“India” Sock Yarn
My Dye-O-Rama secret pal sent me some very excellent sock yarn that she dyed with Koolaid. Of course, this meant I needed to start a new project; my second set of socks! Because the last pair - my Opal sock yarn purple and orange pair are finally done! I started these way back when in the middle of the winter. It was that beautiful yarn that tempted me into dipping a cautious toe into the world of sock knitting. My first socks have many small imperfections and are a little too big. My pal’s wonderful yarn is what is giving me the courage to try a second pair!
After a couple of false starts here we are:
It seems it would be easy to use the same size 2 needles and cast on fewer stitches and get the perfect sock; but not so fast! Counting the stitches on my Opal socks for a quick double check I see that I cast on a different number for each sock. Since I started them in a K2P2 rib I am 4 stitches off! Somewhere along the way I ended up with the “correct” or at least the same number of stitches, at least temporarily.
Also the India yarn is fingering and therefore thinner than the Opal. I cast on 72 stitches for my mermaid gloves on size 1 needles with Baby Ull and that was perfect for gloves. After much confusion and several false starts (casting on an uneven number of stitches, and then losing many stitches irretrievably off the tiny size 1 needles), and considering a toe up approach, dithering with Magic Loop, I am off on my size 2 DPNs.
June 3rd, 2006 at 12:24 am
I feel lucky to be your sock yarn dyeing secret buddy! I’ve enjoyed reading your bog. It’s helped be think about other projects besides just knitting.
Your socks looks great! how exciting to finish a pair! I hope it’s smooth sailing with the sock, with all the false starts.