this is june's pick for PSOTMC:
schoppel wolle crazy zauberball (rav linky) in colorway 1507. i loved the teal, burgundy and grey colors in it.
i didn't know what to do with this yarn. i considered it one of my "special" yarns and wanted do something "special" with it. a look-see at the projects gallery on ravelry showed a variety of projects - lots of shawls and socks. i wanted to make a pair of socks, obviously, but didn't want to make a pair of plain old vanilla ones.
after a bit of searching, i decided that i'd make striped socks with zauberball. but, do i make the stripes with opposite ends of the ball (which would mean i'd have to wind it into a cake which i really didn't want to do becos i loved the orbyness of the ball) or alternate the stripes with a solid yarn? i had a couple skeins of plain yarn, and did a little experiment:
i had skeins of brown sheep lambs pride superwash sport (rav linky) in charcoal grey or sable brown. the zauberball has a bit of brown and grey in it, so i did a little test swatch:
the grey won out becos it brightened up the zauberball, while the brown seemed a bit muddy.
now i have to figure out how to knit stripes! i need to think about how to knit the stripes, without jogs. i want to carry the unused yarn along the way becos i don't want to cut the yarns and have dozens of ends to weave in. i also don't want to make a blister-creating ridge in the foot. this is my PSOTMC challenge!
schoppel wolle crazy zauberball (rav linky) in colorway 1507. i loved the teal, burgundy and grey colors in it.
i didn't know what to do with this yarn. i considered it one of my "special" yarns and wanted do something "special" with it. a look-see at the projects gallery on ravelry showed a variety of projects - lots of shawls and socks. i wanted to make a pair of socks, obviously, but didn't want to make a pair of plain old vanilla ones.
after a bit of searching, i decided that i'd make striped socks with zauberball. but, do i make the stripes with opposite ends of the ball (which would mean i'd have to wind it into a cake which i really didn't want to do becos i loved the orbyness of the ball) or alternate the stripes with a solid yarn? i had a couple skeins of plain yarn, and did a little experiment:
i had skeins of brown sheep lambs pride superwash sport (rav linky) in charcoal grey or sable brown. the zauberball has a bit of brown and grey in it, so i did a little test swatch:
the grey won out becos it brightened up the zauberball, while the brown seemed a bit muddy.
now i have to figure out how to knit stripes! i need to think about how to knit the stripes, without jogs. i want to carry the unused yarn along the way becos i don't want to cut the yarns and have dozens of ends to weave in. i also don't want to make a blister-creating ridge in the foot. this is my PSOTMC challenge!
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