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Sock Marks

This page will hold various bookmarks, updated as I find good things, with brief comments. But here's a fun thing:

     http://www.nobodyhere.com/justme/socks.php3

and a (different) amusing site:

http://www.geocities.com/mnick66/haiku.html

For obsolete links try: http://www.archive.org

Retail sites.

http://www.nakedsheep.com No charge for postage. I've purchased Trekking XXL from here: blues (#29), and turquoise blues (#77).
http://www.elann.com recommended for good prices. I've purchased addi circs. Shipping/handling is by weight, $3.00 minimum. Very good website, extensive yarn collection, other supplies.
http://www.needletrax.com owner moderates socknitters; author of the sock software. Also sells yarns such as koigu and little lola.
http://www.theyarnconnection.com is in Manhattan, 218 Madison Ave, 2nd floor, between 36th and 37th. There's a 10% coupon that can be printed from the website. Closed Sunday.
http://www.smileysyarns.com is in Queens, and can be reached by subway or car. Large discount yarn with a big internet sale presence as well. Includes some sock yarn (such as Kroy for $1.99 at present). Of course there's NY sales tax.
http://www.theyarnco.com is on Broadway at 82nd Street (one block south of B&N, one flight up, next door to Laytner's). Nice to have a supplier in the neighborhood; they do carry addi's. Koigu and Debbi Bliss cashmerino but otherwise light on sock yarn. Interesting designer yarns.
http://www.lionandlambyarn.com has Plymouth (sockotta, TajMahal) and Brownsheep. No shipping charges.
http://www.fifthstitch.com Advertises on socknitters, sock yarn and needles, etc. There's a link to a good sock picturetrail, including the way a variety of the self-patterning yarns work up.
http://www.theknitter.com offers 10% discount if "socknitters" is entered on the discount line, and free shipping. Purchased some items via ebay. Good regia pictures. Since regia is $5.95, but with 10% off and free shipping this is probably a better deal.
http://www.lambspun.com Some lovely exotics (cashmere, yak, alpaca). Go to the catalog and select yarn. Lots here for spinners.
http://www.knittinghands.com This store is in Brooklyn. Offers classes as well as yarn, doesn't sell yarn online.
http://www.yarnbarn-ks.com Various, includes supplies for spinners. Some exotics, Fortissima, not a big fingering weight collection.
http://www.bastelundhobbykiste.de Located in Germany, often posts to socknitters, lots of yarn and also downloadable PDF's of color charts.
http://www.northwindyarns.com what ho! a yarn store in Oswego (120A west second st, just N of rte 104).
http://www.woolconnection.com is in Avon, Connecticut. They sell Opal (current price is $11.99).
http://www.wildhorsefarmdesigns.com Sells patterns retail online, also distributes to wholesalers.
http://www.woolneedlework.com has Regia stretch. Shipping charges currently are $6.50 plus 2% of order total. Other items in addition to yarn.
http://store.carodanfarm.com Rather large collection of yarns of all kinds, including sock yarns (Regia, Opal, Lorna's Laces, and more). Also some exotics. Shipping will depend on UPS rates unless it's a small order in which case first class USPS with a reduced charge.
http://www.rosiesyarncellar.com store in Philadelphia; mainly projects with weekly yarn special (advertisement goes up on Tuesday). Has sockotta, advertises on socknitters.
http://www.yarnforward.com (also named http://www.yarnfwd.com). Canadian site, sock yarns and general knitting, shipping at a fixed price depending on amount with over $75 free. Jawohl color superwash looks quite nice. Also, under threads is Nitelite (the glow in the dark yarn).
http://www.yarn.com is the locations of "WEBS" in Northampton, Mass. Online discounts if order is large enough, lots of stuff (needles, yarn) for knitters as well as stuff for weavers.
http://www.yarnxpress.com discount online specialty yarns. Works best if you know yarn or manufacturer name.
http://www.gotyarn.com discounter. Regia stretch for $6.50 and Regia for $5.75
http://www.onefineyarn.com discount yarn supplier. Also some instructions and tips.
http://www.woolworks.com Opal, etc. same as woodland woolworks (but not same as woolworks.org). Opal is $13, regia and regia stretch are $6 and $6.50, but lots of other choices.
