Neither Ball Nor Skein

For your consideration, a new approach to sock knitting. Not on 2 circs, not Magic Loop, not two-at-a-time — in fact, the glorious weirdness originates not in the needles but in the yarn.

Peoples, that's not an FO. It's Flat Feet by Conjoined Creations, purchased yesterday at Knitty City. The yarn (80% superwash merino/20% nylon) is knit into rectangles which are then hand-dyed; you knit them up directly from the rectangle.

As described on their website, "Your needles drip color as you, the artist, create socks that are solely (no pun intended) your own."

I'm kicking myself for not getting any pictures of the color selections at the store - there was one in particular that looked tie-dyed, and I can't even begin to imagine what the color distribution for the socks will be like, but there are some samples on the website's gallery that should give you an idea.

Nuts, I tell you. Should make for some interesting knitting, though.

Comments

[regina]

Wow! That is indeed nuts. How's by you?

[Iris]

Interesting. When I reknit sweaters this way, I'm wrong. But with socks, I'm right? Cool!!

[margaret]

I managed to grab two of those "skeins" there the other day - 1 in almost the same colorway as you have pictured, and another one in really bright sunny colors - just a suggestion: don't work them on 3s, unless you're the world's tightest knitter .. I'm on 1s, and the fabric is perfectly sockish!
have fun with it ...

[Wendy]

Brilliant idea, how cool!

[Theresa]

I just purchased on with diagonal stripes in purple and pinks. The LYS owner was knitting kid socks with a tie-dyed one. She had made a ladies & child sock out of half of the material, it was so cool. She was at a trade show recently and had the yarn drapped over her shoulder while she knitted her socks.

[knitting]

i am new to knitting. From this posting, i realise there is something new to be learnt everyday.