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Friday, April 29, 2011
Toe Up Color Graded Handspun Socks
I spun three-ply BFL fiber from Chameleon Color Works in a color graded sequence to see if I can make toe-up socks that have the color moving from greenish to blueish and back again.
As my first three-ply sock yarn, I think it turned out fine. I started knitting earlier this week, using size 2 Addi needles. I noticed that the fabric seemed a bit tight. No problem, socks are meant to be a tighter knit than other clothing. After I finished the toe increase they still seemed very firm. I checked the needle package. Size 2. OK. I kept going. Then I decided something was wrong. I stopped knitting and took a break for a couple of days to go to a Padres evening game with co-workers, and to my son's birthday celebration. OK. Back at it tonight. I knit a round in certifiably size 3 Signature needles. Different. Finally fished out my needle gauge. Yup, these are size 1 needles I have been using. Should be at least 2, maybe 3. How they got into a size 1 package is a mystery to me. Now that I have discovered the problem, I can figure out which size I should be using. It won't be a problem to have the toe knit a bit firmer than usual. But I might have to reduce the overall number of stitches by a few. This is the good thing about toe-up, I can just try it on to find out. And if it is a bit wide, I will just make it a bit shorter.
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That totally sounds like something that I would do. The mysterious switch-a-roo. Great yob with the 3-ply sock yarn! The few times that I have tried, I have found that I prefer to use larger needles than normal when knitting with home spun 3-ply. It just turns out tighter and firmer than any 2-ply or single ply... Takes some adjusting of the size of the needle, I generally rip it out and start over before I get it the way that I think I want it. I will let you know when I get started on my first pair of socks... they will be red.
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