My pair of monkey socks for the January Sockdown at Sock Knitters Anonymous is finally done. Though I love the pattern and am happy with the way the pair has turned out, it you look at the picture, you can see a difference in color richness between the two socks. This happened within the single skein of yarn. The colors in the right sock are somewhat subdued.
There is quite a lot of leftover yarn from this project so I plan to make a pair of sock for my daughter out of that, inshaAllah.
That's great yarn for the pattern, but it is very odd that the color faded like that. I wonder if the skein of yarn sat in the sun for a while, on display or something, and the outer layers faded? Seems like it would be unlikely to dye like that, since the yarn is usually dyed in a hank, right?
ReplyDeleteI think your socks are lovely. If the sock fits all right I wouldn't take it out, everything we do is a learning experience.
ReplyDeleteWow, those are nice!
ReplyDeleteLeave it. . . You knit so quickly that soon another pair will take its place. Socks aren't really "outerwear," so while annoying, will it matter?
ReplyDeleteAssalamu'alaykum sister,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to suggest for you to try and wash your socks, could be dirt, sand you never know. I myself have come across yarn that has had dirt in it before and there is a subtle difference in the color, throughout the yarn.
Also for the future if you suspect that you might have dust, dirt in your yarn. Just put your yarn ball/skein in a nylon stocking and tie it tight like a ball and wash it, it washes it clean insha'Allah. I haven't tried it, but have read that suggestion from somewhere.
Masha'Allah on your socks!
Kindest regards,
Umm Abdulrahman
Thanks everyone! i will try washing the socks to see if evens up the color.
ReplyDeleteI ripped back the toe and knit it up again, anyway. It does not bother me this way, :)