Sock yarn have become among today’s most beautifully crafted yarns available. Their variety is unlimited. You can get dyed varieties like oatmeal, pumpkin, blood orange, midnight blue, forest green, grey, sand sea foam, sea grey, teal, pink, sky blue, and a plethora of others. When you consider the impulse buys at your stash, these single skeins which once just had to sneak home with you, are sock yarn, and what you really love about them is their hue, whether be it hot pink, speckled, or soft mauve, all of these are perfect for your fashion needs.
For sock yarn knitters, sock yarn offers the best flexibility when starting out a project as compared to other yarn options such as lace, wool, silk, or cotton. This is because sock yarn is stretchable, meaning that it will conform to your body and its curves as you work up a new pair of socks. This also means that the finished product will be of much higher quality since the material won’t bunch up in areas and get tangled up. Many experienced knitters swear by the various sizes of needles required for knitting with sock yarn, some call for larger needles than others; however, no matter what your experience with knitting, you’ll find that working with it on a swatch basis works best for you, and it’s easier to work with larger numbers of stitches to produce a consistent size and thickness throughout the project.
The versatility of socks only seems to grow. They are being used for everything from garter belts to baby socks and everywhere in between. It doesn’t matter what your experience with knitting is, you’ll quickly learn that there is no better way to curl up a pair of socks then by wrapping them around your waist and tying them off at the shank. If you haven’t tried working with this versatile yarn before, now is definitely the time to take advantage of it!