Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Sock Yarn



I have often pondered over what a sweater would be like knitted in yarn meant for socks. I came across this lovely hand dyed merino sock yarn and decided to give it a shot. This is what I did with it. I really like these colours.

29 comments:

NJ Rainy said...

Colin,

That is just beautiful - SOOO colorful and yet subtle.

Great Job !
Loraine

Anonymous said...

Wow, Colin, that's a beautiful sweater! I love the colours. Well done :) I also love your aran pattern. Can't wait to see the final project.

Anonymous said...

Nice enough jumper but colours don't really suit as looks tooooooo eyesore.

anno said...

the sweater is gorgeous, Colin. it must have taken forever! how much yarn did it take?

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, beautiful sweater. Love the colors too!

Anna

Anonymous said...

Very nice - good idea!

Judy

Anonymous said...

Colin,



For shame on you! That is a beautiful sweater! However, you left out all the details!!! How many sts/inch did you get? What size is the sweater? How long did it take you? Was it all one piece or did you have to do seaming? What was the pattern?



It is beautiful. I would love to do a sweater like that, however, with my ample figure it would take me years…and years…and years…



Hugs,

tammy

Monika said...

This Pullover looks fantastic!

Anonymous said...

Very nice! (My favorite is still the tunic you posted pics of June 25th though. :-)

Anonymous said...

It must have cost a fortune to do as that yarn is very expensive, even to make a pair of socks.
Agnes

Anonymous said...

Love those colors, Colin. That is a great looking
sweater. It reminds me of a sweater I hand knit for
one on my boys when they were small.

Anonymous said...

Nice sweater again, Colin. The yarn reminds me very much of some that were very popular in the '70s but this is much nicer as the ones in the 70s were apt to make huge zig-zag type patterns unless you knitted alternately from two balls.

Lovely colours, do you know who dyed the yarn?

Anonymous said...

LOVED the sock yarn sweater
so pretty!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hello.
Everything you touch turns into a piece of art. It is another beautiful sweater.
You made me jealous.
Happy knitting.
Linda

Anonymous said...

Colin,

your work is just awesome. You are so talented. I like your results with the sock yarn. I also like your Aran pattern and the raglan you knot

michael

Anonymous said...

Colin,

If I could knit like you, I'd have to put the air conditioner down to
about 60 so I could wear sweaters all the time. The only problem
would be going out into the 97 degree heat.

I love your sweaters.

Iris

Anonymous said...

Very pretty Colin. It reminds me of a sweater I had back in around 1972. It was the same colours, in a space dyed yarn, only had a short zipper with a peace sign zipper pull at the neck. I loved it.

Chris

Angie said...

That is so inspiring Colin..I love so many sock-yarns but can't knit socks.I just have to choose a colour combination now. ! angie.

Anonymous said...

Colin
You do beautiful work !!
Your attention to details is
impeccable!!!
judi

Anonymous said...

This is Gorgeous! Your work is wonderful, as is your dog Moon. Thanks for sharing your art with us! Paula

Anonymous said...

OMG!!! This is so fabulous that I am practically drooling over my keyboard--I am so impressed. There are lots of odd-looking machine knit garments; the sweaters *you* make give Machine Knitting the best name it could possibly have. I want to knit just like you :-)
cheers from Lisa

Anonymous said...

WHOA!! This is HANDKNIT?? What beautiful even stitches--wonderful job! I assumed it was machine knit because it looks so perfect :-)
cheers,
Lisa

Mary-Lou said...

Lovely sweater - details of the yarn (great colours btw) would be really good

Anonymous said...

Colin, I am finally returning to Mk'ing and my Yahoo groups after sustaining a broken arm, and what a delight it was to see your new sweater! I LOVE that yarn, and the sytle is timeless. Thanks for your inspiration, as always.
Regards,
Kathy

Anonymous said...

The colors look great on this sweater. This sock yarn is great for sweaters
if this is how they will look.

Anonymous said...

A great sweater--funky in the best possible way!

Anonymous said...

Colin, as usual this is beautiful work. I wish I knew how you have magically got 72 hours in every day as I just cannot fathom out how you produce so many lovely garments as well as looking after those puppies.

Anonymous said...

I agree it's beautiful! As for his productivity.... I think Colin must have trained his puppies to knit

Anonymous said...

I really like the pullover you made with that! Who said one has to knit
only certain things with certain yarns anyhow? That is the beauty of
knitting: you can be creative and imaginative.