http://www.KyleAnnsKreations.com sells hand-made things (socks are $30), patterns, but also has a stash reduction page.
http://www.heartstringsfiberarts.com has a variety of crafts, Inox needles, Lorna's Laces and other hand-dyed yarns. Also glow-in-the-dark yarn (under miscellaneous yarns) with a description of the yard (light sportweight).
http://www.tornadowood.com has yarn (including some exotics). Sells singles but also bags of 10.
http://www.ozyarn.com australian site, with a sock yarn that is 80% mohair, 20% wool.
http://www.dawnbrocco.com has needles, kits, yarn, other stuff. Advertizes on lists.
http://www.eweknitkits.com has specials, ads on lists, shipping cost by cost of items with a max of $5.50 (note: $1 to $2 on small purchases).
http://www.tessyarns.com is Melinda's site. Some scrumptions stuff, beautiful colors (in Maine).
http://www.minimills.net/qiviut.htm offers qiviut yarn, natural ($15/oz) or died ($17/oz).
http://www.mountainshadowfarm.com includes qiviut ($25/oz, $22.50 natural in 2oz skeins); but limited supply so need to order ahead. This is a Vermont farm, has alpaca, and a show list.
http://www.crescentmoonfibers.com is a farm located in Virginia that also sells qiviut. Price is $32/oz or $410/lb (discount 20%) for natural, $34 & $436 for colors. I enrolled to get their email.
http://www.centralyarn.com in Portland, Maine. Fairly large variety of sock (and other) yarns, open 7 days. Might be worth a visit.
http://www.halcyonyarn.com in Bath, Maine. Has a large, large variety of yarn and needs to be visited.
http://www.joslynsfiberfarm.com advertisez on socknitters, site is a trifle slow (or at least was so the first time I visited). Sock yarns are mainly all wool, but there is also some nice silk-and-wool in 3 different weights.
http://www.myfathersbeads.com in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. According to the socknitters ad, has sock yarn (a new line of business). Web site doesn't yet show this, except for the new class in sock knitting.
http://members.rogers.com/doublediamonds is a Canadian on-line yarn source. In particular, good illustrations of the way Confetti knits up, as well as the matching solids. Mail order only; shipping cost by purchase amount.
http://www.threadbearfiberarts.com has lots of sock yarn (and currently good Koigu prices). Shipping costs depend upon method (not otherwise specified). There's a patterns section with "sockguy" patterns.
http://www.fiber2yarn.com has sock yarn, variety of needles, supplies for spinners as well.
http://www.lonestaryarns.com has sock yarn (fortissima colori and LL), and books.
http://www.herrschners.com is a huge mail-order place, with regular sales. Current: regia stretch is $6.50, regia $5.95, has other sock yarn (kroy, socka). Shipping/handling is by purchase amount. Retail store in Wisconsin.
http://www.kaleidoscopeyarns.com Essex Jcn, Vt. Has Opal, Fortissima, needles etc. Primarily for knitters. Shipping by purchase amount. Worth a visit someday (closed Wed and Sun, closes at 5pm).
http://www.fncyarn.com fiber (for spinners) and yarn. Rather good collection of sock yarn, including reinforcing thread. Jawohl, Regia, Opal, Cascade Fixation, Dale.
http://www.knitsnbytes.com has some patterns and information, as well as sale items (mainly ebay, it appears). Collecting patterns for a book (there's a related yahoo group), and offers some animated knitting tips, links to knit-related resources, etc.
http://www.strickwear.com Some interesting pictures, sells patterns. Also links to a not-so-commercial site that sells wool reinforced with nylon sock yarn, locally made. It's shelridge farms.
http://www.shelridge.com which offers wool/nylon heathery solids. Put up in 50g/175m skeins at $6.50
http://www.tradewindknits.com/index.html this is Lucy Neatby's site. Patterns, information on various aspects of knitting, web links, yarn (such as the new Opal glitter), and list of retailers. Canadian.
http://nandia.com specializes in cashmere. Sells yarn by skein and cone, 8ply for knitting (and 2ply laceweight). The 8ply is 6+sts/in on #5 needles. On sale: $130 for a 1 lb cone, or $13 for 1.5 oz skein. Variety of colors. Shipping cost is by weight.
http://www.woolieewe.com has a large yarn list, needles, other things (as: needlepoint). Located in Plano, TX.
