leftover sock yarn & baby socks

I have so many partial skeins of sock yarn leftover that I thought I'd start
making baby socks out of them. I started looking for some patterns online
and came up with this great reference I thought I'd share with you all:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.co...baby_socks.php

There are a couple on there that look promising. But I'd also love to hear
from any of you who have a tried-and-true pattern (gauge of 7-8 sts/inch).

And if you have any other ideas for how to use up all these odds-and-ends of
sock yarn, I'd love to hear them! They are quite a mix of self-patterning
and self-striping yarns, none of which really go together...sigh.

TIA!

LauraJ

Laura,
It is ironic that you have asked this now, as I was just reading some old KnitList Digests that I still have saved on my computer. Someone had asked about a book which has projects to be done in the self-patterning/striping sock yarns, and this book was mentioned: Not Just Socks by Sandi Rosner. I have no idea what the projects are as I have not seen the book. The only thing I have made with this yarn is a tie for my DH., and now I have at least 1 1/4 skeins left.

Janise


"Laura J" wrote in message news:n2c7f.6459$U2.2922@trndny04...
I have so many partial skeins of sock yarn leftover that I thought I'd start
making baby socks out of them. I started looking for some patterns online
and came up with this great reference I thought I'd share with you all:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.co...baby_socks.php

There are a couple on there that look promising. But I'd also love to hear
from any of you who have a tried-and-true pattern (gauge of 7-8 sts/inch).

And if you have any other ideas for how to use up all these odds-and-ends of
sock yarn, I'd love to hear them! They are quite a mix of self-patterning
and self-striping yarns, none of which really go together...sigh.

TIA!

LauraJ

In article n2c7f.6459$U2.2922@trndny04,
Laura J wrote:
I have so many partial skeins of sock yarn leftover that I thought I'd start
making baby socks out of them. I started looking for some patterns online
and came up with this great reference I thought I'd share with you all:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.co...baby_socks.php

There are a couple on there that look promising. But I'd also love to hear
from any of you who have a tried-and-true pattern (gauge of 7-8 sts/inch).

And if you have any other ideas for how to use up all these odds-and-ends of
sock yarn, I'd love to hear them! They are quite a mix of self-patterning
and self-striping yarns, none of which really go together...sigh.

Wristlets seem to be popular nowadays. One of the magazines had a novelty
"scarf" that was just a skinny tube with pompoms on the end.

If you're willing to buy more yarn, or have some sock yarn in plain colors:
You could also use them with a plain white yarn of the same weight and
make a simple pseudo-Fair-Isle stranded pattern with the stripes rainbowing
through the design. If you can match one color in the striped kind, then
the striped part-skein can be a wide stripe in an otherwise plain hat
or scarf.

=Tamar

Janise and Laura , since sock yarns are stronger ,,,, why not make a
knitted bag from them , it is very much in fashion now adays ,,,,,,
Or make a vest with multy colors ,,,,,
I have one sweater which i,made years ago from a basket of hand spun
wools which i got to try, problem was they were not evenly spun....
I made a round yoke for my sweater , using short rows to make the
round ,,, than i knitted back , 2 fronts and sleeves down from the
round yoke, mixing the colors using a round needle and dps
mirjam

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Thank you, Janise, Tamar and Mirjam, for your suggestions!

Janise, I looked up this book at the library but they do not have it so I
will have to search the local bookstores.

Tamar, I like the idea of a plain hat or scarf with some sock yarn stripes.
I do have some plain sock yarn which is waiting to be knit up into a pair of
socks so I will probably have some of that leftover as well. I have enough
variety in the self-striping yarn that it has got to match one of them!

Mirjam, I like the idea of a bag as well! Though I don't particularly like
any of the colors I have available enough to make a whole bag out of them
(nor do I think I would like to mix-and-match) but I might be able to use
Tamar's stripe idea with some other plain yarn.

I did finish one little baby sock last night which came out nicely. Of
course, I don't have a baby to try it on so I have no idea if it will fit
properly! It's 4" from toe to heel which I think might be a little large
for a newborn? But I'll probably keep on making them since I have a lot of
baby gifts coming up - might be nice just to throw an extra little surprise
of teeny tiny socks in with them. I counted up how many partial skeins of
sock yarn I have and there is enough, I think to make 16 pairs of baby
socks - yikes!!! I would be bored out of my mind before I used it all up so
these other project ideas are very welcome!

Thank again!

LauraJ

"Janise" wrote in message
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Laura,
It is ironic that you have asked this now, as I was just reading some
old KnitList Digests that I still have saved on my computer. Someone had
asked about a book which has projects to be done in the
self-patterning/striping sock yarns, and this book was mentioned: Not Just
Socks by Sandi Rosner. I have no idea what the projects are as I have not
seen the book. The only thing I have made with this yarn is a tie for my
DH., and now I have at least 1 1/4 skeins left.

Janise


"Laura J" wrote in message news:n2c7f.6459$U2.2922@trndny04...
I have so many partial skeins of sock yarn leftover that I thought I'd
start
making baby socks out of them. I started looking for some patterns online
and came up with this great reference I thought I'd share with you all:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.co...baby_socks.php

There are a couple on there that look promising. But I'd also love to
hear
from any of you who have a tried-and-true pattern (gauge of 7-8 sts/inch).

And if you have any other ideas for how to use up all these odds-and-ends
of
sock yarn, I'd love to hear them! They are quite a mix of self-patterning
and self-striping yarns, none of which really go together...sigh.

