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Politicos are taking on the New Zealand government’s allegedy inaction over rising HIV rates in the Maori populations. The Maori, an indigenous group, have seen a sharp, totally frightful rise in fresh HIV infections since the beginning of the year.

Maori politico Tariana Turia laments,

The September 2007 report reveals that HIV infection amongst Maori has risen from 6.4% of all notifications in 2006, to 11.4% in the first six months of 2007.

Turia also says that she’s lobbied New Zealand’s leaders to take a stand, but their reaction’s been less than urgent. In fact, Turia intimates there may be some tried and true racism at play:

I have advised the Minister of Health some two months ago.

Letâ€™s face it, this same ethnic targeting which favors white males is a reflection of the bias which exists in the wider community and society.

But, really, who cares if the melanin-inclined die? They’re only good for a. repressing and b. entertainment. Those categories aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive.

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The Anatomy of a Perfect Facebook Post

facebook post

Facebook’s power as a marketing platform is undeniable. It offers you the ability to build an audience from its selection of 1.15 billion users worldwide plus to reach that audience any time your heart desires.  We’ve all seen brands produce incredible results from Facebook, but not nearly as often as you would expect.

While there are several variables that factor into the end result you can produce from Facebook, there’s one very basic skill that many brands and businesses have failed to master: the art of creating the perfect Facebook post.

As you probably know, Facebook users tend to spend most of their time in the newsfeed.  What they see in the newsfeed is determined by Facebook’s Edgerank algorithm, which makes the decision based on your activity and engagement on the social network.

For example, you’re more likely to see recent activity from a friend that you’ve recently engaged with online than someone you talk to every day in the real world.

The same rules apply to pages. If a person hasn’t engaged with your page recently, they’re not going to see most of the things you post. Don’t panic though, I’ve got you covered…

A bad Facebook post

Based on extensive research and testing, I’ve been able to piece together the anatomy of a ‘perfect’ Facebook post. While I understand that each audience is different and that there is no fix-all approach to anything in marketing, I can say with 100% confidence that this is the way to maximize engagement, increase your reach and drive more business.

Let’s start by looking at an older post from the Quick Sprout Facebook page that epitomizes the worst possible posting techniques.

bad post

The first thing that went wrong here was posting a link as the primary media. While the end goal is still to drive traffic, the link preview is easily overlooked in Facebook’s newsfeed, which has undergone several design changes to make it more visual.

The second HUGE mistake here is the copy… there is none!  The copy you use for your status update is what makes the content you’re sharing relevant to your audience. Don’t rush through it; don’t just retype the headline; and NEVER leave it blank.

You’ll notice that this post received absolutely 0 engagement.  Not convinced by just one post? Ok, let’s keep going.

Here are a few more examples of what NOT to do on Facebook.

posts before

Here’s a look at the number people who were “Talking About This” before we changed strategies.

before talking about this

Still not enough? Here’s a look at our overall reach before we made the change.

reach before

The anatomy of a perfect Facebook post

Now let’s look at the results AFTER we made a shift in strategy.

reach after

talking after

Here comes the good part: you get to see how we did it.

good post

The first thing you should notice is that the primary form of media is an image. Not only that, it’s an image that is both intriguing and engaging on its own. This is vital to the post. With so much clutter and mediocre content being shared on Facebook, you need to choose an image that will instantly impress and attract whoever happens to see it. We’ve tested this idea on dozens of different Facebook pages with audience sizes ranging from a few hundred to over 100k and found that images are always the top performing post type.

The second thing you should notice is the copy. It’s short and personable, and it provides context as to how this post is relevant to my audience.

The next thing you’ll see is that the link is up there next to the text. This means that if your image can grab people’s attention and your copy is well written, your readers are likely to take the next step and click on that link.

Note: If you want to make it look a little clearer, you can use a link shortener, but there are contradicting studies on whether people prefer shorter links to original ones or despise them.

The final thing you should notice is the amount of engagement the post received. That engagement factors into the overall reach of the post and also ensures that those same people see what I say next.

Note: Edgerank places different value on three different types of engagement: Likes is the least valued form of engagement; Comments is next in line; and Shares is topping the charts.  Diversifying the type of engagement you get from your audience will help improve your average reach and your overall results.

After testing the new approach for a while, we started breaking all the records for the top posts in the page’s history.

good post reach

As we’ve maintained these efforts, we’ve seen a steady increase in engagement, reach and web traffic coming from Facebook as well as a more rapid growth in page likes (fans or followers).

On top of optimizing your actual posts, you should optimize the times you’re posting them. The new Facebook analytics offers “Actionable Insights”, showing you when your fans are online and the types of posts they prefer.

fans online

Pair the perfect timing with the perfect post ad, and I guarantee that you’ll have a positive impact. Keep in mind that not every post is going to be a record-breaker, but your overall efforts will yield greater results.

post after

Sure, the Quick Sprout Facebook fan page doesn’t have a ton of engagement compared to other fan pages, but with the use of the strategy above, we were able to increase the engagement substantially.

The reason it isn’t doing as well as it could is because we add posts during US working hours, whereas most of the fans are from India. When we add posts during working hours in India, we get over 10 times the traction.

facebook countries

I hope this post showed you how you can create the perfect Facebook post. Just give it a shot. Trust me, you’ll get much more engagement.

About the author: Mike Bal is the Director of Social Media & Content at Single Grain. He’s been successful in helping leading brands, businesses, and thought leaders leverage social media.

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  1. Awesome article, Mike! :)

    Attractive, intriguing, engaging images tend to do wonders on Facebook. :)

    • Thanks Rohit!

      It will be interesting to see what comes next.

      • hey Mike & Rohit

        I’ve read a few weeks ago that publishing illustrations and cartoons on Twitter gets more re-tweets than regular images/photos… do you have any ideas if this works as well with Facebook?

        Or maybe there are some stats out there (proven experiments) we could check out… guys, let us know! Tracking and enhancing conversion is key with online marketing.

