How to Knit Amazigh Socks Intermediate

How to Knit Amazigh Socks

From 2018 to 2020, Irene Waggener worked with knitters in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains to document the knitting patterns that once played a key role in helping people survive the region’s harsh winters. This collaborative work resulted in the book, Keepers of the Sheep: Knitting in Morocco’s High Atlas and Beyond. With the dominance of fast fashion today, people no longer rely on these hand-knit items, and few young people are learning how to make them. Irene teaches this class with encouragement from her teacher, Hussein Mardi, who hopes that we can all help to keep this knowledge alive for future generations.

In this class, you will learn how to make socks with any type of yarn and any needle size using sock-knitting techniques from Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. The socks are knit from the toe up and are knit both in-the-round and flat.

The techniques you will learn include:

  • a unique way to start from the toe
  • how to knit the Tqasher Jadeed (New Sock) heel
  • how to knit the Tqasher Qadeem (Old Sock) heel
  • how to measure against your own foot

Skills Required

You should be able to knit and purl both in the round and flat with double-pointed needles. You will also need to complete a small homework assignment before class. First-time sock knitters are welcome to join.

Materials

7 x double-pointed needles (recommended size 2.75 – 3.5 mm)
Approximately 300 meters of yarn (Irene recommends DK, Light Worsted, Worsted)

You can read more about Irene’s sock knitting adventures in her book, Keepers of the Sheep and in this Wild and Woolly interview from 2023.

10:00am to 1:00pm

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30th November 2025
£85
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Location Wild & Woolly
Address 116 Lower Clapton Road, London, E50QR
Contact Phone: 020 89855231. Email: info@wildandwoollyshop.co.uk
Instructor Irene Waggener

Cancellation Policy

When booking your ticket, please make sure you are able attend on the date selected. If you wish to cancel your booking we can offer refunds on purchased tickets up to two weeks (14 days) before the class date. After that time, 90% refunds are available dependent on whether we can re-sell your ticket to someone on a waiting list. For classes which are regularly repeated, date change requests can be considered up to 10 days before your workshop date. Please email us for more details.

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