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Mutant Handspun Sock

Here's the followup to my dye experiment from last week. This is the first of two socks using the yarn. I split the hank into equal sized balls using my swift, and knitted till I ran out of the first ball then joined in some Country Garden DK I had left from another sock, and finished it off.

It's so hard to catch in a photograph the colors of this yarn, but it's definitely NOT just one color, it has some nice shading of purple among the blue.

Turns out it's a VERY DENSE yarn and actually knitted like worsted (heavier than the Country Garden), so this is one warm sock! I reinforced the heel with reinforcing thread because it's 100% merino, and meant to do the same to the toe but forgot... what can I say, I was on a conference call while doing it. I wonder if I can go back and duplicate-stitch the toe with the reinforcing thread? I will remember to include it on the other sock, if it seems like I can go back and fix up the first one in this way.

Future spinning goal: Less twist for more loft!! Meanwhile, I'm inordinately excited about knitting with handspun yarn of my very own and I plan to wear these socks all winter long, to work, with clogs.