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(See bottom of page for corrections to early editions of this book)

Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles: a manual of elegant knitting techniques and patterns

Now in its 11th printing!

Introduced in May, 2001, the innovative Socks Soar became a best seller in its first month and for several years was one of the three best-selling knitting books (among nearly 1,000 others) on Amazon. Needle manufacturers had to scramble to produce enough 24" circular needles to meet the sudden demand from sock knitters eager to give up their double-pointed needles. Now knitters everywhere happily and easily knit socks, sleeves, hats, gloves, etc., on two circular needles.

Socks Soar remains a best seller (currently in its tenth printing, with over 65,000 in print), offering a thorough discussion of the simple technique, including how to "translate" traditional, double-pointed-needle sock patterns to the two-circular method. Still the only knitting book with a full collection of two-circular needle sock patterns, it also is the only source of directions for the Turned Toe© method of knitting toe-up socks.

Passing Paws Press, Inc., Friday Harbor, Washington, 48 pages, 8.5" x 11", soft cover, color cover, black and white interior, $16.95

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Corrections to early editions of Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles

Page 7: "Turning Heel:" Row 1: K (13, 17, 20) sts, k2tog, k1, turn.
"Final 2 rows of child's heel-turning:" Row 8: Sl 1, p11, ssp, p1, turn.

Page 8: Simple Sock, Gusset: Round 1: k (15, 21, 25), k2tog, k1, (marker is here), maintaining ribbing as established for . (22, 30, 36) sts, (marker is here), k1, ssk, k (15, 21, 25).
Round 2, and all even-numbered rounds: K across both needles, maintaining the ribbing pattern on instep sts.
Round 3: k (14, 20, 24), k2tog, k1, (marker is here), maintaining ribbing as established for (22, 30, 36) sts, (marker is here), k1, ssk, k (14, 20, 24).
Top of page, left column, first sentence after bold heading: With the same needle, knit up (11, 15, 18) sts in the loops along the heel flap.
Same section, 4th paragraph, 2nd sentence: Knit up (11, 15, 18) sts in the loops along the heel flap, then k the (7, 9, 10) heel turn sts.

Page 9: "Picking up Heel Stitches:", first sentence: With the smaller needle, knit up (11, 15, 18) sts in the loops along the heel flap.
Same section, 2nd paragraph, 2nd sentence: Knit up (11, 15, 18) sts in the loops along the heel flap, then k up to the last 2 sts on this needle.

Page 34: Last sentence on the page, change "Replace them on right needle; end k1b, k1." to "Replace them on left needle; end k1b, k1."

Page 36: Second column, under "Foot: The beautiful ..." 4th sentence should begin: "You repeat only rounds 24-47..."

Page 37: Second column, after the Round 47 directions, should read: "Repeat
rounds 24-47."

Page 38: Second column, eleventh line down, should read: Round 7: same as Round 2.

Page 39: First column, tenth line down, should read: Round 2: P1. *k2, p2, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2, repeat from * five times, end k2, p2, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p1.

Page 44: SSP definition should read: "With yarn in front, slip two stitches separately to right needle as if to knit. Replace stitches on left needle. Insert right needle from left to right through back loops of both stitches and purl together.