Getting Started Knitting Socks
by Ann Budd | 
Knitting Around
by Elizabeth Zimmermann |
Folk Knitting in Estonia
by Nancy Bush |
The Knit Stitch
by Sally Melville |
Knitting from the Top
by Barbara G. Walker |
Knitting in the Old Way
by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts |
Viking Patterns for Knitting
by Elsebeth Lavold |
Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys & Arans
by Gladys Thompson |
Knitting Without Tears
by Elizabeth Zimmermann | 
Knitting in Plain English
by Maggie Righetti | 
Stitch 'n Bitch Nation
by Debbie Stoller | 
Knit Kimono
by Vicki Square | 
The Principles of Knitting
by June Hemmons Hiatt |
A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns
by Barbara G. Walker |
Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters
by Ann Budd |
A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
by Barbara G. Walker | 
Victorian Lace Today
by Jane Sowerby | 
Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting
by Alice Starmore |
Heirloom Knitting
by Sharon Miller |
Aran Knitting
by Alice Starmore |
Handknitted socks are a luxury everyone should experience. Here are 18 sock patterns inspired by a host of folk knitting traditions.