Diamond Sock Blanks - 5 x 100g BLANKS

Our Diamond Sock is a gorgeous, high-twist, silk-Merino blend, with a pearly sheen. The yarn is super soft and shiny. It takes the dye really well and speckles can be achieved. It also works well for glazing techniques. The knitted fabric has a soft shine and a lovely drape. It is perfect for accessories and sweaters, and would be great for light, summer projects.

Sock blanks should be soaked in very warm water to loosen the knitted fabric prior to dyeing. This is the key to ensuring that the dye saturates the yarn.

Sock blanks can be dyed or painted in a variety of ways. Making horizontal dye patterns will yield wider sections of color in the final knitted fabric, where vertical or diagonal applications of color will give a more varied appearance in the final kniit fabric. Blanks can be used to create self-striping yarns.

The blank can be unravelled easily from one end (there is a right end and a wrong end – the wrong end has a lock stitch at both edges and won't unravel smoothly). The knitter can knit directly from the dyed blank, or the blank can be wound into a ball for a more traditional approach.