    • An engaging, creative or informative image is what makes the users stop suddenly on the newsfeed, go through or engage (share, like or comment) with a post on Facebook before scrolling down their newsfeed further.

    • rebeccagjo452 :?

    • I think Neil’s post is superb for Facebook post, I was doing facebook posts lightly only, but now I ll take care these things in mind while doing post.

  2. I’ve noticed India being a main source on many fan pages, including James Altucher’s. Any idea why it drives so much traffic? Have you done any tracking on what % of that traffic converts to subscribers/paying customers from FB vs. the other traffic?

    • I’m not sure why India is a big source for traffic and fans. Could just be because of the rising tech industry or it could be because some people are still buying fake fans and engagement for appearances sake.

      • In my experience, way too many FB profiles in india are fake. They have been set up by SEO marketers to sell likes and pump and dump fan pages.

        • India has very big english speaking middle class population. Probably the second largest next to the US.

          Why do you think India doesn’t have it’s own version of Google and other popular web apps like China or Japan have ( eg : baidu for China) because Indians’ primary language for web browsing is English. They can use the same apps as the rest of the English speaking world, no need for language specific customizations.

    • I agree with Bill Murphy!

      On my last campaign with Facebook I was quite disappointed and rather suspicious.

      Not only was the campaign a huge waste of money and time (they made me change the image several times) because the text was was allegedly too big and didn’t comply with their gazillion rules. Then I noticed that much of the traffic and the joke for new “fans” I got came from India from pages that were basically empty with very few friends of their own, and completely unrelated to my niche.

      Oh yeah.. I specifically targeted my audience!

      I hope I am wrong but I thought these were bots FB uses, or one of their locations in India handle their lower paying-smaller campaigns.

      That was the end of campaigning with facebook for me at least for now.

      • I have also seen an increase in Indian and Asian Facebook likes on a number of my Fanpages over the last few weeks, across a wide range of subjects, including the weight loss niche.

        This is happening organically on pages where I don’t place ads with Facebook. I very much doubt that there is anything underhand going on here. India and Asia is becoming wealthier and they have a massive English speaking population so this is most likely just a result of that.

  3. Good article Mike, I haven’t seen any blog posts diving this much into how different types of posts can affect your results on FB.

    • Thanks John,

      There’s definitely more of a science behind it than people tend to think, so I wanted to highlight what really goes on (or should) behind the scenes.

  4. HELP! I’m starting to get analysis paralysis. . . .

    Hi Neil,

    I have a question. I have published posts with and without images (i.e. only text and a link) and I have noticed that the posts with just text/link will get more views than the ones with images. You know the “X number of people saw this post” insight.

    All of the Facebook marketing experts say to use images to get users attentions in the feed – I have been doing this since last April and I have not gotten any results. I used to post about 4 times a day/3 times a week, but I wasn’t getting anywhere. What gives? Am I missing the point?

    People always say don’t go to Facebook looking for new leads, but use it to keep in touch with the ones you have, but then everyone spends a ton of time telling you that if you are new to the market and need traffic go to Facebook and Twitter.

    I am having better luck on Twitter (@thepmguide) and one social media expert I have been following suggests that if your getting people on one social media platform you should wait until you get about 1000 followers and then start pushing them to another – I am thinking of doing that.

    To go from Twitter to Facebook, but I am beginning to think that this is a waste of time because of Facebook’s algorithm and I am thinking of pushing my Twitter audience to my Tumblr page instead – they show your followers every post and let them choose to get rid of you if you start spamming them.

    I’m starting to get analysis paralysis here. . .any thoughts?

    • Hi Sylvia,

      The text updates initially reach more people because Edge Rank is looking for relevant words in the posts. The problem is that plain text updates (for pages) are usuallyt he least engaging posts.

      Images are the most engaging format but you HAVE to choose images that are engaging on their own and then tie them in to your content or your message. Make sense?

      I’ve seen incredible amounts of leads and purchases come directly from Facebook so I would encourage you not to give up just yet.

  5. Hi Mike,

    I’m sorry this wasn’t just for Neil. Please chime in if you have any suggestions, I haven’t had my coffee yet :) Sorry about that!

    I am newbie to the social media space and I am open to any suggestions :)

    • Hey Sylvia,

      I just send a pretty lengthy reply, did you get it?

      • Yes I got your reply – thanks so much. I guess I am just going to have to keep “chipping away at the bit”.

        Is there a benchmark for when I should expect to see an increase in engagement? For example I saw where someone said you should take the # for how many people are talking about your page and divide it by the number of likes to get the “engagement rate” and if that number is below 8% then you don’t have much engagement.

        Is there a benchmark like that for posts? Is there a certain number of Shares you should be getting in relation to the number of likes you have?

        • hey Sylvia

          I don’t know of any such metrics you require, however, I feel like you’re looking for some recipes you could just add to your marketing, and just run with it…

          I don’t think there’s such thing as cookie-cutter with Facebook or with anything… like for e.g. take email marketing… they say that you could make $1 per lead per month… yet, I’ve seen others making less, or no money at all… while others (myself included) make more than that…

          It’s all a matter of trust… if you are using FB or other channels as “cold calling”, then you’re looking for statistics or recipes… if you’re using FB for bonding and increasing the trust level with your fans, then you will be looking to get more engagement from them, and deliver relevant posts and niche insights

          Does it make sense?

  6. Hey Mike!

    Thanks for the post. Really awesome! I had a question for you. Does this strategy work across the board for any niche/industry or only for tech/entrepreneur niche?

    • Hey Jason,

      We’ve seen it work for any industry and audience from apparel brands to legal businesses and everywhere in between.

  7. Great post. I recently realized the same issue with our FB page that most of our followers are from India and we were posting updates for U.S. time.

    • It would be great to see an article on how using link shortener services affect user engagement across different social media

    • Hey Nima,

      If you’re running a ‘Like’ Campaign with Facebook Advertising be sure that you’re targeting users geographically. Otherwise Facebook is just optimizing your spend to get likes on the page and they don’t care where they’re coming from.

