Denise DeSantis is known for her excellent teaching style on YouTube when it comes to socks. She takes things slow, explains every detail, and provides a lot of encouragement on the way. Her new book absolutely reflects this as well, reaching a new audience of knitters that may not be on YouTube or can benefit from a written format.
Denise's genius, patience, and creativity shines through in every chapter. She talks about materials needed, different methods of knitting socks, planning sizes and patterns, top down and toe up beginnings, how to knit different parts of a sock (including her popular shadow wrap heel instructions), how to finish and block, and several tips and tricks that will aid both new and experienced knitters. She also has eight beautiful sock patterns at the end.
My favorite parts of this book are her shadow wrap heel instructions, her tricks on managing stripes, and her Helical Socks pattern, which I've made once using her YouTube video and plan to make again using this book. Besides having stellar content, the book is itself gorgeous. True to Denise's YouTube and Instagram name of EarthTonesGirl, the book's color palette focuses on earth tones and has beautiful photos of both socks and step-by-step techniques. What an incredible resource for all sock knitters, and one I highly recommend!
Thank you, David & Charles Publishing, for the review copy!