First, find the exact color repeats to cast on with. Then cast on the ribbing for the second sock and work a little way to see that it matches. Some of these things are pretty tricky. This colorway was, with all the little brownish gray stripes in it.
With these two socks, I knit the second sock with the original skein, nearly to the end of the skein, which was just above all the gusset decreases. I did the splice there. I had nightmares that I'd run out somewhere inside the heel or gusset but, happily that didn't happen.
Then I spent a lot of time winding and unwinding the second skein because the repeat for the end of the first skein was not on the outside, of course, unless I wanted to sacrifice a lot of yarn. So, I wound a ball, and found the right sequence just inside the last of the skein. That meant only about two yards will be cut up and given to the birds in Spring time for nesting. Motto from now on is, "look inside the ball first"!
Ooh very pretty socks and great
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What was the fiber used....
Darla
beautiful!
ReplyDeletewith long color blocks (and long repeats) it can be a PITA to find the match point.. (I so love Krow and its 50 gram balls--pre divided Not so hard)
PS--the Stars? they are good for and Stars and stripes holiday's too. so make memorial day or 4th of july decorations special.
Hi there, Darla! Thanks, and the fiber is Paton's Stretch Sock, so it's got cotton with some nylon, plus wool, in it. It's a very comfortable blend,not expensive, and it won't stretch out to the ends of the earth, either.
ReplyDeleteOfTroy, I love Kroy, too, because it's various colorways knit up in that amazing pattern that looks like jacard. Is that the right word? But I didn't know there were pre-divided skeins. I'll go look harder at it.
Ah, the paper star pattern you posted is terrific, and I was also thinking that they would make great decorations for birthday parties, too, as well as the major Hols. Thanks for blogging! Your tutorials are very handy things!