Hand Dyed DK Sock Blanks

Description

Our beautiful hand dyed DK sock blanks are loosely knitted using 2 strands of 4ply sock yarn. They are hand dyed and painted to create gorgeous one of a kind colour creations.

This is the perfect choice for knitting a matching pair of socks, gloves or fingerless mittens where you want a perfectly matching pair!

Because it is knitted with 2 strands you will have 2 matching lengths of yarn when you knit with the hand dyed and painted sock blank. You can either knit straight from the sock blank or wind the blank into 2 x 50g balls of yarn first.

When you are knitting from a sock blank the yarn will have some crimp to it that makes your knitted fabric look a little uneven as you’re knitting your project. This relaxes and virtually disappears when you wet block your finished project and the knitted fabric evens out beautifully. I normally allow the garment to soak for at least 30 minutes to make sure the fabric is completely wet. Then block in your normal way.

The Hand Dyed DK Sock Blanks:

• are dyed and painted using professional grade acid dyes
• 4ply sock yarn
• 75% Superwash merino, 25% nylon
• 100g dk sock blank becomes 2 x 50g balls of sock yarn
• 425m total length equalling 2 x 212m
• Needle size: 2-3mm
• Care: Handwash or gentle machine wash at 30 deg Celsius.

Superwash wool is machine washable although if machine washing use a cool wool/delicates cycle and lay flat to dry. I personally choose to hand wash my hand knit items apart from my hand knit socks which are washed in a cool wool cycle. Our hand dyed yarns are always rinsed well after the dyeing process but occasionally you may get some colour bleeding on the first wash particularly with darker colours.