Just buck the reigns of convention and knit them out of blue sock yarn. I’m rebellious like that. I recently sorted my stash in Ravelry by age and cast on with some elderly Valley Yarns Huntington. At the time I bought it I was going through a stranded sock phase and bought a few single skeins in solid colors, so naturally by the time the yarn came in the mail I had moved on. Every time I went through my stash my mind cast back to my grand plans of stranded glory.
Recently I’ve been knitting more short socks, and my attention was directed to a pattern called Pink Lemonade by Amy Rapp. It makes a cute pair of short socks with a lacy lozenge pattern running down the side, and is a good way to use up sock yarn that is around 200 yards a skein. My choice of navy was interesting, because for me it’s an absolute bear to knit with in anything but the best light, so there were a few frogging incidents but I’m pretty happy with the end result.
Next up is the wait for Stephen West’s MKAL 2022! This will be my first ever mystery knit-a-long and I am determined, completely determined to knit it from stash yarn. We’ll see how well that resolution holds up, I’ve been looking for an excuse to hit my LYS.