http://redbird.ca/ an online Canadian supplier, prices in Canadian dollars. Lots of sock yarn, reference to ebay sales.
http://www.patternworks.com (also listed as http://knittingonline.com) is now only mailorder but has a very nice supply. One socknitter says that, since they've been taken over by another company, the service is not as good as it once was.
http://www.carolinahomespun.com/ under yarn go to nightmagic for glow-in-the-dark yarn. Useful for late night walking, headband accent, etc. There's a pattern for a headband in which this is used for the pattern (snowflakes). See also www.yarnfwd.com for nitelite under threads. But note that this is a thread, not a yarn.
http://www.dettasspindle.com has addi's, wildefoot, other yarn of the sort I've purchased at the NY Sheep-and-wool festival.
http://www.nancysknitknacks.com wholesale and retail, offers waist or back packs, and jaggerspun that is redone (washed and not coned) for fair isle knitting.
http://www.mypollywogs.com is a shop in Wayland, NY. Has skeined and cone yarn, and a fairly large variety of sock yarns. Sells on ebay.
http://host.berk.com/countrywool/kitssocks.htm is in Hudson, NY. Offers sock kits, needles, yarn, plenty of sock yarn (trekking, fortissima, kroy, wildfoote. Also spinning stuff. Might be fun to stop by here.
http://www.guernseywool.co.uk offers 5-ply guernsey on cones, but this is in the UK so probably not too practical a supply source.
http://www.creative-corner.net/ has some interesting tips, patterns, yarns, etc. The site is being developed.
http://www.thelambswool.com is in Lansdale, PA. It carries yarn on cones, has some reasonable prices, but doesn't appear to be set up to take orders over the web. Links to yarn manufacturers.
http://onceuponapattern.com/ vintage crochet and knit patterns. There's a particularly good description, illustrated, of mending knitting.
http://www.jklneedles.com has all kinds of online needle crafts (quilting, needlepoint, etc) as well as knitting. Pretty nice selection of sock yar with good pictures. Shipping is based upon purchase price. Store in Concord, NH.
http://www.paradisefibers.com/ has mill ends and coned yarn, needles, etc. for knitting and crochet. Spinning wheels too; in WA. I am on the mailing list.
http://www.knitplace.com is an online store, mainly coned yarn. Run by bfuria who also sells on ebay. Quite reasonable prices and reasonable shipping. Sorted by composition of yarn; home page lists everything.
http://www.rmyarns.com is another seller of coned yarn, mostly for weavers, but also some thick enough to use for hand knitting without plying. Need to check the ypp (yards per pound) again that of other like-composition yarns.
http://www.yarnexpress.com is an online discount specialty (and novelty) yarn place.
http://www.yarnheaven.com may be interesting, too. Claims to be a discount yarn store. In Arlington, TX. Not really set up to take net orders, but will accept email querying things such as prices, etc.
http://www.yarnware.com is an online yarn store. Has some very nice stuff, and a large sale page. Nicely organized but slow (interesting: uses Lotus). Current sale has Fortissima. Shipping cost by amount of purchase.
http://www.spindling.com/spincraft.html offers patterns and stuff for spinners. In particular there are patterns for mittens with partial fingers and mitten flap. Patterns are $4.25 each, buy 4 get the 5th free, shipping is free. Some quite interesting mittens and socks here (holding hands mittens, for example).
http://www.joyfulknitter.com/ is actually a joyful spinner. Offers handspun and died yarn (with a pattern). Mostly one-of-a-kind, first-come gets it.
http://www.bigskyknitting.com primarily patterns and the books written by the site's owner. She is a cancer survivor and offers a chemo cap pattern as well. There's an email newsletter emphasizing cables. I wrote to Jane when she solicited applications for an editor! There's a links page, etc.
http://www.handknitting.com/ specializes in natural fibers.
http://www.knitpicks.com/ weekly specials (I'm subscribed to the mailing list), free shipping if order is over $30, needles, yarn, books, etc.
http://www.yarnsbydesign.com has some interesting hand-painted yarn, including Melinda Bickford's.
http://www.fiberworks4yarn.com has a website and offers opal, regia, etc but does not provide a way to order over the web. They are in Ashton, MD.

