This is exactly the sort of tool that you would want in a tight spot. The Knit Kit is a veritable Swiss Army Knife for knitters - the kit includes scissors, stitch marker, thread cutter, point protectors, row counter, and a removable crochet hook. All that and it’s TSA approved. Airplane knitting just got a whole lot easier!

Now in it’s fourth year, Socktoberfest is a “month-long celebration of socks” started by blogger Lolly Knitting Around. To join the festivities you can break out those hanks of sock yarn or try out that new pattern, then post the photos on the Socktoberfest Ravelry and Flickr groups. If you like a little mystery in your knitting, you can join the Mystery Sock Knit-along on Ravelry, run by Kristen of Through the Loops. Watch for a new installment of the pattern posted every Wednesday. Here on the ImagiKnit blog, next will be Sock Week, showcasing new and noteworthy sock yarns. Never made a sock before? Then sign up for Sock it to Me, our beginning sock class for an indoctrination. Errr, introduction!

It’s true and there are now more ways to tap into this knitting niche. Like with the new cashmere scarf kits from Jade Sapphire. With color choices in appropriately masculine names such as Brawny Brown, Five O’clock Shadow and GQ Green, each kit includes a pattern booklet featuring seven scarf patterns. Jonah modeled the cabled scarf and promptly fell in love with the luxurious softness of the cashmere. This makes for the perfect present for that man in your life, knitter or not.

If you are a man and you knit, you might want to get together with others at the Men’s Fall Knitting Retreat hosted by the amazing podcasters Michael Wade and Stephen Houghton of Y Knit .The retreat runs from November 7th through the 9th at the Point Bonita Retreat Center in the Marin Headlands. The cost is $180 payable by October 5, so hurry! The price includes meals and lodging in the Center’s dormitory. There will be informal classes and demonstrations, such as Drop Spindling, Twined Knitting, Sock Design, Short Rows, Entrelac, Knitting Back Backward, Mosaic Knitting and Freeform Knitting led by retreat attendees. Not to mention much manly knitting, spinning and sharing!

If you would like more information, or if you miss the deadline but still want to join in the fiber fun, contact Michael, mikealanwade [at] gmail [dot] com. You can also read the threads on Ravelry or at MenWhoKnit.com.

The weather might be warm for a San Francisco summer, but the knitting love is still in the air. To start off we have Kate, who made this amazing man, all kitted out in handknit goods as part of a birthday gift for a friend. It is based on this pattern. She blogged about the details here. That little ball of yarn just kills me!

Carlos is modeling the wonderful hat that Mike knit out of Malabrigo worsted. The pattern is of course the Koolhass Hat by Jared Flood of Brooklyn Tweed, from the Interweave Knits Holiday 2007 issue. The issue has sadly sold out, but it is available for sale as a single pattern at Knitting Daily.

This is our very own Chris with a stunning art neck piece made from a variety of yarns. This is an original design from one of the most intuitive knitters I have met. It is available for purchase at the Museum of Craft and Design.

Can you believe that Kathleen used a circular knitting loom to make this hat? Wow! She used Misti Alpaca Chunky in USC colors for the lucky recipient to get their collegiate pride on!

Kristina made this lovely side to side garter sweater using Terra from The Fibre Company. The colorway is called Henna, doesn’t it just glow?

Kathy is modeling her incredible dress from issue 35 of Rebecca. She used Zara which really makes the cables and stitch pattern pop!

Carrie’s cardigan in Rowan Summer Tweed makes me want to knit up one for myself! The pattern is Bianca’s Jacket by Michele Rose Orne from the Fall 2006 issue of Interweave Knits.

Katie sent us a photo of her completed sweater, based on the Santa Cruz Hoodie in the book Knit 2Together. She combined two lovely colors of Misti Alpaca Chunky. It looks like the perfect sweater to throw on when the fog does roll in!