Scarves & Socks

I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Socks
11 Twisted Stitches TUBE SOCKS Tube socks are wonderful gifts for toddlers or little kids. ... And, because the same side isn't always on bottom, the socks will wear longer. STRIPED SOCK JOININGS Even though you are knitting circularly, ...

Cozy, comfy, colorful socks-with this book, knitting them by the dozens is incredibly easy! Make them cabled or plain, striped or solid, ribbed, lacy, or laddered. Wear them with your favorite clogs, pair them with jeans or skirts, or let them replace your fussy old house shoes. You'll fly through our helpful hints and photos to create an entire wardrobe of indispensable tootsie-warmers in three sizes for women. Our Extras and General Instructions sections provide useful information on yarn options, different cast-on techniques, choices between double-pointed needles and circular needles, and different types of Heels and Toes. You'll be thrilled right down to your (pampered) toes when you say, I can't believe I'm knitting socks! I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Socks (Leisure Arts #4083) á

'Undefeated' documentary is a win-win scenario for a team

When he met the California-based documentary filmmakers, he wasn't impressed with their skinny jeans, striped socks "and these silly dock shoes," Courtney recalls. "I thought, 'Lord have mercy, what have they sent to Memphis?' ''

What arrived, turns out, was a filmmaking duo who planned to tell the story of one athlete and instead captured the unlikely season of an urban high school football team in Undefeated , which opens Friday.

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The film, nominated for a documentary feature Oscar, follows the Manassas Tigers of north Memphis, a team so undermanned and underfunded that it leased itself to stronger teams for practice games and, since the school's founding in 1899, had never made the playoffs.

Source: USA TODAY