Thrifty Marla's Socks

thrifty Marla

longed for colour

in her cozy little parlour

so she squeezed some beets left over

and the walls she painted over

then she strained some spinach after

on she painted, full of laughter!

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Have you got scraps and remnants of Nutiden yarns too beautiful to discard, too small to knit anything useful? Consider Thrifty Marla’s solution.

This easy and versatile sock pattern takes advantage of the special properties of Nutiden yarns to create a unique colour palette by ‘thrifting’ remnants of previous Nutiden projects and blending them together into rich and complex personalised colourways.

Worked from the toe up, this pattern offers options for standard mid-calf length socks, for knee-high ‘boot socks’, or for dramatic over-the-knee stockings, without disrupting or over-stretching the ribbed pattern. This is accomplished using the same hidden increases technique featured in the Expanding Rib Beanie. It is ‘invisible,’ and surprisingly simple.