      • Yes. We do optimize our ads geographically.

        I guess I should have waited to post all my comments together but here is another questions: Where do I find the “Time” of day that most of our FB fans are online. I don’t see that in the Facebook Insights.

        • The new analytics will actually show you when you’re audience in online but if you’re still stuck with the older version you can look at your top 25-50 posts to figure out what times the most successful posts were published.

  8. Hi Mike,

    I have tested this in the past many times. You are correct.

    1. People do spend most of their time in the News feed
    2. 80%+ of people are stimulated by an image rather than text
    3. Engagement does go way up by using visuals to communicate your message rather than typing in boring text

    What’s your twitter handle?

  9. Killer post Neil. Also, the type of article you link to matters. I’m having huge engagement with list-type articles. The bigger the number of the list, the more engagement.

    My results echo your results. My images attract more engagement. What I haven’t done is marry the 2. I’ve been posting images on their own (memes) and articles on their own, but haven’t married them. I’ll be changing strategies today. Good stuff.

    • Thanks Jon,

      I think the list-type is a popular read all over the web because people know exactly what to expect and can commit the time it might take to read the article more quickly.

  10. I forgot to add that I think video is worth testing also. I just posted a link to a page that includes 6 videos so it’s a list article with videos. MASSIVE engagement. I didn’t, however, include a large image with the post. My mistake which I won’t make again.

    I also want to say how I liked the fact that you use your own FB page as a sample of what not to do. It’s encouraging in a weird way to know that a guy like you still makes mistakes.

    Question for you Neil: What’s a good ratio to shoot for of people talking about this / number of likes. It seems to me if you have 10,000 likes and 5,000 people are talking about this, that’s decent. Obviously never settle. What ratio do you consider acceptable?

    • Hey Jon,

      For clarification, Neil didn’t write this one.

      It’s always going to depend on your page but we’ve found recently that image posts are best and then links and video posts are pretty close as far as getting engagement goes.

      We work pretty hard to keep engagement rates between 20-30%. You’ll see a lot of the bigger social brands between 5-10%.

  11. OK let’s say I want to start using more images like the ones above to push engagement on my fan page.

    The problem is, I suck at graphic design.

    Is there a not-bad solution for quick graphics with high facebook interactability? Or do I just need to higher a designer to knock out some pictures?

  12. No question all true. But the shared link from our website in Facebook translates to our website getting likes on the page. The inserted link with photo does not. How to solve this problem?

    • We actually tested that and the images with a link in the description received more engagement AND drove more traffic back to the blog or website.

  13. Hi Neil,

    Thanks for supporting the argument with stats.

    Personally, what I feel is when I use an image instead of a link, the “likes” on the image is not reflected in the count of likes on the article and it will not be shown in the post.

    Though, it does not matter in SEO, but it still is a “bragging” indicator of how popular the article was. For example, looking two months back from now, if I find an article with 200 shares, i’ll feel it was a popular one in comparison to the one with 20 shares/likes.

    What you feel about it?

    • Hi,

      Neil didn’t write this one but I’ll say that most social sharing plugins don’t track all social activity, just what happened inside the blog or site itself.

      Most ‘internet people’ know that just because you’re counter says “20 Tweets” doesn’t mean that the article has only been tweeted 20 times.

  14. Mike, awesome article! I really agree with you that there’s competing data regarding how attractive long links are vs short links. It seems like short links are often associated with scams or “lack of effort”, somehow.
    There’s not lot of engagement online for our services simply due to it’s nature. We utilize these practices but still have less engagement than what’s desirable. But, there is one thing we’re not trying that you pointed out, so we’ll add that and hopefully, we’ll start to see more chatter on the line!

  15. Hi,

    One question, how do you mix these strategies up when combined with a Sponsored Post?

    Facebook keeps rejecting ads with images containing “20% or more text in image”, which is a figure that’s arbitrary at best.

    For text-based images like the ones presented here, they won’t get past the FB ad police.

    Any tips?

    • Hey David,

      Try using visuals (icons) in place of some of the words when broadcasting your message. Check out for some inspiration.

      Also, I recommend saving the copy for the text section and using the image as a way to grab attention. Single Grain does a good job –

  16. Mike,

    Great article. Looks like you’ve made a few changes since I last saw you roaming the Regus halls with open laptop in hand!

  17. what about post promotion and max 20% of text?

    • This method works just as well with posts that have 0 text. I also recommend that if you’re using text heavy images, you use ones with an element of design or typography behind them. Remember, the image itself needs to be engaging.

  18. Sam Mayaveram :

    Brilliant article, as ever.

    For ages I hid away from social media and it was not until I set up my latest venture that I had a reason to come on board and see what was happening.

    Thanks to G+, I came across you Neil and I have to say that you have made this whole social media world interesting, accessible and relevant.

    I realise I avoided social media because I felt it had no relevance to me and I do not want to add to a mass of irrelevance – you are the voice of sense in all of this and once again – you have shown how to keep it relevant.

    • Hey Sam,

      Neil didn’t write this one but I’m going to take a little credit for your new-found love for social media ;)

  19. Does the India segment convert for you from social campaigns? If the answer is no, is there any reason to actually spend time engaging? Seems like a distraction. I’d rather engage with people who find my products/services useful.

    • Hey Dave,

      It’s going to depend on the product/service your selling. If your followers came through targeted ads or organically then I would assume they’re interested in what you have to offer.

      No person is ever a waste of time when it comes to social media. I’ve seen one share lead to ‘viral’ exposure.

  20. Facebook is a predetermined genetically successful model in nature.

  21. Out of curiosity where do you get all the images for your posts? If this is paid for it will cost you a small fortune in photo fees to post engaging content?

  22. I found this very helpful. I’m actually guilty of the first mistake of not providing any copy when I provide a link to a new post. I had no idea how much this was hurting my engagement. Never again. Thanks for the tips!

    • No problem, just remember that people need to know there’s a human being on the pother end before they’ll even consider engaging.

