An Experiment in Sock Yarn

While organizing my craft room, I discovered some roving I purchased at Retreat two years ago that was supposed to be spun up into self-striping sock yarn! It was rainbow dyed romney that I painstakingly separated by color and carded on the guild drum carder. So, you can imagine my surprise when I opened the tote and found it glaring up at me in all it's splendid glory.

Okay, so much for organizing the craft room. I took the tote straight to my wheel for spinning. Wait! Now I needed to decide in what order I wanted to spin the colors. Did I want a hodgepodge yarn... Just pick any old color and let the colors fall where they may? Yeah, sure! If you know anything about me, you know my OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) would never, ever, let THAT happen. So, take the tote over to the couch and sort through the colors and put them in the right order. (Of course there's a right order, what's wrong with you normal folks?)

So, without further adieu, here's the result of my experiment in self-striping sock yarn.

I have not knitted up a sample yet, but I believe the length of color may be a little long for socks. Once I knit it up, I'll learn whether the experiment was a success or not. I did spin up only half of the roving so I have enough for another skein. If the colorway is too long for the effect I'm striving for, I may end up spinning the other skein in the reverse color order so I can knit a few rows with skein 1 and a few rows with skein 2.

Oh my! This may end up being a very looooong experiment ~ u