Waste not, want not
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
First pair of socks knitted from leftovers of various sock yarns; some overdyed, some not. Plain vanillas with afterthought heels, 2 x 2.5mm circs, 60 stitches.
First pair of socks knitted from leftovers of various sock yarns; some overdyed, some not. Plain vanillas with afterthought heels, 2 x 2.5mm circs, 60 stitches.
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Awesome!
Posted by: Emma | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 02:51 PM
Yep totally awesome.
Posted by: Peri | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 04:23 PM
Did you weigh all your yarns?I can't get my socks to be that identical even when made from non-leftovers! ;)
Posted by: Annie | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 09:02 PM
I like! I like how they change from colour to almost monotone colours then back again to colour. :)
Posted by: Ruth | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:21 PM
@ Annie: No, I used a row counter and did 21 rows of each colourway. Anal? Moi? ;o)
Posted by: Wibbo | Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:05 AM
love love LOVE!! (both you and the socks, that is!)
Posted by: Tola | Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 04:46 PM
@ Tola: Your socks were my inspiration!
Posted by: Wibbo | Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 06:06 PM
I love them
Julie xxxxxxxxx
Posted by: julie | Friday, May 13, 2011 at 01:52 PM
I have used excess yardage from adult sized socks to make small children's socks and made granny square blankets by adding compatible joining/edging yarns. I like your socks and can see how you arranged the colours, but how did you join the yarns to avoid knotty, uncomfortable bumps?
Posted by: Maureen | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 09:47 AM
@ Maureen: Usually I do a Russian join (if you don't know this way of joining yarns, do Google it) or overlap the two yarns, work 2 or 3 stitches with double yarn then darn in the ends in opposite directions.
Posted by: Wibbo | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 03:42 PM
you mean those socks i made for my husband? yours are MUCH nicer than mine!
Posted by: Tola | Monday, May 16, 2011 at 03:27 PM
@ Tola: Yes, that pair!
Posted by: Wibbo | Monday, May 16, 2011 at 04:56 PM
Many thanks for your tips on joining yarns. Both of those methods will work well. Coincidently, I discovered the Russian join just this past week when following instructions for finishing the Ice Queen cowl pattern from Knitty. It worked well on the Merino lace weight I used for that, so I'll give it a go on socks. The 'left over' sock yarn seems to accumulate rather quickly here!
Posted by: Maureen | Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 06:57 AM