Every Friday for the next few months, we are going to provide a little inspiration for your holiday gift craft by featuring free patterns and yarn ideas. In honor of Soctoberfest, here are a few of our favorite sock patterns.

Hat-heel sock- from the current issue of Knitty. If you are looking for a new adventure in sock knitting, look no further. This sock is knit starting at the heel by making what looks a bit like and earflap hat and then stitches are picked up to knit the foot and the cuff.

Clandestine sock- also from the new knitty. We love this Cookie A. pattern as well as the yarn that goes with it. These socks combine several techniques in one pattern so they will keep you interested from start to finish.

Jaywalker- a favorite sock pattern by Grumperina. The repeat is easy to memorize and the pattern really jumps out when knit with self-striping yarns such as Zauberball or Trekking.

Cable Twist Socks- we recommend these worsted-weight socks for first-time sock knitters looking for something a little more interesting than plain stockinette stitch. They are great knit with Cascade 220SW.

Knee Socks
The October KAL theme is knee socks so here are a few of our favorite knee sock patterns.

Knee socks- This basic knee sock pattern is perfect for the knitter who doesn't want to do the measurements and calculations required for a custom sock.

Clessidra- These beautiful cabled stockings are perfect to wear with your favorite skirt on those cold Fall mornings.

Lacy Cables Knee Socks- One of our favorite knee sock patterns (though it is more of a formula than a pattern.)


Customer Favorites
Here are a few patterns suggested by ReBelle friends and customers.

Froot Loops
Zombie Socks
Pomatomus
Hedgerows
Seaweed Socks
Charade

New in the shop today are several bags from Namaste. In the bags we have the Laguna and the Zuma, both large enough to hold almost any knitting project with lots and lots of pockets. We also have matching and coordinating mini clutches to hold your smaller items like crochet hooks or credit cards. For the simpler folks, we have the Oh Snap project bags in five sizes to keep your yarn, projects and needles all together. Finally, for your notions we have the Catalina zipper pouch and the Buddy Case with magnetized sides that will keep your darning needles in place.

I just finished knitting a February Baby Sweater for the shop. For those of you who don't know, this is an Elizabeth Zimmerman pattern from the Knitter's Almanac and in typical EZ fashion was very simple construction. The sweater is meant to be done on two needles with a seam up both sleeves so if you don't like knitting in the round you can do it that way. On the other hand, if you would rather avoid the seaming you can pick up stitches and knit the sleeves in the round. Either way, knitted with less than two skeins of Elsebeth Lavold's Silky Wool this sweater makes a very inexpensive and elegant baby gift for any baby on your list.

For those of you who don't know, and even for those who do, S. Limestone St will be undergoing some major construction between the Avenue of Champions and Vine St over the course of the next year starting on July 22. The street will be open to one lane of traffic at certain points in the process, but there won't be any street parking in the front so to better help you get to us below are instructions for accessing us during the first phase of the construction. We will post updates as we know them. Thank you for your support during this difficult time, it really means a lot to us.

North Lexington (including I-64 & I-75): Take Broadway or Upper St, turn left on Pine St (immediately after Maxwell), right on Jersey St and our parking lot is on the left side immediately after the McDonald's.

South Lexington: Take Broadway, turn right on Pine St, right on Jersey St and our parking lot is on the left side immediately after the McDonald's.

East Lexington: Take Main or High Street, turn left onto S. Upper, left on Pine St (immediately after Maxwell), right on Jersey St and our parking lot is on the left side immediately after the McDonald's.

West Lexington: Take Vine St, turn right onto S. Upper, left on Pine St (immediately after Maxwell), right on Jersey St and our parking lot is on the left side immediately after the McDonald's.

Additional Parking: In addition to our parking lot, there are metered spaces on Pine and Jersey St. and on the weekends the UK Jersey St lot is open to the public.

This is the map of the construction area (in red) and the official detour in yellow. For most of the construction you will be able to take S. Lime to the Ave of Champions, turn left and then take a right on Jersey St which will take you to our parking lot.

For the first month of this project the intersection at Ave of Champions will be closed. For this time period you will have to access Jersey St from the West which means via Pine or Maxwell which can both be accessed via Upper and Broadway.

Here are 5 new Sarah Dyed colors.  A sport weight superwash/seacell blend it's great for socks, scarves or shawls.  Locally hand dyed and exclusive to ReBelle.  From left to right:  Posy Purls, Deep Rainbow, Fall on the Bluegrass Parkway, Poppy Dreams and Bluesy Blues.

Lisa Owens just sent us a fresh new shipment of her fabulous Scrabble Tile pendent necklaces, twelve new designs total. We also have a bunch of fair-trade dresses that would look super cute with these so come on it and try them out.