Knitting Patterns for Hand-Dyed Yarn

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Stripe Central Socks
This sock knitting pattern is perfect for a relaxing, vanilla-plus project! Standout stripes are tons of fun, and the pattern makes it super-easy to knit these socks: four foot circumferences, toe-up and cuff-down instructions, measurements for multiple row gauges, and optional mini-gusset shaping all make this a pattern you'll love knitting again and again.
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Choosing Knitting Patterns for Wild Yarns Help Article
This free knitting help article is your ultimate guide to picking the right knitting patterns for the busiest yarns in your stash! How do you know if a variegated yarn will pool when you knit with it? What kinds of patterns won't get lost if you make them with a speckled yarn? It doesn't need to be a big mystery, and you don't have to let that beautiful impulse-buy skein languish. Get the answers to these questions and more in this helpful article!
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Slipper On Socks Knitting Pattern
This fun and easy heavyweight toe-up sock knitting pattern is great for hand-dyed sock yarn and colourful miniskeins! Adjustable in length and height and with optional short-row afterthought-heel gusset shaping for high insteps, these DK-weight knitted socks are a striking but intuitive design to knit, with no-cable-needle cables and helical stripes making the yarns shine.
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Slip On Socks Knitting Pattern
This fun and easy toe-up sock knitting pattern is great for hand-dyed sock yarn and colourful miniskeins! Adjustable in length and height and with optional short-row afterthought-heel gusset shaping for high insteps, these knitted socks are a striking but intuitive design to knit, with no-cable-needle cables and helical stripes making the yarns shine.
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Geode Crystals Shawl
This striped shawl knitting pattern is easy to knit and practical to wear! With a seamless construction from a garter tab, it has a 3/4 circle shape for easy wrapping. Designed for four or more colours with mesh lace, stockinette stitch, and a textured edge, the pattern includes detailed yarn breakdowns by stripe to facilitate using leftovers and minis for a unique final look! A checklist by section and links to technique videos make this accessible to advanced beginner knitters.
This sock knitting pattern with toe-up and cuff-down instructions is ideal for self-striping sock yarn! With a fun colourwork motif on the leg, the foot is plain to show off those stripes. The afterthought heel has optional short row gusset shaping so you can keep your stripes continuous while getting all the fit benefits of extra room at the top of the instep. With four sizes to fit anyone in the family, Dizzy Diamonds is a great vanilla-plus pattern to knit over and over again! Autumn Knitting, Spring Knitting, Diamond Socks, Winter Knitting Patterns, Fall Knitting Patterns, Winter Knitting, Fall Knitting
Dizzy Diamonds Socks
This sock knitting pattern with toe-up and cuff-down instructions is ideal for self-striping sock yarn! With a fun colourwork motif on the leg, the foot is plain to show off those stripes. The afterthought heel has optional short row gusset shaping so you can keep your stripes continuous while getting all the fit benefits of extra room at the top of the instep. With four sizes to fit anyone in the family, Dizzy Diamonds is a great vanilla-plus pattern to knit over and over again!
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Undulatus Socks Knitting Pattern
This fun sock knitting pattern has both toe-up and cuff-down instructions. It uses helical stripes and slipped stitches to create swirling patterns that you can make your own by mixing and matching the order of the charts! All cables are easy to knit without a cable needle, and all slipped stitches are elongated when they are knitted for a comfortable, stockinette-stitch fit. Video tutorials are provided for all necessary techniques for a stress-free project!
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Yocto Socks Knitting Pattern
This sock knitting pattern is a great scrappy socks or stashbuster design, ideal for leftovers from other knitted projects made with sock yarn! An easy, intuitive pattern with as many or as few colour changes as you want, this pattern has very flexible sizing, lots of useful resources, and both toe-up and cuff-down construction options. Use up those scraps today!
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Walk Without Rhythm Socks Knitting Pattern
This sock knitting pattern adds a bit of fun randomness to your project by incorporating rolling a die to make a unique-to-you pattern of diagonal slipped stitches. With both toe-up and cuff-down instructions and lots of flexibility for fit, these vanilla-plus socks with a twist are easy to knit and comfortable to wear!
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Nicobar Socks Knitting Pattern
This toe-up sock knitting pattern lets you be creative with your leftover scrap yarn and make something beautiful! With graded motifs for three sizes, adjustable sizing, and lots of video tutorial links, you'll be surprised how easy it can be to knit these unique socks to a perfect fit.
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Pictum Socks
This sock knitting pattern for self-striping yarn uses bias shaping and elongated slipped stitches to make a pattern that really stands out in a crowd! Easy to knit and fun to wear, these socks will be a unique addition to your knitted sock drawer.
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Just Jealous Socks
This sock knitting pattern has a wild zigzag slipped-stitch pattern that shows off a sensational hand-dyed yarn! Knitted cuff-down with a three-wedge Chinstrap short-row heel, they are adjustable to fit and interesting to knit. Video tutorials are provided for required techniques, including no-cable-needle cables, elongated stitches, short rows, and stretchy cast on. Knit something truly unique today!
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Cedar Sparks Socks
This sock knitting pattern provides both toe-up and cuff-down instructions for making these subtle textured socks with tiny gathered cables. With video tutorials linked for many techniques, this is a pattern that is intuitive to knit, adjustable to fit, and fantastic for hand-dyed yarn!
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Vastness of Space Socks
This easy sock knitting pattern for self-striping yarn has a tidy, well-defined cable that spreads apart as you work from toe to cuff. A fun and intuitive project, these socks are great to knit in front of the TV and they make a fantastic finished project!
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Cozy Sock Knitting Patterns for Winter
Looking for quick sock knitting patterns to keep everyone's feet warm this winter? Check out this collection of heavyweight socks! Perfect for both DK-weight sock yarn or lighter-weight sock yarn held double, all of these socks can be knit in a weekend. Ideal for gift knitting, no matter how late it is in the season, you still have lots of time to make something beautiful and warm for everyone in the family this winter!