Lots of my blogville friends do a Sock It to me Monday post and I kept forgetting to join in 1and then had many months of no sock knitting.
As I have a pair I cast on at the weekend I thought I’d join in this week.
This is my first time doing a different colour for cuff, heel and toe and I wasn’t sure whether you just use the separate colour on the heel flap or when you turn the heel as well. I switched back after the heel flap.
Does anyone have any tips for sorting the ends where the colour changes happen to ensure you don’t get lumps?
I knit the cuff, heel and gusset on my sock wonder needle and have placed it on the long circulars whilst I start on the 2nd. I hate counting rows so prefer to do the length of the foot of a vanilla sock two at a time.
I love the colours in this yarn from Ripples Crafts. It was called It’s Bluebell Time of Year. It was a limited run and Helen lost the recipe for dyeing them. So clever to create all these colours and have no brown or muddiness happen.
HighlandHeffalump 
they look beautiful, I think the choice of contrasting colour is inspired! I have never knitted a sock, so take this with a pinch of salt, but if it were me I’d pull the ends to the outside and would try and weave them from there. The yarn is amazing!
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I love Helen’s yarns, and what a pity this recipe is lost. But good work on the sock!
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I made Elda cardigan with her Cochrane yarn and it’s a great yarn, but I also have lots of her sock yarns and gradient kits.
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Good thing. And not that I want you to break your pledge not to buy yarn in 2020, but Australian merino, at least, might be in short supply for a year… the NZ shearers can’t get in the country (or are unwilling) to sheer the sheep. Price will certainly rise…
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Ooohhh…….What pretty colors you have chosen. I have never done the 2 tone socks yet so will be interested in all the advice you can give and get.
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Oooo! Love the colors! Can’t wait to see them finished 🧦
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This looks great. I don’t think you need any advice from anyone.
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The ends are knotted so I guess I’ll undo the knot and weave in the ends, I have very short ends which is hopefully going to be ok.
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Is your yarn a superwash? If it’s not, and it’s wool, then a little bit of felting that takes place with wear should hold the ends in place.
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It is Superwash. Fingers crossed they won’t unravel.
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Nth at is beautiful yarn, you’ll have gorgeous socks!
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This looks great so far. I tend to do the heel flap in the contrast color also. I’ve tried with my latest sock WIP weaving in ends as you go and it worked out.
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I can really see the colors in this image. Very pretty!
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It looks so good! I love contrasting colors. I usually turn the heel in the contrast color also, and that way I can just pick up the main color without having to cut it and then weave it extra ends. I don’t knot the yarns when I change colors, just weave in the ends, so I haven’t noticed any lumps, but it’s also possible they’re just small enough I don’t feel them on my feet!
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Thanks, I’ll try that on my next pair.
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Yaay welcome to the Sock it to me Monday-ers! Those socks are going to be beautiful, what lovely colours. Such a shame the recipe is lost.
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Pretty socks! The colors are really clear and lovely 🙂
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Beautifully done, Liz. 🙂
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Very cute!!
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