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Super Stellar Space Invader socks! Game On!

Drawn to the look of Norwegian black and white stranded knitting, but think Xs and Os are better left to Henry VIII and Ms. Réage? Want to get retro with your needles, but feel leg warmers are a little too Flashdance? Need a little jail bait striping in your life, but not the record? Just want the neatest 2D feet this side of the century? These may just be the socks for you...or someone you love.

Each sock has a different chart for its cuff and plenty of possibility. Work them as written, or mirror one chart for an alternate universe pair. Use a variegated yarn when knitting the grimmees for a stained glass effect. Raid your leftovers for a rainbow look. Change the positioning of the repeating invaders on each sock. Substitute purls for stranded knitting for a very subtle impression.

There are plenty of choices and ways to make these socks yours, including a number chart to immortalize your own high score.

Take this yarn and dye it!

A guide to creating your own hand painted yarn.

Ever had a desire to create your own variegated yarns? Mix exactly the colors you want on exactly the yarn you want, to create something uniquely your own? You’ve come to the right place. For years I thought it would be too messy, too complicated, and too expensive to dye my own yarns. I was wrong. What it is, is fun. With a potential for mess, sure, but it’s FUN! And did I mention, fairly inexpensive?

Below are three common ways to make handpainted yarns; I’ve arranged them in order of difficulty, though none of them are truly hard to do. The only real dangers are making a mess, felting the yarn (though that’s easily avoided by using superwash), or making something ugly. The yarn police won’t come after you for making ugly yarn. Come on, give it a try.