Red Socks No. 2

Red Socks #2

I made another pair of red socks with my little round knitting looms:

CinDWood 56-peg loom

 

That was my handwork project while we were in France last month.  When we started the trip, I still had to do both heels, over the ankle and the "rims."  It helps to have a set of the round knitting looms, then I can keep the pair of socks at more or less the same stage in the making.

I used Chic Sheep Yarn by Mary Bird. It makes a thicker sock -- good for winter and cold nights.  

I so liked the red socks I made for my dad a few years ago, that I made a pair for myself.  ;-)

What  color to dye for the next pair?  Denim Blue?  Sky Blue?  Black Cherry?  They are in the crock pot now ...

New Beginnings: Purple Rain Socks

Starting a new pair of socks on the knitting looms.  Working both socks at the same time improves the likelihood that I'll actually finish them.

 Purple Rain gradient yarn.

The Purple Rain   gradient yarn was dyed back in April 2019 after watching a video from ChemKnits.  Pretty stuff!

These loom knit socks always start with the Kitchener stitch for a seamless join under the ball of the foot.    It gives sort of a "woven" feel to the beginning.

Since it was dyed originally with a knitted blank, I was wondering how the colors would behave when re-knit into a sock.   It's a more solid color texture than I'm used to with the ball-dyed yarn (which I absolutely love!). 

Here's the inside of the sock as it is knitting up.  Kind of like purple iris pointalism.

The purls are on the inside of the sock, making them nice and bouncy / cushy.

I am using hand-dyed Chic Sheep 100% merino wool yarn.

  Since I'm away from home at the moment, I don't have my hand-cranked ball winder for yarn.  So I had to ball it by hand.  Jut thought you might want to see what the ball looks like.

Progress on a Few Fiber Fronts

I'm making good progress on the Red Circles Scarf.  This is about 10 inches into the 43-inch section in the middle of the scarf.  Anyone who weaves will tell you how satisfying it is to see such a pattern develop.  

I am using some weighted tent clips to help keep the selvedges straight and even.  

 

I'm also starting  a new pair of socks.  This set is for my husband, so I have to make some adjustments to the pattern to fit his larger foot.  Easy enough!

The color is a lovely deep leaf green that I dyed a few weeks ago.   

Here are the skeins drying by the heating vent.   

 

They have a lovely gradient of greens.   

 Here is the toe of the sock emerging from the circular knitting loom, while the Kitchener cast-on keeps everything in order.  Don't you love how this yarn is knitting up? Yummy!