Wholesale only sites, included here because there are good yarn images, or other neat stuff. Often lists of local yarn stores, by state, that are associated.

http://www.cherryyarn.com Cherry Tree Hill sells to shops only, but has good pictures of its yarn.
http://www.knittingtraditions.com Beth Brown-Reinsel's site, with some very interesting sock and mitten patterns (amongst others). I own one of her books: "Knitting in the Old Way".
http://www.maggiesrags.com Patterns, publication services, classes.
http://www.ptyarn.com/ Distributor of Opal yarn. Has pictures of yarn, some worked-up, some free patterns, and a list of retailers.
http://www.ladybugyarns.ca Canadian distributor of Opal, etc.
http://knittingfever.com/ is distributor and supplier of yarns for a variety of companies and has good yarn pictures as well as links to stores carrying that yarn (by zip code).
http://www.berroco.com/ with list of shops, some stretchy wool, etc.
http://www.sockenwolle.de is a German factory that produces Opal. The website has good pictures of current and forthcoming items. The factory story is in Hechingen, and their US rep is www.ptyarn.com and their Canadian rep is www.ladybugyarns.ca
http://www.brownsheep.com has its factory in Mitchell, Nebrasks. Pointers to retailers, specs of the yarn they manufacture, color cards, and patterns.

Software and miscellaneous items

http://www.cochenille.com sells garment designer, stitch painter.
http://www.software4knitting.com/ offers Sock Wizard, Sweater Wizard, and other such things. Described as software for hand knitters, written by a knitter.

Information, reviews, links.

http://www.knittingpages.com Non-commercial, includes links to stores, errata to patterns, and many other good things.
http://www.az.com/%7Eandrade/knit/twocirculars.html Tutorial on 2 circ knitting, with pics.
http://www.textileaffairs.com/lguide.htm for explanation of those symbols on yarn labels, clothing, etc.
http://www.knittersreview.com an ezine, for which one needs to subscribe (I do, it's free). Contains reviews of yarn, etc.
http://www.bonniefranz.com is the home of Stranded, a new magazine, which may be interesting. Mainly sells patterns.
http://www.ditzyprints.com/dpburnchart.html has a chart on how to tell fiber content by burning it.
http://escproductions.bizland.com/stonesneatstuff/index.html for historical and victorian knitting.
http://www.artloft2000.com is a Canadian no-ad craft information site (voluntary contributions requested). Has tips, links, patterns, chat groups. Variety of crafts, including(of course since it's here) knitting. There's a writers guide, etc, for sharing patterns on this site.
http://www.dnt-inc.com/index.shtml is a site with free patterns for toys, some animated knitting techniques, and a list of related links.
http://www.sweaterscapes.com/ has some great online tutorials (with patterns) including socks. They also sell peace fleece.
http://www.tata-tatao.to/knit/e-index.html ...a Japanese web site (with some English pages) on the ABCs of knitting. Quite charming, quite interesting. And for some peculiar reason the first sock pattern has kitchener on the heel!
http://users.rcn.com/cafinney/myknit.html is a list of favorite links, with comments.
http://www.knittingpages.com/ is another non-commercial collection of tips, links, patterns, information, charts, etc.
http://knitting.about.com/ is a somewhat more commercial version with lots of links, patterns, information. The site tends to have bunches of pop-ups but the browser effectively suppresses those annoyances.
http://www.needlecraftuniversity.com offers classes (knit, crochet, etc) online, has a library of abbreviations, sizes, stitches (illustrated), and a page of links.
http://www.knittingfool.com offers a sweater pattern generator, dictionary, stitch list, etc etc. Maintained as a hobby by someone who self-describes as most enjoying programming, math, and knitting. Interesting description of choice of webhost (uses Cold Fusion, and needs SQL access to a database).
http://fibergypsy.com/ has links to information about fiber (yarn equivalents, fiber care, other charts), knitting, and is part of a fiber webring. Looks like another trail to explore.
http://www.knittinguniverse.com is the website of Knitter's Magazine.
http://www.modecard.com/combined.htm has a very good description of a knitting technique designed for speed and to easy wrist strain. The purl technique is not the one I am using at present and could be quite helpful.
http://www.ctsheep.org is the sheep & wool for Connecticut. There's a festival on April 26th in Vernon, Ct (near Hartford).
http://www.knitnet.com is a knitting e-zine. A free part, tips and demos, and a subscription option.
http://home.teleport.com/~noelvn/socks/sock_knitting.html referenced by Oregon Trail Yarns. A good list of links.
http://www.textilelinks.com has a good set of links. Shops, etc.

