More Stashbuster Socks

I knit these socks to use up my half skein of Chroma (Pool Party, fingering weight). I paired it with Knit Picks' Stroll fingering weight in the Majestic color. It looks blue on the KP web site but it is really a rich, deep purple. These photos do not manage to show the color as its best either. Anyway, I love the color so much I just bought a few more skeins. The Stroll I've purchased recently really seems softer.

I still have some more of the Chroma left and the socks used about 1 1/3 skeins of Stroll. I used 60 sts and size 3.0 dpns but they are too big for my narrow feet. I think I'll give these as a gift instead.

Bubbles seems to approve.

Striped Chroma Socks

I'm finally done fixing my blog template. I ended up with something simple although I do like the big photo of Ms. Bubbles overseeing the proceedings.

Here's a very easy way to add color to a pair of plain vanilla socks. I used two skeins of Knit Picks' fingering weight Chroma, Regency and Pool Party, and THIS free pattern for these socks. 

For some reason I like the fingering weight Chroma better than the worsted weight; it seems more springy. I think if you bought three skeins of Chroma (in different colorways) you could do three pairs of these socks, all in different color combos.

I normally don't like multi-colored yarns but my opinion of yarns with longer color changes seems to be improving. I may also buy some Mochi Mochi and Noro Kureyon sock to use for stranded socks. Jimmy Beans Wool currently has the Noro Kureyon sock yarn on sale for 40% off.

Turkish-Patterned Cap

I ordered some of Knit Picks' Chroma yarn to test out for colorwork. This is the Turkish-Patterned Cap from Charlene Schurch's excellent book Hats On! I used size 4 (US) needles and Cascade 220 in black and Chroma worsted weight in the mid-winter colorway.

There is still a lot of the Chroma left (see above) so I think I'll also do some stranded fingerless mitts.

The single-ply Chroma was a lot softer than I expected although I wish it was more elastic.

This shows the colors the best. I only did one repeat of the chart before the crown decreases. The decreases are a bit confusing -  I started the decreases one stitch before the row marker for the beginning of the row.