Self-Striping Yarn sock

[Michelle]

Here is a sock I made with yarn I dyed with food colouring. It is toe up in a mixture of single and half double crochet with a scalloped cuff.

 

 

Michelle

[Yelutci]

Wow! that's awesome, I love the colors & the sock.

[Tapanga]

Dare I ask to how you dyed it to be self striping? Awesome sock by the way!

[aurora]

Very cool sock! I love the cuff!

[wildthing1058]

cool socks love the color

[Aelita]

what type of yarn did u use to where you had to dye it with food coloring? also how did u make it stripe like that? It is nice by the way and I love the colors.

[stormy]

Very nice!!!

[Michelle]

Thanks for the compliments. I used superwash fingering weight wool yarn and used the tutorial here http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/2005/12/techniques_selfstriping_yarn.html

Basically, you crochet a few rows of the foot part of your sock, then unravel a row, measure it, then multiple the measurement by the number of rows in your stripe sequence (I had 6 - 2 rows of each colour) and wind a skein that length, then dye in sections.

It was a bit of a pain to wind the extra long skein skein, but I am quite pleased with the result - not sure if I would have the patience to do it again though!

Michelle

[cee]

It looks great! I love the scalloped edge and the saturated colours. And they go together so well!

[cupcake]

wow that is cool! And is the colour then fast??

[aussiecrocheter]

Awesome!!!!

[Dejhia]

I really like the sock. That's great work.

[mamaoso]

Very nice.

[Michelle]

Cupcake, I added vinegar to the 'dye bath' which acts as a fixative. I have some socks I knitted with food colour dyed yarn that have been washed several times, with no fading or colour bleeding. I understand that after some time the colour may fade a little.

Michelle

[yarncat]

Cool sock,Michelle!