Cat Bordi’s new sock book looks amazing.
by Brenda Dayne on September 4, 2009
Cat Bordi’s new sock book looks amazing.
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Isn’t this just brilliant! It is going to be so hard to cut the whole for the leg…lol
Oh Wow what a lifesaver! This looks like it’s Much simpler to adapt to my fussy children as they grow. I loved her last book. Her teaching style is so at ease, it’s wonderful and relaxing to knit with — even though the patterns frequently boggle my mind to start.
I need this book. I have been pondering socks for my husband. He has one quite misshapen foot due to an injury and surgery and,lo, this may just how I need to clothe it. Thank you for keeping on top of the news for me. I hope that you are having a productive creative and refreshing sabbatical and that you and Tonya are happy and well.
I love this idea. Does anyone know where the book is for sale in Europe (or even better: in Belgium or the Netherlands?). Ingenious.
The woman is a sock genius.
I just purchased this book. The process is so brilliantly simple. Cat Bordi is a knitting genius. At last I’ll have a pair–hopefully many pairs–of socks that actually fit!