Generally, leftovers are a nice thing. An easy meal when we're tired and don't feel like cooking. It turns out that left over sock yarn is also a very nice thing.
Pattern: Basic stockinette sock, switching colors every eleven rows when there was enough yarn.
Yarn: Collinette Jitterbug, Koigu, Yarn Nerd 900 MHz, Dale Baby Ull, Sundara Sock, Socks that Rock Lightweight and Silkie, Tess Supersock, Brooks Farm Acero, All Things Heather, Apple Laine Apple Pie, and Claudia's Handpainted.
Needles: US Size 1
I chose size 1 Needles because I knew that all of these yarns would make a nice fabric at this size. My gauge didn't significantly differ between yarns. All of the yarns are wool, but some are mixed with silk, viscose or nylon.
I chose the colors as I went along, and I think they worked out nicely. The colors I like tend to go together, so I didn't have a difficult time of it. I tried to minimize the muticolored yarns I used, as I thought the solids were more striking.
The only problem with these socks? All the ends to weave in. Once I got started, though, it was fairly quick work. (Click on the picture below to see descriptions of each yarn I used.)
It just so happened that I got a new pair of shoes the day after I finished these socks. I think they're a great match!
Wow, look at all of those ends! The socks are way cute in those shoes. Keen?
Posted by: tiennie | February 04, 2008 at 05:40 PM
Cute socks!
Posted by: Linda | February 04, 2008 at 05:59 PM
The socks look great, but all the ends would be the death of me. Do tell more about those fabu shoes, though!
Posted by: Anne | February 04, 2008 at 06:31 PM
The end result is gorgeous, so the ends were a small price to pay, right? :)
Posted by: Nora | February 04, 2008 at 06:45 PM
These are charming - nice idea! Thank you for the inspiration - Wollmeise leaves such generous leftovers, maybe even chidren's socks?
Posted by: stacey | February 04, 2008 at 08:32 PM
cute
Posted by: Bea | February 04, 2008 at 09:32 PM
Wow, very cool!! And that picture with all the ends -- very scary!!
Posted by: Dave | February 04, 2008 at 09:48 PM
excellence. Another nice way to use up the leftover of yarn.
Posted by: handknit168 | February 04, 2008 at 09:54 PM
Fun, fun, fun!! That picture with the ends is going to give me nightmares though!
Posted by: Kirsten | February 04, 2008 at 10:50 PM
I like the look of the stripes of leftover yarns! Maybe I'll have to give this a try, I've definitely built up a fair share of leftovers...thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: whitney | February 05, 2008 at 06:55 AM
what a great idea! I keep telling myself I'll make a pair like this. I like that you deliberately striped yours. Likey likey...all those ends are worth it I think - marvelous!
Posted by: stacey | February 05, 2008 at 07:57 AM
Wow, that's a medusa head of ends to weave in. The socks came out great and look wonderful with your new shoes. Are those Keene's?
Posted by: Kim | February 05, 2008 at 10:37 AM
I feel faint looking at all those ends! But you did a great job with them, because the finished socks really do look like they came from a single (if very loud) self-striping skein. ;-)
Posted by: Beth S. | February 05, 2008 at 01:42 PM
I love these socks! I've been thinking about doing something similar, so thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: terhi | February 05, 2008 at 01:42 PM
The shoe/sock combo is awesome! I still can't believe you had to sew in all those ends...
Posted by: Jessica | February 05, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Gah! That ends photo makes me cringe!
The socks turned out super cute! I've seen some seriously ugly leftovers socks, but yours are nothing of the sort.
Posted by: kelp! | February 05, 2008 at 04:37 PM
Very cute! That's such a great way to use leftovers.
Posted by: sharon | February 05, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Whoa the photo with the ends are the stuff of nightmares! However, the next one is super-cute. I love the shoes very much.
Posted by: Sacha | February 05, 2008 at 09:41 PM
I love them! And now I know why I've been putting those little left over balls in a bag together.
Posted by: amy | February 06, 2008 at 06:44 AM
You know, these are pretty fantastic. But the ends....
Posted by: nova | February 06, 2008 at 01:49 PM
OMFG. I'm so impressed that you would weave in all those ends. You may have inspired me. I'm like the cheapest knitter ever. I want to use EVERY.LAST.INCH. Heh. This might require a trip to the remnant box...
Posted by: Elinor | February 06, 2008 at 09:11 PM
These are awesome! But man those ends made me cringe!!
Posted by: Oiyi | February 07, 2008 at 04:29 AM
Love 'em! And they're extra cute with your new shoes.
Posted by: Ariel | February 11, 2008 at 01:20 PM
Looove the scrappy socks. Check out this cool post on how to weave in the ends as you go along, I think it makes things less painful at the end. http://sockpr0n.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-weave-in-ends-while-knitting.html
Posted by: misa | February 12, 2008 at 10:00 AM