TIA!

LauraJ

laura have you though of making a blanket for you , instead of 16 baby
socks ???
mirjam


Thank you, Janise, Tamar and Mirjam, for your suggestions!

Janise, I looked up this book at the library but they do not have it so I
will have to search the local bookstores.

Tamar, I like the idea of a plain hat or scarf with some sock yarn stripes.
I do have some plain sock yarn which is waiting to be knit up into a pair of
socks so I will probably have some of that leftover as well. I have enough
variety in the self-striping yarn that it has got to match one of them!

Mirjam, I like the idea of a bag as well! Though I don't particularly like
any of the colors I have available enough to make a whole bag out of them
(nor do I think I would like to mix-and-match) but I might be able to use
Tamar's stripe idea with some other plain yarn.

I did finish one little baby sock last night which came out nicely. Of
course, I don't have a baby to try it on so I have no idea if it will fit
properly! It's 4" from toe to heel which I think might be a little large
for a newborn? But I'll probably keep on making them since I have a lot of
baby gifts coming up - might be nice just to throw an extra little surprise
of teeny tiny socks in with them. I counted up how many partial skeins of
sock yarn I have and there is enough, I think to make 16 pairs of baby
socks - yikes!!! I would be bored out of my mind before I used it all up so
these other project ideas are very welcome!

Thank again!

LauraJ

"Janise" wrote in message
. ..
Laura,
It is ironic that you have asked this now, as I was just reading some
old KnitList Digests that I still have saved on my computer. Someone had
asked about a book which has projects to be done in the
self-patterning/striping sock yarns, and this book was mentioned: Not Just
Socks by Sandi Rosner. I have no idea what the projects are as I have not
seen the book. The only thing I have made with this yarn is a tie for my
DH., and now I have at least 1 1/4 skeins left.

Janise


"Laura J" wrote in message news:n2c7f.6459$U2.2922@trndny04...
I have so many partial skeins of sock yarn leftover that I thought I'd
start
making baby socks out of them. I started looking for some patterns online
and came up with this great reference I thought I'd share with you all:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.co...baby_socks.php

There are a couple on there that look promising. But I'd also love to
hear
from any of you who have a tried-and-true pattern (gauge of 7-8 sts/inch).

And if you have any other ideas for how to use up all these odds-and-ends
of
sock yarn, I'd love to hear them! They are quite a mix of self-patterning
and self-striping yarns, none of which really go together...sigh.

TIA!

LauraJ

That is an idea. Though I tend to shy away from blankets because I find
them really boring (when I do make them I crochet since it goes faster - not
sure how the self-patterning yarn will look with crochet!). But thanks for
the suggestion!

And that is 16 PAIRS of baby socks, not 16 socks! Don't worry, I won't make
it all into socks - I would get bored of that too! Actually, I wonder if I
could get a pair of baby socks and a baby hat out of each color I have.
That would make a nice little gift or a nice set I could donate.

LauraJ

"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
...
laura have you though of making a blanket for you , instead of 16 baby
socks ???
mirjam


Thank you, Janise, Tamar and Mirjam, for your suggestions!

Janise, I looked up this book at the library but they do not have it so I
will have to search the local bookstores.

Tamar, I like the idea of a plain hat or scarf with some sock yarn
stripes.
I do have some plain sock yarn which is waiting to be knit up into a pair
of
socks so I will probably have some of that leftover as well. I have
enough
variety in the self-striping yarn that it has got to match one of them!

Mirjam, I like the idea of a bag as well! Though I don't particularly
like
any of the colors I have available enough to make a whole bag out of them
(nor do I think I would like to mix-and-match) but I might be able to use
Tamar's stripe idea with some other plain yarn.

I did finish one little baby sock last night which came out nicely. Of
course, I don't have a baby to try it on so I have no idea if it will fit
properly! It's 4" from toe to heel which I think might be a little large
for a newborn? But I'll probably keep on making them since I have a lot
of
baby gifts coming up - might be nice just to throw an extra little
surprise
of teeny tiny socks in with them. I counted up how many partial skeins of
sock yarn I have and there is enough, I think to make 16 pairs of baby
socks - yikes!!! I would be bored out of my mind before I used it all up
so
these other project ideas are very welcome!

Thank again!

LauraJ

"Janise" wrote in message
.. .
Laura,
It is ironic that you have asked this now, as I was just reading some
old KnitList Digests that I still have saved on my computer. Someone had
asked about a book which has projects to be done in the
self-patterning/striping sock yarns, and this book was mentioned: Not
Just
Socks by Sandi Rosner. I have no idea what the projects are as I have
not
seen the book. The only thing I have made with this yarn is a tie for my
DH., and now I have at least 1 1/4 skeins left.

Janise


"Laura J" wrote in message
news:n2c7f.6459$U2.2922@trndny04...
I have so many partial skeins of sock yarn leftover that I thought I'd
start
making baby socks out of them. I started looking for some patterns
online
and came up with this great reference I thought I'd share with you all:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.co...baby_socks.php

There are a couple on there that look promising. But I'd also love to
hear
from any of you who have a tried-and-true pattern (gauge of 7-8
sts/inch).

And if you have any other ideas for how to use up all these
odds-and-ends
of
sock yarn, I'd love to hear them! They are quite a mix of
self-patterning
and self-striping yarns, none of which really go together...sigh.

TIA!

LauraJ