Autumn Socks and a Must Stash Yarn Giveaway

PROJECT BREAKDOWN

Pattern: Vanilla socks knit to fit my feet (no pattern)

Yarn: Must Stash Yarn & Fiber Sport Sock in the colorway Campfire and Olann Hand Dyed in Ireland MCN Sock in the colorway Quarry

View my project page on Ravelry here. Giveaway details are below.

I loooooove handknit socks, but I am far from an obsessive sock knitter. Socks are like sleeves (also not a fan), only rather than being the rewarding conclusion to a sweater, they are single projects with narrower sections and more turns and finger work. Perhaps it’s the cumbersome quality of working the magic loop (admittedly, I also knit socks two-at-a-time, rendering them even more unwieldy, but if not TAAT I’m pretty sure I’d never complete a pair), but they generally take me forever to finish.

However, these socks practically knit themselves! OK, not quite. But they did work up much faster, which I owe to the sport weight. Add to that the magic of watching the distinctive multi-colored stripes form, and I do in fact have a new obsession: Must Stash Socks sport weight!

Must Stash Yarn dyes up some of the most creative and unique self-striping sock yarn on the market. Last year I knit a pair of socks for Sophie using their Apple Picking colorway, and these remain my daughter’s favorite socks (see post here). This year, I decided I needed a pair for me and selected their Campfire colorway.

Aren’t these autumn-colored stripes brilliant? There are a couple of different shades of orange in there . . . 😍

For theses socks, I followed my typical Vanilla sock setup:

Work the cast-on and increases of the toe (until desired toe box depth is reached) by following the Sample Sock pattern in the book Toe-Up Two-at-a-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes
Knit until the desired foot length is reached and work a Fish Lips Kiss Heel

I will add that my FLK heel turned out a little short (probably because of the sport weight yarn), so I knit a few additional rows of gray on the upper back of the heel, which resulted in a heel that is not quite as neat as I like. However, the fit is great!

Now for the giveaway! One lucky person will win a $35 gift card (the value of one skein) to Must Stash Yarn. Simply write a comment below about anything related to this post, and on Friday 10/25 at 10:00 AM CST I will use a Random Number Generator to select the winner. The gift card will be sent via email. Only one entry per person, please.