For a long time I have kept what I thought of as my 'best' yarns, my favourite skeins, away from my needles, not wanting to knit them because they are too precious, but recently I have come to think that I
deserve to have great knits made from great yarn.
And this is one of the greatest yarns I have ever had the pleasure to knit with, a
Yarn Yard Magic Carpet.
Magic Carpets are double-stranded sheets of knitted fabric which are then gradient-dyed. Each one is unique, but because of the double-stranding you can knit a perfectly matching pair of socks. I decided to unravel my Magic Carpet and wind the two strands into separate centre-pull balls, rather than try and tackle the new skill of two-at-a-time socks using magic-loop, mostly because I am forever enamoured by my DPNs.
I decided to knit the socks toe-up, to ensure being able to use absolutely every single centimetre of this glorious rainbow-hued yarn, and to keep the colour progression smooth I inserted short-row heels and matching toes in a contrasting undyed yarn (also saving a little extra yarn for added sock length!
The deep sock cuff makes the top of these socks really stretchy and comfortable - starting out as a 5x1 rib and progressing to a 2x1 rib nearer the edge. One sock down and one to go, I'm 50% of the way to the most magical pair of rainbow socks ever knit.
16 comments:
I have more of these!
I'll pop some in the shop this afternoon :o)
That's gorgeous, so glad to see you back blogging
These are so beautiful. So very glad to see your blog back up again and your quite frankly stunning socks. I think I'll be hitting refresh on the Yarn Yard all afternoon!
That is a marvellous sock! I'm not surprised you wanted to use every last bit of the yarn...I must try knitting socks toe-up again to do the same thing.
Your old blog was one of the first knitting blogs I started reading regularly. It's great to see you've started up again, because I can't think of a better place to find completely awesome socks. These are so lush! What a way to restart a blog!
This looks great. What glorious yarn.
Love this idea (and the great ribbing too) -- beautiful socks
Those are happiness in a foot-warmer!
I don't think theyarnyard's going to have them in her shop very long :)
Great socks! I like the idea of using white toes and heels, it makes the rest of the sock look polished and the colors go 'pop'.
those socks are so gorgeous, I especially love the white details, it's such a great contrast.
Those are scrumptious!
Amazing happy colours - the best kind!
Those colors are so saturated; I love them. And I love dpns, too.
Oh wow, these socks are stunning!!
Cute! Everyone should have a pair of rainbow socks.
LOVE! RAINBOW! SOCKS!
So glad you are blogging again :)
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