  23. Great article Mike Bal, Imges are really important in Facebook posts

  24. Another insightful post.

    Definitely more thought is required to osting on facebook than rather just posting whats on your mind.

    Gees more work ;)

  25. Fatih Ahmad :

    Hi Mike

    such a nice posts, very informative, I am not if this is the right place to ask a question about a facebook common bug, that is I admin a facebook page, until recently everything was going fine, but until recently posts start disappearing from the facebook business page,

    any insight about that would be much appreciated,

    • Hey,

      I’m not sure why that would be. Are you sure they aren’t just hidden in timeline? Sometimes it doesn’t display all of the posts. Otherwise, I have no idea.

      • Fatih Ahmad :

        yes, the posts are not hidden in the timeline, but what happens is that sometimes, as soon any post is updated it disappear from the facebook page. seems like posts had been deleted,

        this is the same problem that one of my friend facing, I have done some research on the internet and this is the a kind of bug but there is no proper solution or an answer to this problem that why the posts are disappearing or what can be done to prevent this from being happening.

  26. You’re posts are always spot on and useful! I’m going to try and post more images on our Facebook page, as well as implement your other suggestions, and see what it does for us! Thanks!

  27. Great Post, it is always helpful to know what is going to work best on Facebook. It can be quite the place. How exactly to get people to click. – place for insurance quotes in Ottawa

  28. i agree with u. the photo post are better than link post.
    thanks for the guide

    • No problem. Always test it out though, every audience has different preferences. I think images are best overall but sometimes links to better than video.

  29. Very useful post… we needed these kind of posts.

    is there any post on how to make best use of business pages on Facebook? e.g. best configuration from business point of view, constant must action points, best way to post, post on business pages directly rather personal pages, how often and what to post from business point of view and best approach to business pages etc…

    I could not find any useful post on net that can be helpful in these manner.

    • Hi,

      Posting frequency is going to depend on your audience and your business. Heavy publishers can get away with posting every hour but I generally recommend most businesses stay between 1-3 posts a day.

      The guidelines in the blog are actually meant for posting as a business page.

  30. Thanks for the very detailed post! I feel you really dissected the topic to the point I have no questions. Trust me that’s a first.

    Hope to read more of your work.

  31. Thank you so much for this detailed post. I am going to use this method to improve my engagement.

  32. Its get interesting post. i am exited to what happened next.

  33. Great tips to immediately implemented from the nest statues update. It’s very true about the timing. One of pages we manage from a client in Sri Lanka started to grow exponentially after start to posts on their local times when most of the fans are online.

    • It’s always about the audience and if you have different segments you can always gate your posts by location.

  34. Thank you most for sharing these ideas, I found it very helpful and you explained things in nice detail.

    If I suggest for the proper Facebook post than it should to be “You should to be pondering a way to build your Facebook community with participating standing updates that may attract Facebook members to your local business.”

    • When writing copy for Facebook posts try to say more by saying less. Eliminate the words that don’t NEED to be there.

  35. thanks for sharing this great tips but one thing I want to ask that is tagging is useful or not on Facebook

    • If you’re referring to hashtags the research has shown little to now increase in engagement with the brands who have been using them.

      My guess is that it will take a while for people to get in the habit of using them or it will never catch on.

  36. When you add the image, are you uploading it from the site URL or from your desktop?

    • I don’t think Facebook lets you use an image url so you actually have to download the image and then upload it again.

  37. Hi Neil,
    Yes, the approach specified by you really works and I have personally observed this. Whatsoever design changes Facebook link snippet has gone through by images always win the race.
    Nearly all large media companies also have adopted this approach for their page updates.

  38. maddy perumal :

    Awesome article,very interesting and useful.Thanx for the tips and tricks

  39. I knew it.

    Highlighting your article’s text via a graphic will bring major engagement rates!

    Gold nuggets to be found in this article if your looking to raise your engagement on Facebook.

    Samuel from Internet Dreams

  40. Image always works

  41. Barry Ricks :

    Images work, but something that I have found works just a little better is having text on those images. Either a quote or catchy phrase. Doing this brought more engagement to the client. Just some thoughts.

    • Yep, you just have to be careful about keeping the text down to 20% of the image so you can promote it. Typography is also a really popular form of content right now so if you can get creative with your type you’ll get a solid response.

  42. I struggle with the right balance of giving enough content but not too much!

    Some good pointers here for me in terms of experimenting!

  43. This is cent percent true! I’ve experienced this myself and I had observed this long before when I first created my page. But I was not sure if anyone else faces this too! Your post makes me feel relieved. haha. Nice one mate!

    • Manthan, glad I could help. Best of luck moving forward :)

      • Neil splendid article by Bal. On the side just wanted to know if Bal arm twisted you. Because have heard people say its easier for a dog to reject a bag filled with bones than for Neil to accept a guest post on quick sprout. Is this a change in strategy. Or you were so mesmerised by the guest pitch that you had to break your rule.

        Would be happy, if u could give a feedback.
        A hard question Neil but a useful one

  44. Michael Kaye :

    Thanks for a great article. I was wondering if you or Neil can tell me how to see the stats for sharing etc. for our own facebook page like the stats you posted images in the article.

    • Hey Michael,

      Facebook is rolling out new insights so if you don’t see them now you should soon. Most of the shots were actually from the old insights and as a page manager you should have access to them by clicking “See All” on the insights window in your admin panel.

  45. Hey Mike, great pointers! I’ve been looking for advice on how to properly promote articles via Facebook for our business.

  46. I was just adding one link with the image on Facebook page before I read this article. I knew that if I was to read a feed of another page looking like this I would not click on the link, but I did not have another idea (too lazy). At least now I know that I should think a little bit more, be a little more creative in order to get more traffic. Thank you for the push!

  47. You have given some important ways to get inspired and creative !

  48. If most of your fans are in India, why not make posts that’ll engage with that market? Or do they not convert like US fans do?

  49. shahalam khan :

    Wise article, great points you mention there, keep posting. regards.

