Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How Izzy Dolls came to be
izzydoll.org/en/mark-izzy-isfelds-story
How to cast on
youtube.com/watch?v=R1T5wZ6BJBE&list=PLDlBsJaedg5ObQ_ZlQIjv6iEJ_lPjB_OW&index=1&pp=gAQBiAQB
How Knit and Purl
youtube.com/watch?v=tLWZr1elIdc&list=PLDlBsJaedg5ObQ_ZlQIjv6iEJ_lPjB_OW&index=2&pp=gAQBiAQB
youtube.com/watch?v=2U_HuKCRXE8&list=PLDlBsJaedg5ObQ_ZlQIjv6iEJ_lPjB_OW&index=3&pp=gAQBiAQB
How to increase, specifically KFB (Knit, front and back)
youtube.com/watch?v=dOsLuF17Mvo&list=PLDlBsJaedg5ObQ_ZlQIjv6iEJ_lPjB_OW&index=7&pp=gAQBiAQB
How Izzy Dolls came to be
izzydoll.org/en/mark-izzy-isfelds-story
How to cast on
youtube.com/watch?v=R1T5wZ6BJBE&list=PLDlBsJaedg5ObQ_ZlQIjv6iEJ_lPjB_OW&index=1&pp=gAQBiAQB
How Knit and Purl
youtube.com/watch?v=tLWZr1elIdc&list=PLDlBsJaedg5ObQ_ZlQIjv6iEJ_lPjB_OW&index=2&pp=gAQBiAQB
youtube.com/watch?v=2U_HuKCRXE8&list=PLDlBsJaedg5ObQ_ZlQIjv6iEJ_lPjB_OW&index=3&pp=gAQBiAQB
How to increase, specifically KFB (Knit, front and back)
youtube.com/watch?v=dOsLuF17Mvo&list=PLDlBsJaedg5ObQ_ZlQIjv6iEJ_lPjB_OW&index=7&pp=gAQBiAQB






![Ready, Set, Make! | A Sock Showdown
🧦 Atypical Mid-Week: The Sock Challenge!
Welcome to Atypical Mid-Week – The Sock Challenge! 🧦🧶
This is a fun, ongoing sock-knitting challenge where Sam’s Yarn Basket and Froggywentaknitting take turns hosting and we see just how many different socks we can create!
Each month, well be using our Sock Challenge flip books to create our socks. The books contain 20 different cuffs, 20 legs, 20 heels and 20 toes, and the fun begins when we let the “Wheel of Future Socks” randomly decide which combinations well use!
Will we get a beautiful combination?
Will the choices work together?
Will we absolutely love it… or wonder what on earth the wheel has done to us? 😂
Well find out together!
🎡 How Does the Sock Challenge Work?
At the beginning of each months challenge, the chat gets involved!
Well:
🧦 Choose between Book 1 or Book 2 – the chat gets to decide!
🎡 Spin the Wheel of Future Socks to randomly select our cuff, leg, heel and toe combinations.
📖 Reveal what our finished sock should look like using the flip books.
💬 Discuss the choices with everyone watching – do you like it, love it or hate it?
🧶 Work through the challenge together and share our progress along the way.
And dont worry if you dont have the same flip books! You absolutely do not need to make the same sock as us. The books may be difficult to find, so you can join the challenge using a sock pattern of your own choice and share your progress with us.
🏆 The Sock Challenge Leaderboard
This isnt just about finishing socks – its about taking part, learning, sharing and having fun!
Well have a Sock Challenge Leaderboard, with points awarded for different achievements throughout the challenge.
Well regularly share the leaderboard during the livestream and in our Facebook group so you can see how everyone is progressing.
At the end of each season, the overall points leader will receive a free sock pattern! 🎁
And because we want everyone to have a chance to win, the overall challenge prize can only be won once per year.
But thats not all…
A random participant who has shared their sock progress in our Facebook group will also be selected to receive an additional sock-pattern prize! 🎉
📸 Join Our Facebook Group
Our Facebook group is an important part of the Sock Challenge!
This is where participants can share:
🧶 Photos of their sock progress
🧦 Finished socks
🎨 Their yarn and colour choices
📸 Their challenge creations
Well feature photographs from the group during our livestreams, award points and update the leaderboard.
Facebook Group:
👉 [ADD FACEBOOK GROUP LINK HERE]
🧦 Whats Happening During This Episode?
Each challenge episode will include a combination of:
• Sock Challenge updates
• Our own progress and what were making
• The good, the bad and the things were struggling with!
• Your questions about socks, patterns and techniques
• Your Facebook photos and challenge progress
• Points and leaderboard updates
• A sock-knitting tutorial
As part of the challenge, well regularly teach one of three major sock sections:
🧶 Cuffs & Bind-Offs
🧦 Heels
👣 Toes
So whether youre a seasoned sock knitter or someone who has always wanted to try knitting socks, theres something here for you!
💬 Come Join Us!
Grab your needles, choose your yarn, settle in and knit along with us!
You dont have to be making the same sock.
You dont have to be an expert.
And you definitely dont have to be perfect!
Just bring your knitting and join the challenge. 🧦❤️
Dont forget to share your progress in the Facebook group so we can cheer you on, feature your socks during the livestream and add your points to the leaderboard!
🌟 Hosted in collaboration with:
🧶 Sams Yarn Basket https://www.youtube.com/@SamsYarnBasket
🧶 Froggywentaknitting https://www.youtube.com/@Froggywentaknitting
The Sock Challenge currently alternates between our two channels, so make sure youre subscribed to both and have notifications turned on so you dont miss the next challenge! Ready, Set, Make! | A Sock Showdown](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lmpgenofCG8/mqdefault.jpg)



