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Review title: A good technical reference, but . . .
Product review: the particulars don't work. The sizing (and formula for sizing) in this book don't work for me at all. Every time I've tried to use Gibson-Roberts's formula, I've ended up with enormous socks that needed to be ripped out--one was sixteen inches in circumference. The directions for the short row technique themselves do work, but the pen and ink illustrations aren't very good. I'd recommend a more general knitting book with a chapter on socks, since the short row technique needs no more than a page or two to be explained.
