If you watched my most recent Coffee with Stacey, you’ll know that I absolutely love knitting socks from self-striping yarn.
My go-to sock yarn, Knit Picks Felici (shown above), has been discontinued. Self-striping yarn is hard to find… it’s difficult to dye and some beautiful ones are stunning but not suitable for socks.
So I thought it would be fun to post a list of delicious self-striping sock yarn!
Can you tell I’m shopping?
- Quaere
- String Theory Colorworks
- Lollipop Yarn
- The Lemonade Shop
- Manic Pixie Dream Yarn
- Twisted Limone
Have you tried any of these?
Or have a favorite to recommend? I want to hear it!
If you love beautiful rainbow-y socks, you’ll probably also want to follow Susan B. Anderson’s blog… she does lots of lovely knitting!
My go to self striping sock yarn is from a fellow Canuck who has a shop on etsy – Turtlepurl. She has gorgeous shades and they knit or crochet up wonderfully.
I have a few; The Wool Barn – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheWoolBarn, Nicole C Mendez – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NicoleCMendez, Stray Cat Socks – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/StrayCatSocks and Fab Funky Fibres – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FabFunkyFibres. I also have a quite a few self striping socks made from Regia yarn which is machine washable and wears like iron. I highly recommend the Design Line ranges.
I’m knitting a pair of socks in comic strip by Turtlepurl right now, and love it https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/turtlepurl. I’m also really fond of a pair of socks that I made in Zitron Unisono, I’m not sure it’s really self-striping but the colour blocks were great http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ashtree22/basic-toe-up-socks-with-a-heel-flap—fingering-weight-yarn
Oooh, thanks for the links!
You absolutely must check out Canon Hand Dyes, whose Etsy shop is theamyleeshow (https://www.etsy.com/shop/theamyleeshow?ref=l2-shopheader-name). She makes amazing self-striping in a variety of colors, as well as gorgeous non-striping yarns. Her Ravelry group is wonderful
Thanks for the link!