Scrappy Fair Isle Ribbon Socks

Got to a point that I was frustrated at the bins of bits and pieces of leftover yarns from my sock knitting. So this past weekend had to start cleaning out and get rid of lengths that really were too short to do much knitting....although amazing what you can do with just 2 yards of a strand of yarn. Fair Isle is the answer and hopefully these will be something that I can do for the next months and put good use to the yarns that I would have tossed. Just never know where your next sock will come from!!!!

UPDATE! And then finished the socks that I think came our great…only to deal with those bits of tail. I show a picture of the sock inside out as actually thought after I wove all those tails it looked pretty interesting on the wrong side! So the only thing I think I was challenged by was those darn tails! anyone have a solution to weaving the tails.

Fair Isle Border Socks Completed!

And finally finished them...They turned out really wonderful and hopefully they will sell in my shop. Good thing I got these done as got 3 orders for the Scrunch Socks....it must be coming into Christmas  as I seem to get orders for the Scrunch Socks around this time. You would think I would know better and just stock load the Scrunch socks but alas the orders are for custom socks so the fit has to be correct. I am on it now!

The Board Sock...Navy, gray and white. Love the pattern.

Fair Isle Border Socks

This weekend started a pair of "Border Socks" a simple Fair Isle stranded pattern from Interweave Knits, 2011 edition. Had wanted to try this out and had a wonderful Navy yarn from Knit Picks. Pattern is using white and grey. Fairly simple and a really nice look. May do this in different combinations as it looks like something that would be popular on Etsy.

Knitting 2 sides at a time.

Fair Isle Socks with After Thought Heel

Fair Isle Men's Socks

And so after doing those polka dot socks I thought I would try these.  These were knitted with Berroco Ultra Fine Alpaca yarn (Peruvian Wool, Fine Alpaca and nylon). I have found that using a finer yarn weight than sock yarns when knitting Fair Isle is less bulky and much more smooth on your foot. These are in combination of Grey, Black and White.   

Had gotten the book Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch from my daughter and loved the way she laid out the various patterns used in socks in the book. This pattern #2 was an example of taking the pattern and just using portions of it for these socks. I also did not do the heel in short rows but used a flat flap heel. The book has many various cable and stitch patterns A good book for your library. 
I love this yarn…very easy to work with and soft and warm and will probably work with this yarn again.