I just found something I'd never heard of before. Flat Feet sock yarn (scroll down for pictures). Essentially, it's sock yarn knit up on a machine, and then hand painted. I've heard of this concept before. I just think it's really clever that someone thought to market it.
But I don't think I'd enjoy knitting it straight from the flat as is recommended. It's hard to keep even tension with crinkly yarn.
i'm with you, i think i'd have to wash it first.
ReplyDeleteIt's not as hard to knit with as you might think - but it does remind one of knitting with Ramen noodles. I'd be more interested in hand dyeing the flat piece!
ReplyDeleteWool2DyeFor (Ravelry) does something similar - she knits long tubes of undyed yarn on the sock machine, then paints it for unraveling and re-knitting.
ReplyDeleteI suppose one could also simply knit the sock in undyed yarn and then paint the sock!
My two cents worth...
ReplyDeleteI test knit this yarn just today. Others did have trouble with the waveyness of the yarn; I knit tensioning my yarn with my little finger which pulls the yarn straight before it ever gets to my needle so it wasn't a problem for me. It still was difficult to do a long-tail cast with this unraveled yarn.
Knits up very nicely with an attractive pattern.
I've got some flat feet at home, I haven't started yet. Keep forgetting about it. Very lovely colors.
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