Symmetrical Stripes
A cold and blustery day had me inside under the covers knitting to warm up from time to time.
I am enjoying these stripes so much!!!
I like that they are symmetrical. This comes from dyeing the very large skein from the warping board in segments from end to end like the skein is a long rectangle.
The resulting stripes are as follows:
Blue, green, white, orange, brown, white, gold, white, brown, orange, white, green, blue
To make a non symmetrical, but repeated pattern you need to take the large skein, and take meter-long segments around the circle and dye them in order in the round.
The resulting stripes would be as follows:
Blue, green, white, orange, brown, white, gold, blue, green, white, orange, brown, white, gold.
It’s always a curious thing how these stripes will work out at the heel…can’t wait to see!
Tags: dyeing, knitting, natural dyes, socks, tutorial