Mailing lists and organizations.

http://www.socknitters.com is the home page of socknitters. From here there are links to links, tips, abbreviations used (http://www.socknitters.com/abbrev.htm), and many goodies. This is a yahoo group.
http://www.knitlist.com The home page of the original knitlist (now a yahoo group), with links to useful information such as a needle size conversion chart, and stores. Not to be missed: a listing of events!
http://www.woolworks.org non-commercial information for knitters. Patterns, links to other resources, reviews, discussion, etc.
http://www.tnna.org is The National Needlework Association and includes a retail directory. The association is for the trade only; upscale.
http://www.tkga.com is The Knitting Guild of America home page. I had a pattern in Cast On and used to be a member but let it lapse.

Pictures and patterns from the web (these URL's are probably less stable than most).

http://www.turkishculture.org/fabrics_patterns/knittedstockings.html our socks look very very tame in comparison. Pictures are towards the bottom of the page, which has links to further picture pages.
http://hometown.aol.com/sojustask/babyfixation1.html socks for a newborn, or a keychain, with pattern. There are also links to a couple of other socks (pictures plus pattern) at the bottom of the page.
http://www.sockpatterns.com This place just sells patterns. Perhaps, when I start designing...
http://www.adriafil.com/ing/magazine.htm offers the pattern magazines (for their yarn) free on the web.
http://www.purpletree.com has links to http://lynnh.com/socktour as well as to a weblog and http://lynnh.com/index.htm which is a pattern site.
http://www.woolandwood.freewebspace.com/index.html has some patterns and some pictures. A nice website displaying the common interests of a couple: he woodworks, she knits.
http://www.burri.com/ is one of the listmoms for knitlist, and includes (amongst other items) an interesting looking norwegian pattern sock.
http://www.woollythoughts.com is actually a retail site; it's an English couple doing maths-related knit and other designs. Quite interesting.
http://www.homestead.com/knittingfun has a good russian join PDF link, lots of links of free patterns, etc.
http://www.royea.net is another couple with home pages. There's a very good desription, with pictures, of sock knitting as well as a chart and informative links.
http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/sockform.html is an on-line calculator. Plug in some numbers, submit the form, get a pattern.
http://www.chez.com/jacquardtricot/tricotheque.htm is a French website, and http://babel.altavista.com/translate.dyn is a place where one can get phrases or web pages translated. Comes out rather oddly for knitting terminology, but good to know about. The french woman has subsequently joined socknitters.
http://www.realisinghumanpotential.com/J/ is a UK website with an easy sock pattern. I find the change in language (US to UK English) rather amusing.
http://www.picturetrail.com/hnick of note, in particular, is the short row heel with the addition of a 4 row heel flap to avoid holes.