  50. Till today i was using the same mistake , i mean just sharing links without any text that resulted into very less engagement and this thouroughly study proves that i have been wrong. Well i would do the same way as explained and get back to you what happened with me . Awesome work .i love this blog.

    • Rohan, glad I could help. Let me know if the tips produce any great results!

      • 1 day passed and i did exactly the same way you explained and the good news is started receiving comments and more clicks on links.i will share the screenshot of those 2 days before your tips and after your tips.thank you Neil sir , All credit goes to you.

  51. If you have increased ad spend or changed advertising strategy when Talking about This started growing then 0 conclusions can be drawn out of the upward sloping graphs.

  52. Great post Mike. Really interesting facts revealed about Facebook. Will give a try on this

  53. If we would like to promote something then the first choice is facebook of course! I appreciate the research done in facebook. This will surely be an amazing lesson for us. Thanks.

  54. Wow, I’m totally amazed! I never thought that there are so many different types of FaceBook posts and that they can lead to bad results! I’ll keep in mind your article in the future!

    Thanks a lot!

  55. I’m glad I found this post, I have been doing it all wrong for my Facebook page. Similar to another poster on here, I am finding that I am gaining more engagement and followers using Twitter. Although my website and social media pages are relatively new, I will be trying out some of these tactics and see what happens.

    Looking forward to more articles and advice!

  56. It’s not ideal but it is still an incredibly powerful platform.

  57. Great timing on this post, I just discovered some of this stuff in the last month and have been monitoring it closely. I’ve found a lot of what you write here, people on our page love pretty pictures, quotes and questions, so I try to really push those and then add in article posts more sporadically.

  58. thanks for sharing the tips about fb post.

  59. Great article with lots of insights and ideas!. After years of taking it lightly I’m starting to understand what actually works on Facebook and what doesn’t.

  60. hey Mike & Rohit

    I’ve read a few weeks ago that publishing illustrations and cartoons on Twitter gets more re-tweets than regular images/photos… do you have any ideas if this works as well with Facebook?

    Or maybe there are some stats out there (proven experiments) we could check out… guys, let us know! Tracking and enhancing conversion is key with online marketing.

  61. Attractive, intriguing, engaging images tend to do wonders on Facebook. :)

  62. Important to consider demographics and location relative to timing and message crafting. Thanks for the post Neil. Great work!

  63. Hi! Thanks for the article. I only wanted to mention that I have noticed that my reach is highest in text only post and second in a similar level go links and pictures. If I am not mistaken I had read about these new instructions about facebook.
    I am now experimenting if it is preferable to post the articles of my blog as a link so make it more attractive but lose reach or put no attachment and leave it as text only but increase reach.

  64. Hi All,

    I am struggling to recreate a post with a large image that is shown above. I don’t normally use FB. Could anyone link me to a guide of how to create them.

  65. Excellent Social Media information Mike. Thanks for that. Very helpful as we continue to manage our SEO clients. Kind Regards,

  66. The SMO is a technique necessary for every company that wishes to rank higher, which wants to increase its visibility, to increase its popularity.

  67. Along with the many users of Facebook are the many business and competitors also who are catching the users’ attention. This is where the perfect and engaging Facebook post should be properly formulated. Thanks for these tips. It surely helps a lot.

  68. I just published a facebook page. Your tips really help me. I will try all the method you have mentioned. Thanks.

  69. Great article, really enjoyed this.

  70. This is exactly what I’ve needed to hear. We’ve been trying to boost engagement on our page, and it seems like the only solution until now has been to spend more money on Facebook. I’m looking forward to trying this out now, and seeing what improvements I can make to my posting. Thanks Neil!

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Handling Large Data with R

The following experiments are inspired from this excellent presentation by Ryan Rosario: http://statistics.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Big_Memory%20V0.pdf. R presents many I/O functions to the users for reading/writing data such as ‘read.table’ , ‘write.table’ -> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#Reading-data-from-files. With data growing larger by the day many new methodologies are available in order to achieve faster I/O operations.

From the presentation above, many solutions are proposed (R libraries). Here are some benchmarking results with respect to the I/O.

Testing bigmemory package

Test Background & Motivation

R Works on RAM and can cause performance issues. The bigmemory package creates a variable X <- big.martix , such that X is a pointer to the dataset that is saved in the RAM or on the hard drive. Just like in the C world, here we create an reference to the object. This allows for memory-efficient parallel analysis. The R objects (such as matrices) are stored on the RAM using pointer reference. This allows multi-tasking/parallel R process to access the memory objects.
The bigmemory package mainly uses binary file format vs the ASCII/classic way in the R utils package.

Testing tools
Test Scenario

Reading and writing a large matrix using (write.table,read.table) vs (big.matrix,read.big.matrix).
i. Create a large matrix of random double values.

x1 <- matrix(rnorm(10000, 1.0, 10.0), nrow=10000, ncol=10000)

ii. Write and read a large matrix using read.table and write.table.

timeit({ foo = read.csv(filepath)})
timeit({write.table(x1, file = filepath,  sep = "," , eol = "\n", dec = ".", col.names = FALSE)})

iii. Write and read a large matrix using bigmemory package

timeit({big.matrix(x1,nrow = 10000, ncol = 10000, type = "double", separated = FALSE,
backingfile = "BigMem.bin", descriptorfile = "BigMem.desc", shared = TRUE)})

timeit({foo <- read.big.matrix(filepath, sep = ‘,’, header = FALSE, col.names = NULL, row.names = NULL,
has.row.names=FALSE, ignore.row.names=FALSE,
type = “double”, backingfile = “BigMem.bin” ,
descriptorfile = “BigMem.desc”, shared=TRUE)})

iv. Testing using my.read.lines

timeit({ foo = my.read.lines(filepath)})
Test Results

Platform: Dell Precision Desktop with Intel Core 2 Duo Quad CPU @ 2.66GHz, 7.93 RAM.

utils Total Elapsed Time(sec) bigmemory Total Elapsed Time(sec) File size on disk (.csv) Computation Time Saved by bigmemory
write.table 369.79 big.matrix 1.51 1.7GB MB 99%
read.csv 313.03 read.big.matrix 141.50 1.7GB 55%

* my.read.lines(filepath) took 23.73 secs.

