Chaos socks are what I'm knitting. The idea came to me via Etienne's channel on YouTube, Etienne . He's been knitting up a pair of socks by using up yarn leftovers in random stranded patterns.
Picking colors blindly from a box full of yarns--2 for each pattern, and picking the pattern by tossing a die.
I've got a box of yarn bits and bobs and I pick two for each 5-row band. I don't have a die to generate a random number so I'm using an online random number generator (which randomness is always iffy, but the site I'm using advertises itself as truly random--random.org. I'm dubious because of the first 10 numbers I drew, 5 of them are in the 40s! Hm.)
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| Random bits of left over yarns |
I am selecting the fair isle patterns for my socks from a book in my library called, "Traditional Fair Isle Knitting" (c) 1981 by Sheila McGregor. The book is an encyclopedia of patterns. I'm sticking to the 3-row patterns with a solid line above and below, making a total of 5 rows per pattern.
Most of the yarns I'm choosing from are around DK weight, some a little heavier, some a little lighter. This first sock--experimental, to see if it fits--has 48 stitches cast on and I'm knitting in size 4 needles. I think it's looking pretty good so far, fit wise. Only time will tell.
A fun knit.
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