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Favorite sock yarn projects? (self.knitting)

submitted 2 years ago by GrouchyLady to c/knitting

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What is your favorite thing to make with sock yarn, other than socks? I enjoy knitting socks, but I don’t enjoy wearing hand-knitted socks (blasphemy, I know!)

Unfortunately, I’m not a big wearer of shawls either, though I will knit one occasionally.

I’m looking for ideas for my sock yarn stash. Ideas, patterns, anything welcome.

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[–] GrouchyLady 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s a great username!

I have a ton of sock yarn, but not nearly enough for a sweater. Any recommendations for successfully blending colors, especially when almost none of them are solids. I love the idea of sweaters, but I think I’d struggle to match colors to make something that works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Blending colors definitely gets tricky between non solid colorways. The trick is to photograph the yarns side by side in grayscale. If there is not a lot of contrast between the colors in grayscale, then the colorways will just muddy themselves in a pattern.

[–] GrouchyLady 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you. I'll try that.