Footnotes: Goodies to Machine Knit for Happy Feet

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Footnotes - Goodies to Machine Knit for Happy Feet
Book and DVD by Diana Sullivan
Slippers are just wonderful to knit for gifts. These are quick, inexpensive projects, personal and homey like apple pie and grandma hugs.  This is one of Diana Sullivan's most popular machine knitting pattern books.
So, what's in the book? Well, there are five slippers, all with 12 sizes apiece (children, women, men), and most of them in three gauges - standard gauge, mid-gauge, and bulky gauge, and a sock, as well.  In these charts,
you pick out the color for your size and follow that column. In addition, there are narrative explanations of the techniques and a section teaching how to make Kitchener and mattress stitch seams. The standard gauge slippers are knitted with typical hand knitting sock yarn; the mid-gauge ones use sport weight yarn, and the bulky ones, worsted weight yarn. Odds and ends from your knitting stash can become cute small projects!
The first pattern is the "no sew" lined slipper, which comes off the machine all assembled. This slipper is a nice, smooth fit and absolutely addictive to knit. You've never seen a slipper like this - when you finish knitting, the only sewing is to hide the yarn ends!
The second pattern is a cute little mocassin complete with a rather sentimental story about how it is a variation on the first pattern Diana ever wrote. Teaching someone to knit? This one has a hem, an eyelet row, an idiot cord, short-rowing, and even a bit of sew-as-you-go edging, truly an interesting little pattern to make up.
For ribber fans and high-volume charity knitters, there have an English Rib slipper, the Quick and Cozy Slipper, that knits up super fast and is warm.
There is also a sew-as-you-go slipper sock in bulky and sport weight yarn. But - if you want a regular short gym sock, make it up in regular sock yarn on your standard gauge! These sew-as-you-go seams are comfortable on the foot, so you can make a beautiful sock without a ribber, and quickly, too!
If you use wool to knit the last pattern two tensions too big and two sizes too big and then felt (shrink) it in your washing machine, you have the warmest, thickest slipper of all. In case you are hesitant to try felting, this is your chance to get your feet wet, literally. Try these incredible shrinking cuddlers on your feet while they are still wet!
The book is in color, has lots of photos and diagrams, 32 pages, plastic spiral bound so it'll lie flat. The whole book is laid out the wide direction because of all the charts with 12 sizes. There's also a detailed DVD, high-definition and close-up, showing how to do everything. There's no story, plot, scenery, or characters, just a long stream of up-close knitting techniques.