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This year, we're taking our gift knitting to a new level - EASY. Read on if you're feeling overwhelmed this holiday season and need a quick and thoughtful handmade gift idea!

In case you missed it, we’ve taken YOUR great pattern recommendations this Socktober and published a series of blog posts to share them — Vanilla Top-Down Socks, Vanilla Toe-Up Socks, Textured Socks, and now, drumroll please...

...for our final installment of this Socktober Favorite Sock series, it's Colorwork Socks!

Colorwork socks can be a great way to keep your feet cozy and stylish — and maybe get a little wild with your color choices and designs!

Ready to go beyond the basics? We love vanilla sock patterns — AND vanilla ice cream! But sometimes you might want to add a swirl of chocolate sauce or maybe some crunchy cookies or nuts. 

For a bit of interest, and to keep you entertained, how about adding some texture to your sock? We crowdsourced some recommendations from the Goats who are participating in Socktober. They’ve suggested some fabulous textured sock patterns, many of which are very friendly for beginners. 

This is one of a series of blog posts on different “flavors” of favorite sock patterns, and this week we’ve got vanilla with rainbow sprinkles! The patterns listed below are beginner-friendly socks knit from the toe to the cuff, aka toe-up socks. Many folks begin their sock journeys with a top-down sock (cuff to toe) — see the previous post for our crowd-sourced list of favorite top-down vanilla sock patterns — so toe-up can be a new way to explore the structure of a sock. 

Vanilla doesn't mean boring!

This year we polled our Socktober participants for their favorite sock patterns to create a crowd-sourced list from real knitters and crocheters in our Goat community! 

This is the first in a series of blog posts on different “flavors” of favorite sock patterns, starting with good old reliable vanilla, knit top-down (or cuff to toe).

Raise your hand if you’ve watched 20 tutorials about the tubular cast-on and you still don’t get it! — Yep, we can relate.

We know it’s popular, we know it’s pretty, but the tubular cast-on is just so darn fiddly. Some of us have tried, failed, and then opted to ignore pattern directions that call for tubular cast-on and just use the long-tail cast-on instead. 

Until now!

In this 25th episode of the Goat podcast, Iris has a very special guest joining her  and a few other surprises! Find out a bit more about one of our new hires at The Goat, plus what we're knitting (and spinning), wearing, and most importantly... the yarns that we're currently swooning over. 

If you're planning a visit to the Midcoast, we know your first stop will be The Goat to satisfy your fiber cravings! But we've got a few other ideas for you too. Get the scoop on a few of our favorite local spots to share with our Remote Goats and other visitors!

Have you ever used a #$%#&!!! pattern and gotten super frustrated? It’s happened to all of us. 

You download the pattern and cast on, only to realize it’s poorly translated or oddly formatted, or you come across an error like an inverted chart.

Most of us would rather be knitting than deciphering a poorly written pattern...