May 18, 20181 min read

Go Ask Alice

This seems to be a recurring theme for me: I go to a knitting retreat, get a sock blank, knit a pair of socks with it and go to another retreat to have the photos taken.

Yarngrimoire Sock Blank in "Mad Tea Party"

Last fall at the same retreat these socks were photographed, I purchased a crazy colorful sock blank from the Finnish indie dyer Yarngrimoire. This acid-trippy blank is aptly named "Mad Tea Party".

Knitting the first pair of blanks was so much fun I had a hard time resisting casting this one on immediately. A few weeks later I was looking for a super simple project and this was it: the perfect movie knitting project.

Sock blank socks in Yarngrimoire "Mad Tea Party"

The socks went to see both Blade Runner 2049 and Star Wars Episode VIII but then life intervened, I cast on other projects, and the poor socks had to wait until spring to be picked up again.

I love how the toes start very modestly and then — BOOM — color happens!

I also love how the two heels are like night and day: one with bright yellows and greens.

And the other with dark purples and blues. (I think I prefer this blu-rple heel.) To highlight the short color changes in the yarn, I used linen stitch for the heel flaps.

On Ravelry: Go Ask Alice
Pattern: toe-up vanilla socks with 64 sts, Widdershins Revisited heel with a re-inforced heel flap
Yarn: Yarngrimoire Sock Blank in "Mad Tea Party" (75% merino, 25% nylon), approx. 330 m (78 g)
Needles: 2.5 mm circs