Test Discussion

The computation time results show that the bigmemory provides big gains in speed with respect to I/O operations. The values of the foo dataframe are accurate.
The read.big.matrix function creates a bin file of size 789MB. This permits storing large objects (matrices etc.) in memory (on the
RAM) using pointer objects as reference. Please see parameters ‘backingfile’ and ‘descriptorfile’. When a new R session is loaded, the user provides reference to the pointer via the description file attach.big.matrix(‘BigMem.desc’). This way several R processes can share memory objects via ‘call by reference’.
The .desc file is an S4 type object -> https://github.com/hadley/devtools/wiki/S4

i. Faster in computation
ii. Takes less space on the file system.
iii. Subsequent loading of the data can be achieved using ‘call by reference’

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Finland made international headlines recently with news that its government plans to completely eradicate smoking – not just a ban on smoking in public places, that already exists, but the total and final eradication of smoking amongst the Finnish population. It’s a lofty goal to be sure, and has reignited the smoking debate in other European countries, many of which have banned smoking in cafes, pubs and restaurants. The Czech Republic, however, like most former communist states, seems to be trailing behind.

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Photo: Kristýna MakováPhoto: Kristýna Maková Around a quarter of all Czechs – 2.5 million people - are smokers, addicted to a drug that will eventually kill one in five of them at huge expense to the state. Many, of course, want to give up. Those that do often find themselves at the Tobacco Dependence Treatment Centre in Prague.

The director of the centre is Dr Eva Králíková, one of the country’s most vocal anti-smoking campaigners. She’s particularly concerned about the effects of passive smoking, and is disappointed that new legislation due to enter into force in July falls short of a total ban on smoking in pubs, cafes and restaurants. She says even the law’s provision that non-smoking areas must be separated with a wall does not go far enough.

“Unfortunately you have to open a door to go there, and of course the air will be mixed. It’s similar to a swimming pool where you can piss in one corner and then suggest the rest of the water is clean. Only a 100% smoke-free environment is safe.”

Photo: Kristýna MakováPhoto: Kristýna Maková Smoking is already banned on trains, trams and buses, and is increasingly rare in the workplace. But pubs, restaurants and cafes are still overwhelmingly smoker-friendly. From July 1st they’ll be obliged to put a sticker on the door to say whether the establishment is smoking, non-smoking or mixed with a separate smoke-free room. Analysts predict that most will choose the first option, in a bid not to lose customers.

But for many Czechs attempts to eradicate smoking is part of a crusade by interfering busy-bodies, egged on by health fascists in Brussels. Senator Jaroslav Kubera, a heavy smoker with a deep belief in personal freedom, told Czech Radio recently he didn’t like the way things were going.

“The fact of the matter is that non-smokers aren’t looking after themselves, they’re just aggressively attacking those who smoke. All these regulations are ridiculous. They’ll be banning certain kinds of food next. States are interfering in people’s lives in more and more ways. George Orwell was spot on when he described the future in 1984 – believe me, it’s getting closer.”

Jaroslav KuberaJaroslav Kubera Anti-smoking campaigners suspect the powerful tobacco industry is behind the failed attempts to introduce a total smoking ban. A leading Czech newspaper claimed recently that representatives of three international cigarette companies actually work as assistants to MPs. As long as the tobacco industry enjoys unfettered access to lawmakers, say the anti-smoking campaigners, a Finnish-style crackdown on smoking is simply out of the question.

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The first DVD release for September has been announced for North America, to wit the last complete William Hartnell serial yet to be made available on shiny disc.

Planet of Giants, which led off Season 2 in 1964, was originally a four-part story before the decision was made to edit together the final two installments in order to make the action flow a little better. An audio reconstruction of the original fourth episode, entitled “The Urge to Live”, will be presented on the DVD as an extra featuring the vocal talents of William Russell and Carole Ann Ford. The DVD comes out on September 11.

Update: As expected, Warner has now announced the release of the 2-disc Vengeance on Varos Special Edition for release on the same day. The Revisitations version of Vengeance on Varos is the first such title to be released in the UK outside of a box set, and we expect all further Revisitations titles (such as Inferno and Ark in Space) to be released separately in the UK as they always have been in North America.

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Emilia Fox dissects Silent Witness and unlocks links to her family's past

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We’ve got a thumping great Doctor Who exclusive for you in this week’s magazine in the form of Jenna-Louise Coleman’s first interview since becoming the Doctor’s companion, in which she talks secrecy, special effects and Steven Moffat.

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Max Hastings recalls the Falklands Conflict, 30 years on

Giles Coren takes a typically tasty trip round some of Britain’s finest food

Morgan Spurlock presents his guide to being British

Damien Hirst discusses his infamous shark in formaldehyde

Nick Baines, the Bishop of Bradford, says TV shouldn’t forget that religion is about people and communities

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Alison Graham opens up about her addiction to daytime TV game show Pointless

One Born Every Minute’s Linda Abbott, who has delivered babies for 40 years, regrets that she didn’t work in the days of Call the Midwife

Lawrence Donegan on why the Masters golf tournament has changed for the better

Film editor Andrew Collins looks at the films of Judd Apatow and his comedies about developmentally arrested young men

Richard Bacon declares his loathing for The Archers

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Earlier this week, Radio Times exclusively confirmed the return of David Tennant and Olivia Colman to the hit ITV crime drama, with Charlotte Rampling announced soon after as taking a lead role in the next series.

Speaking to on the BAFTA red carpet, however, the show's creator said there were "more to come" when asked about news of any new faces in the show.

As also confirmed earlier week, Tennant and Colman – who played crime-solving duo DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller – will be again joined by Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan, who portrayed parents of the murdered schoolboy Danny Latimer, as well as Arthur Darvill who will reprise his role as Reverend Paul Coates.

