Sock blank, again

Step one: Knit a piece of fabric from two skeins of sock wool (this is what is called a blank)
(2 ways of cheating possible: 1. Buy the knitted fabric, fx. from KnitPicks, 2. knit the fabric on a machine, like I did on a Prym maxi knitting mill)















Step two: Dye the piece of fabric. Make patterns on it - they will knit up in interesting ways! Use Kool-Aid, food coloring or other stuff. See the KnitPicks site for interesting results.

Step three: Knit two socks(or mittens, see previous post) at one time directly from the unraveling blank - alternatively, wind up two balls of yarn from the blank and knit one at the time. You'll end up with two virtually similar socks/mittens.






Step four: Enjoy the result.

Yes you could...

Now, clean up the mess, please.

sock blank

I think it was a post on ravelry from Serena, that first made me discover the idea of a sock blank. Now I am hooked. I even bought a small 'knitting machine' (a so called knitting mill) to make blanks.

More info later but here is one of the early results from sock blank knitting (funny enough, not socks!)