest of the series. 🧶

Just discovered your videos, and I can't get off them. I am in awe of everything you do,as well as your very lovely calming voice, which is a pleasure to listen too..........Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.🙂

So clever.

It’s a brilliant idea to sewing a scroll with little scrap of material I will try to do something in the past a have done a bit of craft Cross stitch the most I sew clothes for myself and my family and Much more thank you very much for sharing your ideas with us ❤❤❤

First of all, thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills. ❤️🙏 I have been a knitter since I was in the womb (at least, that’s what it feels like), and I’ve been knitting socks forever. But never have I come across a nostepinner, which, I think as others have commented, is a game changer. I often use 2 strands together for thicker socks, so this is a game changer for me, too. I do, however, keep the specifics of each foot I knit for, but not in the organised way you do. I love your practical approach. I’ve learned so much in this short video. I knit cuff down, but can see SO many advantages to toe up. However, I struggle with circular needles for socks. Which is weird, because I knit other items on circs - in the round and flat - so maybe it’s just a ‘head thing’ for me. Anyway, I am really looking forward to Part 2. Take care, lovely K3n ❤️

I like to wind yarn by hand but I use my thumb. Now I know how to use my nostepinne, I will practice.

Yay! I'm a "thrower" too! I also dont tension my working yarn, and I've never seen anyone knit like me before. How nice to be affirmed in 'knitting incorrectly' for 20 years 😂

I thought I was the ONLY one left using my 73 Year-Old-Happy-Ager Knees….I agree One must have a “box for the Fiddlies” for my ChiaoGoo changeable needles…..love the CARDBOARD sizing of family bare feet….Auntie Lilly and my Finnish Grandmother Ina seem to be on the same page when it comes to knitting and passing it on to the future…..

Hallo Kathryn, Leuk dat je deze filmpje hebt gemaakt🥰 Ik brei nu ongeveer 5 jaar sokken. Ik brei ze op mijn “Addisockenwunder “ een klein rondbreinaaldje. Ik vind dat naalje heel prettig breien. Liefss Joke😘🙋🏻‍♀️

My Mom tried to teach me how to knit but I never caught on to it. She did manage to teach me how to crochet. I’m still enjoying this video.

Absolutely my most favorite socks to wear! I am on my second pair making them from left over yarn....not too crazy about sewing in the ends though. Oh, I have about six cardboard feet for all my loved ones feet.

Yeah, I never measure or gauge. It’s not a waste of time but I won’t make fitting objects anymore. I knit book covers. I knit the cover, then make a book to fit the cover. lol. My bad. ❤

Fabulous tutorial... clear instructions and extremely helpful tips so far...I will now be using your method for my scrappy socks. I partake and thoroughly enjoy your videos ... inspiring and brilliant, thank you wholeheartedly for all your efforts and considerable time you take to share your talents. Most appreciated. B

Thank you 😊

Thank you 😊

Perfect timing Kathryn, I’ve just started knitting my very first pair of socks! I’ve knitted for years but never socks! Learnt lots already, can’t wait for part 2!

Thank-you great tute❤

This is probably the twentieth re-watching for me, but it occurred to me to ask - because i'm having issues of my own - how do you get the tension to make it look honeycomb-ish without puckering the cloth? Mine always end up changing my fabric! I LOVE the piece you show in the book - so so so gorgeous

For your book: in danish = en nøstepind eller en vindebind.

Ok, I feel stupid, but why the business of moving the stitches to make stockinette rather than purling?

Thank you Kathryn! Can you repeat the names of that wooden yarn winding tool? I bought one in a box of old thread and lace at a junk shop in Ottawa last summer. Looked very much like yours except it screwed apart and had some very rusty thin knitting needles inside. I thought it was just a holder and wondered why there were grooves all along it. Looking forward to the rest of the series. I am a beginner knitter and socks are my ultimate goal. Cheers!

Although I make quilts for quilt a while I did not know that there were so many variations of the log cabin block. Love it. I have always patched and quilted my quilts by hand and used to draw my log cabin blocks on special paper and sew my log cabin blocks on the back. I remember it as very precise but also strange because you couldn’t see what you were doing. Think I love the wonky ones better.😅

Yay! Someone else who knits like me!! My mother tried to teach me how to wind the wool around my fingers…..something I could never manage ….she would give me scathing looks as she watched me knit MY WAY 😊 But hey I’ve been knitting this way for over 60 years……

This has me excited again to knit socks. I have knit some over the years. I always manage to make some kind of mistake, always different each time 😂 Maybe this can be a new recipe for me.

Finally someone who knits just like me! I have always been told I knit weird and should wind the yarn around my fingers. I have just made my first sock , looking forward to trying your way ❤

I have always wanted to knit a pair of socks, watching this video has definitely made me think I could do it, thank you

OMG this gives me anxiety I apparently am a hoarder 😂 jk but I chose a spool of thread😂😂 scissors ( I was shouting at you to get scissors 😂 needle 5 folded up fat quarters😂 see I am a hoarder. I'm on an island as well. Thank you for challenging us to think outside the box.

I’ve always wanted to learn how to knit socks. I love your way of teaching.

Very interesting. I am not a knitter. My sister was an amazing knitter

Enjoyed this video. Been years since I did any knitting, but thinking I should pick it back up! Never liked metal needles, they hurt my hand so went with bamboos. Looking forward to the next video. Marion, Arkansas, just west of Memphis, Tennessee.

