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Sock U-knit-versity | Summer 2023

Sock U-knit-versity | Summer 2023

This summer, The Chilly Dog is collaborating with Stitch Yarn Studio to bring you Sock U-knit-versity.

Whether you're a freshman, that is absolutely new to sock knitting or an upperclassman looking to challenge yourself with more advanced patterns and techniques, Sock U is for you.

All summer long the staff at Stitch Yarn Studio will be available to help you with your registration, swag and school supplies, in-person instruction and study hall sessions. The Chilly Dog has online lessons for the pattern curriculum so you can get help anytime you need.

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Learning is more fun with friends! Our Sock U General Chitchat is on Ravelry and don't forget to join a "Greek House" for tips and encouragement.

ΔΡΝ (Delta Rho Nu) - join if you knit your socks on DPNs
ΦΧΙ (Phi Chi Iota) - join in you knit your socks on FlexiFlips
ΜΛ (Mu Lambda) - join if you use Magic Loop
ΘZ (Theta Zeta) - join if you use a small circular
ΘΘZ (Theta Theta Zeta) - join if you use two circs

Sock U Course Guide

Socks 101: Ready, Set, Go Socks (cuff down)

Knit a simply-patterned, gender-neutral, pair of top down socks with three different heel shaping options. The flap and gusset heel is a good fit for adults with an average instep. The gusset heel is a good fit for adults with a higher instep. The short row heel is a good fit for adults with a lower instep. This sock has a rounded wedge toe and is finished with grafting.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Ready, Set, Go Socks Playlist on YouTube

Ready, Set Go Socks

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Socks 102: Ready, Set, Go Socks (toe up)

Knit a simply-patterned, gender-neutral, pair of toe-up socks with a rounded wedge toe and three different heel shaping options. The gusset and flap heel is a good fit for adults with an average instep. The gusset heel is a good fit for adults with a higher instep. The short row heel is a good fit for adults with a lower instep.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Ready, Set, Go Socks (Toe-Up) Playlist on YouTube

Ready, Set, Go Socks (Toe-Up)

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Socks 220: Cubicle Socks (toe up, mosaic, short row heel)

This pattern is a playful experiment in color theory. The trio of coordinating "mismatched" socks is created by rearranging the order of three contrasting colors when you knit each sock. The socks feature a boxy, mosaic (slipped stitch) design. If you are new to mosaic colorwork, it is basically like knitting stripes with a few strategically placed slipped stitches. You are only working with one color of yarn at a time. The mosaic motif is charted. The socks are knit from the toe up with a star toe and a short row heel.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Cubicle Socks Trio Playlist on YouTube

Cubicle Socks Trio

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Socks 221: Riptide Socks (cuff down, lace, chart)

These socks, graded to fit most adult women's sizes, are worked from the top down and feature a lacy leg, heel flap, square turn heel, lightly patterned stitchwork across the top of the foot and a spiral toe.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Riptide Socks Playlist on YouTube

Riptide Socks

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Socks 222: Secret Admirer Socks (cuff down, heel flap, lace, faux cables)

This knit sock pattern has a secret element that is best seen by the knitter and the sock wearer, a panel of large, lace hearts down both the front and back of the leg. These socks are knit from the top down and have a subtly curved garter stitch cuff. The socks have a flap and gusset style heel.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Secret Admirer Socks Playlist on YouTube

Secret Admirer Socks

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Socks 223: Switchback Socks (cuff down, mirrored stitch pattern, chart)

These shortie, or ankle, socks are worked from the top down. The socks feature a zigzag pattern down one side of the foot and the socks are mirror images of each other. The socks have a band heel and rounded wedge toe.

Knitters should be able to read a basic stitch chart.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Switchback Socks Playlist on YouTube

Switchback Socks

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Socks 330: Spindler socks (toe up, heel flap, cables, chart)

With mirrored "S" and "Z" twist cables, these gender neutral socks are knit from the toe up beginning with a square toe and feature a gusset and flap heel.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Spindler Socks Playlist on YouTube

Spindler Socks

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These sweet socks are knit from the toe up, with Japanese short row toes and heels, and mirrored, textured and lacy, waffle-like stitchwork on the foot and leg.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Waffle Cookie Socks Playlist on YouTube

Waffle Cookie Socks

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Socks 332: Feeling Loopy Socks (toe up, afterthought heel with lifelines, mosaic color work)

A colorful, toe-up sock knitting pattern featuring mosaic colorwork, so only one color is worked at a time. These socks, sized for men or women, have star shaped toes and star shaped afterthought heels so the ombre color pattern remains uninterrupted. The pattern includes a stitch chart.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Feeling Loopy Socks Playlist on YouTube

Feeling Loopy Socks

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Socks 333: Rebound Socks (cuff down, texture, contrasting cuff/toe/heel, true afterthought heel)

Knit entirely in the round with no heel turn. These lightly textured socks are worked from the top down with self-patterning yarn and have a contrasting cuff, toe and afterthought heel. The heel is added after the rest of the sock is completely knit making the pattern easy to adjust for different foot lengths.

Recommended Video Support Topics

Rebound Socks Playlist on YouTube

Rebound Socks

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