Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles: a Manual of Elegant ... (ISBN 0970886950)

Excellent technique, Terrible Instructions, Boring Sock Patterns:
To me, knitting with double-pointed needles is like trying to knit with a pair of porcupines. I was thrilled to learn how to knit socks with two circular needles. It makes knitting socks easier and fun. Unfortunately, this book does a poor job of explaining the technique. There are oceans of text instead of steps, photographs, and helpful headings. For example, I would have divided page 3 into headings such as: "Choosing Your Needles," "Casting on and Joining," "Knitting a Gauge Swatch," "Dividing Your Stitches," and "Knitting Around." Breaking text into small chunks makes it easier to digest and learn. This book is poorly organized. The photographs on pages 4 should be on the SAME PAGE as the instructions for casting on and joining, or, at a minimum, the instructions should refer you to the appropriate photographs. I have no idea why the photos on page 5 were included. The "Tips and Techniques" don't belong in an appendix. They should be in the front of the book, immediately after the instructions. I mean, shouldn't the reader know about "Gusset Gap" and "Gauge Checking" BEFORE starting to knit? As for the patterns, they're okay. A bit too heavy on simple intarsia for my taste. All in all, I HIGHLY recommend the technique and Cat Bordhi's creativity, but I do NOT recommend this book.

toe up socks:
This purchase was a replacement because I totally wore out my first copy. Cat has a wonderful way to do toe up socks or cuff down socks using 2 circular needles which has really increased my speed and productivity. Highly recommended.

Not worth the money AT ALL!:
I so looked forward to this book; I had heard it mentioned repeatedly as a good book for working two socks on circulars, and I had been experimenting with that myself, but had some issues I thought the book would resolve. First complaint; the book is printed on thin stock that is not going to hold up. I would consider this a glorified *booklet* as opposed to what I consider a BOOK. Second complaint; the actual text. It is simply AWFUL. Obviously the author assumes you have time to read all her humor and drivel, because there is a tremendous amount of that. I want a book that is straight forward, to the point, and isn't telling me to go drink tea or do without to buy Addi Turbos. The writing is a joke. Of course, without all the excessive commentary, there wouldn't be enough text there to actually classify as a book! The sad thing is there are some nice patterns in there, but I will never use them due to trying to dig through the author's blithering. Just the facts, Ma'am. Purchase an Interweave Press sock book---you'll be glad you spent the money.

More Information Needed:
This book got me started, but I stumbled with the first join - makes sense but I could not figure how to manipulate the needles to accomplish it - then when I attempted to try some other patterns, especially those using Cat's invisible Cast-on, I could not decipher the instructions for same. There are no illustrations of the method, and illustrations in general are lacking - this book has some nice sock patterms, but (and I am not a knitting novice) more clarification of the methods is needed.

Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles:
What a great book...all of Cat Bordhi's books are great. Two circular needles are so much faster than the traditional double pointed needles. A fun book, you would enjoy it.