I have wanted to make a pair of Rainbow Socks for a while. As such, I've accumulated a selection of Rainbow Sock-weight yarns over the last few years.
I've been setting them aside for the last few months and contemplating them with different patterns... I want to show-off the colorway without making it muddy or modifying the stripe thicknesses due to changing round lengths around the heel. Many of the alternate-construction patterns are quite interesting in this regard, but as of the end of March, I decided to make a simple Toe-up, Vanilla Sock, with an Afterthought Heel using Scarlett's Rainbow.
The yarn I chose was acquired at the Estes Park Wool Market last year and dyed locally by a new-to-me artist.
The colorway, Scarlett's Rainbow, is named after the artist's daughter and has a large number of colors in short succession. Which means the color changes every few stitches.
This pattern should work nicely with this colorway, which I think lends itself to a pleasing set of Fraternal Twins, rather than needing to be Identical. If I hold on to that idea, the stress of getting both socks started in the same place of the colorway goes away.... and I am always in favor of reducing stress, no matter how small it may seem. :-)
I initially swatched with US0 needles, which yielded the recommended gauge of 8sts/inch. However, I decided the fabric was too stretchy. So I cast on with US00 needles.
As of this writing, I have two rounds completed per sock and the end-of-rounds are marked.
We are ready for being a travel project and will be Fraternal Twins.
Happy Fiber Arts Friday!
