.... without self-striping sock yarn? To wit - my sample and one of my favourite yarns- Sandnes Garn's Sisu Fantasy. Fingering weight, but not so fine that I had to go so far down in needle size that it would have been more like knitting with wire, and with delightful stripes. This is a Norwegian company and it can sometimes be hard to find this yarn, but so far, so good.
The socks are done from my standard method (which when you think about it is no different from anyone else's) with mock cable heel flaps. Since I wear my hand knit socks with sandals or clogs I like to make use of the heel flap for something decorative if I can.
I've been reading Cat Bordhi's wonderful new book about new sock architectures, and as soon as I'm finished the sock currently on the needles (which is a test knit I'm very excited about), I'm going to try a set of Bartholomew's socks.
