Short-circumference knitting techniques

Make a slip knot. Insert right‑hand needle into the stitch as if to knit. Wrap the yarn around the point and pull through, slipping the stitch on to the left‑hand needle. Push the point of the right‑h

CONSTRUCTION The neck and yoke are worked in the round using a circular needle, from mid-back and top down. The yoke is divided for body and Sleeves and the body is continued in the round using a circ

Notes If you tend to have a tight cast on, use the larger size needles to cast on before switching to the smaller size to work the rib stitch. Rnds 1 to 4 Using Yarn B *K3, sl2, K3; rep from * to end.

INSPIRED BY a summer garden, these socks have delicate flower-like motifs connected by lines of twisted stitches. The floral motifs are created by working knot stitches and yarnovers, and the pattern

Row 1 (RS) *K10, P1, K7; rep from * to last 3 sts, K3. [21 sts] Row 2 (WS) K1, P1, K1, *P6, K1, P1, K1; rep from * to end. Row 3 *K8, P1, K3, P1, K5; rep from * to last 3 sts, K3. Row 4 K1, P1, K1, *P

Note: The beginning of round for the yoke and body is at the centre back. Using 2.5mm DPNs and yarn A, cast on 80 (84:88:96:100:104) sts. Pm and join to work in the round, taking care not to twist sts