Commonwealth Games
2022 was the year the Commonwealth Games was hosted by our very own city. While the Games were underway, a walk around the city centre was a riot of colour as everything seemed to have been given a technicolour makeover. As a colour junkie, I couldn’t resist creating a self striping colourway that embraced the vibrant colour explosion that enveloped the city. The finished socks as shown in the photo have a contrast heel in King’s Heath and toe in Harborne, both stops on the 11 bus route.
2022 was the year the Commonwealth Games was hosted by our very own city. While the Games were underway, a walk around the city centre was a riot of colour as everything seemed to have been given a technicolour makeover. As a colour junkie, I couldn’t resist creating a self striping colourway that embraced the vibrant colour explosion that enveloped the city. The finished socks as shown in the photo have a contrast heel in King’s Heath and toe in Harborne, both stops on the 11 bus route.
2022 was the year the Commonwealth Games was hosted by our very own city. While the Games were underway, a walk around the city centre was a riot of colour as everything seemed to have been given a technicolour makeover. As a colour junkie, I couldn’t resist creating a self striping colourway that embraced the vibrant colour explosion that enveloped the city. The finished socks as shown in the photo have a contrast heel in King’s Heath and toe in Harborne, both stops on the 11 bus route.
Yarn base
100% Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply / sock 100g skeins (approx 350m)
Our non superwash yarn is spun in Yorkshire from British fleece and hand dyed in small batches in Birmingham. Whilst colour consistency between batches is good, due to the dyeing process no two skeins will be identical and there may be slight colour variations between batches. It is therefore recommended that you buy enough yarn from the same batch to complete your projects and that you alternate skeins every other row.
Once you have completed your garment, it is recommended that you handwash your finished item in lukewarm water with your wool wash of choice and lay your washed garment flat to dry. Although the yarn is thoroughly rinsed after dyeing, some slight colour bleed may occur at first wash.
I photograph my yarn in natural daylight, however colour variations can occur between monitors.