Finally! Someone who casts on and knits the same way that I do. I think it must be a generational thing because my Nana (born in 1898) taught me. I've tried to copy the fluid, speedy way of others on many tutorials but my fingers won't join in. I didn't know I am a thrower 😁. Just giving it a name legitimizes it as a method so I am happy. Love the "2 strands at a time" knitting. It's a game changer. Ditto the cardboard feet. I now feel cautiously optimistic that I might become a sock knitter. I've knitted everything else but socks have always eluded me...until now. Thank you Kathryn. Mary x

I am lost😊 however it is still interesting. Thank you for sharing

As you spoke about the hankies from your father, the loss of a father is a big wound. So maybe it was the right thing to cover it with a handkerchief the size of a quilt, because the loss hurts the whole person.

So, even when you speak a language I don’t understand (the one of Knitting), I still love watching your video. And the language, I will learn it one day. I just know it.🍀💖

I never heard of the nostepinne. I was taught by my grandma to wind balls of yarn around my thumb in a similar way.

I am not a knitter - too many good knitters have cringed at my leftie attempts. I do go from left needle onto right needle, so I do ask myself " what's the problem? " But only yesterday, mooching around the charity shop, I picked up 'Knitting for Dummies', some yarn and needles, all for the princely sum of 50p. So, here's to something else I can do with my hands. ( I nearly said 'fingers crossed ' -but maybe not.

I have purchased several packets of sashiko needles to play with and I have two favorites. Be sure that you get sashiko LONG needles.... they also come in short for stitching curves. But for rows of straight running stitches, you need the long sashiko needles. My two favorites are Daruma Sashiko Needle Long Type (a pack of 3 needles of different lengths is $5.99 on U.S. Amazon at the moment) and Clover Sashico Needles Long (yes.. that's how it is spelled. Pack of 3 $7.25) They are both good. Both Daruma and Clover are well known Japanese brands. The Clover needles have slightly larger eyes than the Daruma. The size of the eye that you need is dependent on the thickness of the thread that you are using..... Just an FYI from someone, Kathryn, who has been inspired by your introduction... to me... of Boro and Sashiko. I have no interest in doing the precise Sashiko patterns. I haven't got the patience for that. But my favorite stitch for slow stitching is the running stitch, so it is interesting to play with the Japanese method of doing running stitches for Boro/Sashiko and to be able to borrow bits and pieces of the formal Sashiko patterns in my slow stitching pieces.........

Ooohhh, I’m novice in knitting 🧶 as in ‘never knitted a thing’. I’ll just watch and will attempt as I will study more into it. (Right now, I’m sticking my pressed flowers on tea bags☺️). My brain is trying to understand the terms the terms you’re wonderfully explaining. I’ll keep on watching. 🌸tess

Hurrah! I've been knitting for over 60 years and have made quite a few socks...and here you are teaching us a bunch of new things. 🙂 I, too, have bought different needles, but I'll now buy some of the Twist brand to replace what I have for sock knitting. I imagine I'll watch this series numerous times, as I'm excited to learn how to knit two pair at a time. Thanks again!!

That’s the first time I’m watching a video and it seems I don’t understand English 😂! I’m not a knitter, my mother tried to teach me when I was a child, but as I didn’t like it, I never tried again. Never say never, who knows, but I think I would have to learn the words first 😂 Much love 💙🧡♥️🩷💜💚🤍🤎💛❤️🩶🩵

Oh my! I loved seeing the cardboard foot shapes. I am a beginning knitter. Verrrrry beginner. I'm not quite ready to attempt socks (my head is still on free-form machine quilting as my next sidebar stitching), but I love listening to you talk about your projects. You educate us in so many different ways about all sorts of needlework. Thank you🌷🌷🌷

So helpful! Thank you. 💖. I’ll now be able to make hanks into balls. 😊 and knit the two socks from the two ends. I’ve been looking forward to your tat toe up tutorial. 💖💖💖

Socks are my favorite thing to knit. I love Chiaogoo needles too. Great video

I usually knit my socks on 4 bamboo needles. This looks like a game-changer for me… thank you for the inspiration.

Thank you, Kathryn, for another informative video! I am an avid sock knitter, I must have made well over a hundred pairs, I've also made socks for hubby too, so much so that i dont even use a pattern anymore lol. I use either Chiaogoo or HiyaHiya needles, 2mm. I start off with Judy's Magic Cast On (I've never tried Nathan's version, I must have a look!) and finish with Jeni's Surprisingly Stretch Bind Off. The heels are just short row. I also throw my yarn, although when in knit Fair Isle I use both hands and continental. I've never knitted two at a time, but I really must try it....I suffer terribly from second sock syndrome! Thank you again, I'm really looking forward to seeing the rest of them x

Extreme novice to knitting here,so this was like a foreign language to me!🤣😅Not got it in me for this....but never say never!! Thank you for the video Katherine,I'm sure those skilled knitters and beginners,braver than me,will be starting their scrappy sock journey!!

My local Guild of Weavers does Advent scrappy socks . Small balls of suitable yarns are amassed and swapped so each participant has 24 to knit a stripe a day during December - hoping to achieve a pair by Xmas. Not my thing as nobody I know would want to wear socks made by me - me included!! I have a nostepinne! Now I know what it is - thanks to you!! My son gave me it along with a few vintage spools and weaving tools! I do have a ball winder which is super simple but I’ll now have a go with the nostepinne.

I should give it a try too. I used to knit but there’s too many slow stitch projects waiting for me 😂❤