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By: Knitosaurus » Blog Archive » The future of the Knit Pligg (and finished Sockapalooza Socks)

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:14:48 +0000

[...] based on my pal’s preferences (it did take a couple tries though -> remember my disastrous first attempt?). In the end I was really pleased with the socks. I hope they fit my [...]

By: Knitosaurus » Blog Archive » Sockapalooza Sock (in progress)

Knitosaurus » Blog Archive » Sockapalooza Sock (in progress) — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:44:33 +0000

[...] Thoughts: So far so good. I’m actually farther along than in this picture, I only have to kitchener the toes to finish the first sock! I think it’s coming out rather well. A vast improvement over my first attempt. [...]

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:15:10 +0000

I was just looking for sock patterns that might be interesting to do and ran across this pattern at the Loopy Ewe. I think that the sock pattern capitalizes on the weird things variegated yarns can do, so maybe it will help?

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:14:59 +0000

It all has to do with your guage, number of stitches and length of the color sections. If you want to be really crazy, pull out one full repeat, and measure each section.

Look at “how many stitches per X amount of yarn in this pattern”. You then can predict what is going to happen with the yarn.

Most of these yarns are dyed to create stripes. Figure stripes are fine, spirals are wide stripes and pooling is huge amounts of solid colour areas that sit and snarl at you.

Your choice really is to change yarns (to something that is not as high a color contrast) or embrace the spiral!

Either works -ymmv (your mileage may very)

-Holly

By: Knitosaurus » Blog Archive » Pooling Update (yarn sale!)

Knitosaurus » Blog Archive » Pooling Update (yarn sale!) — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:07:16 +0000

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By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:55:33 +0000

just wanted to say i like it too! but I am slapdash and scruffy. i get excited by funny stripes appearing that weren’t what i meant.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:42:01 +0000

When that happens to me, I usually put the yarn in time out for a while. A different stitch pattern and cast on and needle size usually change things, but time helps, too.

By: Emmie

Emmie — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:45:23 +0000

I also hate pooling. When I made Jaywalkers the cuffs striped beautifully and the foot had one color on top and another on the bottom. What I did was do the cuff and then work from the second skein of yarn every other row on the foot. (Then I used the leftovers from the first skein when I did the second sock.) The only trick was starting the second skein of yarn on the right part of the color pattern so that the colors got mixed.

Just in case you are wondering, I also match stripes on self-striping yarn. We all have our hangups!!!

By: Carrie Anne

Carrie Anne — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:56:23 +0000

Any other suggestions for sock yarns that don’t pool? Personally, I’d enjoy it. However, one of my sock pal’s preferences is no pooling (or not much pooling)….don’t want to run into the same problem:)

By: carola

carola — Wed, 09 May 2007 08:34:43 +0000

Oh, a spiral. It is very common for LL to pool like that. However, I also had socks that I started over and over again because I had just the same effect as you in the ribbing and then it was all “variegated” once I came to knit the actual leg. For the sock pal thing: I would like a undulated colour band around my feet/legs. But, maybe the Monkey sock pattern is a little too much then. I suggest that you either embrace the pooling and go with a plainer pattern (Kristens recommendation ounds great) or try your luck on alterning the yarn from in- and outside the skein. But this can be soooo tedious if you have to rip. Good luck!