Some of my sock projects were not going as planned, so I returned to this sock project. The yarn is Polwarth that I spun and then dyed following the ideas in Yarns to Dye For. My second dyeing attempt turned out better, at least this yarn is interesting to knit and I do love to knit with my handspun yarn. I reworked this project for a toe-up sock as I want to be sure I will not run out of yarn. I have about 3.5 oz, but it goes from fingering weight to light dk weight. For this toe-up, I casted on 4 sts and worked in stockinette for 8 rows then picked up sts around the strip of fabric. I saw this technique in an Interweave Knits pattern. Instead of M1 increases, I used K1FB increases, every other round, to 60 sts on 2.0 mm Addi Bamboo dpns. I then switched to 2.5 mm Addi 40" Turbo needles. I will return to 2.0 mm needles for the short-row heel. So far, so good, and I am looking forward to wearing some handspun socks.
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