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 # Alternative ways of knitting the advent KAL


There are several different ways that you can knit the coming advent socks, some pick one of the daily colours and just knit stripes. this is a fun way to knit along if you want a low stress option. Some have split the socks into two pairs for shorter socks, others have turned them into fingerless mitts. We've had some stunning 2 colour versions over the years. In short we want you to enjoy it and there is no wrong to make these 


This year for our Advent Sock KAL we would like to again offer to encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and try helical or helix knitting. This technique can use many colors or stick with just two.


One way to have fun with your socks would be to carry your chosen house color from the toe or cuff throughout. The second (or more) color stripes would come from the daily prompt. Alternatively, you can choose to knit with the colors that would normally be used in the colorwork chart for that day. Given you are using this technique, remember you knit only the number of rounds listed for that day.


Here is a link to a simple video tutorial showing the process of knitting jogless stripes using the helix knitting method and multiple yarns. Here is a second one using only two colors.




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