But while the return of the local police force and Latimer family all but confirms the action will remain in Broadchurch, writer Chris Chibnall and his team have been keeping silent on what will unfold when the second series hits screens.

"We're delighted Broadchurch is back in production, but we're remaining tight-lipped about how the story develops," said ITV's director of drama, Steve November. "Suffice to say Chris has delivered as always and the scripts are just as exciting as the first series."

James Strong – who directed five episodes of series one – will also return to direct the first two instalments of the new series when filming begins in Dorset shortly. There is no word yet on whether fellow cast members Pauline Quirke, Charlotte Beaumont, Vicky McClure or Will Mellor will reprise their roles.


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When you abandon a bike near a firehouse dumpster, be prepared for what it may become. I dragged this bike into the apparatus bay one evening after taking out the garbage; several tours later, I found it out behind the firehouse like this. Apparently “Anacostia Choppers” had gotten their hands on it.

This bike is not, as they say, adult-sized.

I heard it in Crocodile Dundee’s voice: ‘That’s not a frying pan. This is a frying pan!”

Around 2nd and Constitution Ave, a worker fell into a hole. The Squad(s) and several other companies extricated the banged-up (but otherwise alright) patient in this fairly small construction site.

We came in one morning to find that not only had #2 run two fires (an apartment, and an upper floor off at St. Elizabeths Hospital), but they had burned clean through a section of supply line.

Firefighter Baldino says, “Safety First!”…especially on medical locals, haha.

The Great Race! These four pictures are from a competition posed between the Engine and the Squad. The challenge: Run a crosslay from the wagon to the back parking lot. Run back to the wagon, grab a rack, and extend the line out the gate to V St. First to call for water wins.

He almost had him, too. Our guy’s line got wedged under the metal gate in the parking lot, so he was hemmed up for a few seconds. Unfortunately, they were so neck-and-neck that a few seconds was all his competitor needed to pull ahead.

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Celebrities with heterochromia have a fascinating condition: their eyes are actually two different colors. In some cases, this anomaly is extremely noticeable, in other cases it is a bit more subtle. Either way, everyone listed here has the relatively rare and really cool condition called "heterochromia iridis," meaning the irises of their eyes are different colors. Prepare to be amazed, because some of these famous people with different colored eyes are without question among the most beautiful women in Hollywood and some of the greatest film actors and actresses of all time, too.

Is having heterochromia a blessing, or a curse? Looking at the celebrities with different-colored eyes here, it's easy to believe it's a blessing. Some of the most extreme examples of celebs with heterochromia include Kate Bosworth (one blue eye and one hazel eye), Kiefer Sutherland (one blue eye and one green eye) and without a doubt Major League Baseball pitcher Max Scherzer. His heterochromia is impossible to miss: He has one incredibly blue eye and one very dark brown eye.

Actress Mila Kunis, a staple on any list of the most captivating celebrity eyes, also has heterochromia. Look closely: Mila's left eye is green and her right eye is much darker, almost brown.

Sometimes, a celebrity has a very, very subtle heterochromia, where only part of the eyes are mismatched in color or the color difference is just barely there. Examples include Henry Cavill, Demi Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

David Bowie, one of the greatest musical artists of all time, is included on this list, though there is some disagreement about whether Bowie actually has heterochromia. Some believe his mismatched eyes are the result of one eye being permanently dilated. Either way, it's hard to imagine Bowie without his signature look.

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RF AWARDS 2010 - Comeback Poster of the Year
the comeback poster of the year is given to the person who we think has improved the most in terms of contribution and posting quality over the past year. i love this award because it realy shows the inherent value in the community that we have all built here - that good discussions are more important that one-upmanship and humour always wins.

this year's winner started off at RF by ruffling a few feathers, but has turned into the kind of guy that i look to read whenever i see his name in a thread. he showcases good humour, good discussion and good character.

RF's comeback poster of the year for 2010 is.....

honourable mentions to carp for his increasing activity and, of course, to liam for disappearing and... well... coming back.

please join me in congratulating stonezz.

look for the next award - rf sportsman of the year - to be announced in the next couple of days.

Sick, Wicked and Nasty! 01-19-2011 10:11 AM

'grats. :yeah:

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does this mean i lose the banner? :sadwalk:

Congrats Stonezz, well deserved :yeah:

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Congratulations, Comeback Kid! :yeah:

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congrats homeboy

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Good job stonezz, congratulations :reporter:

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stonezz represent! :golfclap:

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Always been a fan.

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atta boy.

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Congrats dude. :dancing:

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you deserve the COD award too.

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congrats bro :yeah:

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congrats Stonezz :yeah:

Gurk 01-19-2011 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by INSIDER (Post 495522)
you deserve the COD award too.

Naw I'll beat him in that :P

Anyways 'gratz stonezz :D

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Congrats! :)

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You couldn't have edged out a better man! Congrats Stonezz! :yeah:

Is there a bargnani loving award... barbosa even? If not, I guess I'm no longer in the running for remaining honours. Damn you Stonezz for nabbing my only real chance at RF glory! lol

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congrats on the award

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Congrats bro.

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Def didn't expect this but thanks everyone :dancing:

& gurk come on now you know better than that

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It feels like I’ve always got a baby sweater on my needles. You get to a certain age and you can’t go 3 months without getting invited to a baby shower. You’ve always got a smattering of baby announcements on the fridge. Instead of knitting the same old sweater for every new baby in your life, or having to search for a new pattern every time, Baby Sweater Buffet helps you use one pattern to make countless different sweaters! This easy baby sweater pattern starts with one simple top down cardigan knit on large needles and in worsted weight yarn for a super quick knit. From there have your choice of add ons to customize the pattern every time you knit it. Stripes, hood, pockets, shawl collar, elbow patches, or turn your sweater into a pig, bear, cat, or zebra for an even more adorable sweater!

This pattern walks you through how to get a completely different sweater every time you dig back into the pattern, and will make you the hit of every baby shower with just one pattern.

Finished Sizes Newborn (3, 6, 12, 18, 24) months. Cardigan, Hooded Cardigan, Pig, Bear, and Cat sweaters shown in size newborn. Zebra sweater shown in size 6 months. Old Man Sweater shown in size 12 months.

Yarn 275 (325, 375, 450, 525, 600) yards worsted weight yarn estimating high to include buffet options and striping, but depending on which add ons you choose you may need more, so round up if you plan on knitting a hood or shawl collar for sure.

Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted, 100% peruvian highland wool; 100yds/50g: 3 (3, 4, 5, 5, 6) balls. Bear (newborn size) used 2 balls Mink Heather (MC) and 1 ball Bramble Heather (CC).

Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Superwash, 100% superwash wool; 110yds/50g: 3 (3, 4, 5, 5, 6) balls. Hooded Cardigan (newborn size) used 2 balls Pampas Heather (MC) and 1 ball Brass Heather (CC).

Knit Picks Brava Worsted, 100% premium acrylic; 218yds/100g: 2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3) balls. Pig (newborn size) used 1 ball each Cotton Candy (MC) and Blush (CC). Cat (newborn size) used 1 ball each White (MC), Black (CC1), and Sienna (CC2). Cardigan (newborn size) used 1 ball each Cobblestone Heather (MC) and Mint (CC).

Knit Picks Swish Worsted, 100% superwash merino wool; 110yds/50g: 3 (3, 4, 5, 5, 6) balls. Zebra (6 month size) used 2 balls each Black (MC) and White (CC). Old Man Sweater (12 month size) used 3 balls Jade (MC), 1 ball each Green Tea Heather (CC1) and Wonderland Heather (CC2).

Needles Size 9 (5.5 mm): 16 - 24” circular (cir). Size 9 (5.5 mm) dpns. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Removable markers (m), stitch holders or scrap yarn, 3 (3, 4, 4, 5, 5) 1” buttons, tapestry needle.

GAUGE 16 sts and 20 rows = 4” in St st.

Notes: Because there are so many variations, be sure to read through all the directions before getting started so you make sure to follow the directions you need for the sweater you want.


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The buttons that make up this quilt are stuffed stocking stitch circles surrounded by flat garter stitch frames. They are easy to knit and each one uses only a small amount of yarn so this is an ideal project for all those leftover scraps of sock yarn. As well as quilts, the buttons could also be sewn together to make cushions or bags. Knitted with 4 ply yarn each button is about 5cm square, bigger buttons could be made with thicker yarn.

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Center Cable and Rib Pullover

January 1996
Worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches in rib pat using larger needles. To save time and ensure accurate sizing, check gauge.
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1248 - 1456 yards (1141 - 1331 m)
To fit sizes Small (Medium, Large); Bust at underarm: 41 (44, 48)"; Length from shoulder: 19 (21, 22)"; Sleeve width at upper arm: 13.5 (14.5, 15.25)"

Pattern description from Knitting in America: “Norah wanted the Centered Cable and Rib Pullover to have a sinuous feeling, and decided to create it by inventing a cable that required alternately twisting a large number of stitches and a small number of stitches. Because she knew that the physics of the yarn and needles wouldn’t allow her to twist as many stitches as she desired, she decreased the number of stitches before the twist and increased the number after it. While working out the cable, she came up with the idea of adding the ribbing. The smooth, lustrous yarn she chose for the project, Paloma from Reynolds, shows off the stitch pattern beautifully. It is made of 50 percent lambswool and 50 percent microfiber, a high-tech synthetic. Norah says that inventing stitch patterns is a process of constant evolution. Though one swatch is often born of another, she also finds inspiration in abstract forms in nature, such as gullies formed by rain, the texture of a tree trunk, or the flow of a river. The stitch pattern on the Centered Cable and Rib Pullover could easily be compared to any of these. The instructions for this sweater appear on page 174,”

* 12 (13, 14) 1.75 ox / 50g balls (each approx 104yd / 94 m) of Reynolds Paloma in #305 Burgundy
* Sizes 5 and 7 needles or size needed to obtain gauge
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20 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
15" depth and 42" wingspan; customizable
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Lumina is a reversible, squared semicircular shawl inspired by a glowing, hand-dyed silk blend yarn in a beautifully draping DK weight. Beginning with a garter tab cast on, it is fully reversible with a garter stitch body and easy transitions to the lace edging patterns. Designed to maximize every yard of a special yarn, instructions are included to customize for differing amounts of yardage.

Techniques & Skills Used: garter tab provisional CO, knit/purl, lace; this pattern includes both charts and written instructions for the lace edging.

Size: 15” deep and 42” across wingspan, after blocking.

Yarn: Barking Dog Yarns Cassiopeia (50% Merino, 50% Silk; 230 yards/100g); 2 skeins, shown in Pinot Noir. For similar size and drape, choose a wool and silk blend dk weight yarn.

Other Materials: US 6 (4mm) 40” circular needle; US 9 (5.5mm) needle for bind off; Stitch markers (6); Yarn needle; Scrap yarn for provisional CO.

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October 2005
Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in Stockinette stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
656 yards (600 m)
One Size

Pattern description from Handknit Holidays: “In colonial America, long stockings that extended over the knee were a staple of a man’s wardrobe. Not so here. Cindy Taylor’s pair is decidedly feminine in its details - a mock-cable heel flap, a form-fitting shape, and most notably an eyelet cable ‘seam’ up the back, reminiscent of old-fashioned silk stockings are a great way to keep cozy under a holiday skirt, or to add an extra layer when taking the dog for a walk. A unique blend of merino wool and linen gives them a beautiful natural color and ensures they’re as strong as they are soft.”

Finished Measurements: 19.5 inches from back of heel to top of thigh, 12.75 inches from back of heel to high of toe

Yarn: Haneke Exotics (65% merino wool / 35% linen; 164 yards / 1.75 ounces): 4 skeins #10 beige

  • One set of five double-pointed needles (dpn) size US 3 (3.25 mm)
  • Change needle size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.

Notions: Three stitch markers (2 a different color than the third), 2 stitch holders, cable needle, yarn needle.

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