I am especially pleased with these. They are the result of my first adventure with home dyeing. I used Kool Aid and I used a syringe to drop the colours on DRY yarn.I then wrapped in cling film and nuked for several minutes. 
The yarn is 80% Merino and 20% Bamboo, probably my favourite mix. I knitted it on 1.75mm Hiya Hiya circular needles. They are knitted toe up using my Andersson Construction Method with the Andersson heel Mach II (revised). I would probably choose to use 2mm needles next time.
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Good Job Colin. I love the colors and the color treatment. The socks are, as always, so beautifully knitted.
The did turn out like we'd imagined! So very pretty. I have some sock blanks from KnitPicks and I bet if I spent awhile dropping color randomly, they'd turn out like that, too. Thanks for inspiring me!
Colin - Love the effect you got with your yarn J And welcome to the world
of playing with colour!!
Colin,
Very nice! That is how I pictured them too!
Susan in the very rainy Redwood Forest
They're lovely. OK, the addiction, (to dyeing) is well and truly started.
Love them. I'm wondering, did you just have the hank spread loosely, and you dropped randomly, or did you use the syringe for precision in a 'planned randomness'.
I've seen the koolaid method before- it's been hard to believe it is as easy as they make it appear. I am glad it really is- I'll have to give it a try.
Sabine
OH! My goodness......I can only think *yummy*!!!
Your socks are beautiful and simply delicious looking!
Knitman, those look wonderful kinda like confetti. Glad troubles are just about cleared up. I have almost finished all my Holiday knitting. Won't start any thing except socks of course! lol until Jan 2010!! Paula
Really fabulous dye job. They are as beautiful as anything I have seen in the store or elsewhere.
Oh, I love those! I could totally use a pair of those for my new clogs. You got a much better result with your Kool-Aid dyeing than I've ever managed.
They are delicious!
wow those are sooo pretty if only they were less wooly... I itch just looking at them
Lovely job Colin. I love the colours.
FiaKnit
Beautiful yarn; brilliant job!
I love a wool/bamboo sock yarn, too. Here in the States we have a brand called Deborah Norville Serenity sock yarn -- the softest I've ever knitted with.
I love the colors! Wonderful dying job.
Wow, those are cool! You amaze me! Take care,Beth
These are gorgeous! I love the way the dye turned out! Anxious to hear how well they wash! And thank God for your good news! Sometimes the world does keep turning and in the correct direction…
They turned out fantastic. Love the colors. Yvonne
Lovely socks, Colin! I see you got some interesting pooling, too, which gives sort of a magical twinkle to them. Very pretty. It's not fair that some folks have all the talent and other of us just plug away (not to say that my socks aren't great, they're just not original or magical.)
Happy Holiday Season,
Frankie
Colin, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE The Autumn Changes socks. The colors are so festive.
JaniceB
OH Colin, what a wonderful job you did with your first pair of Kool-aid "dyed" socks. Congratulations!
Cherie in Everett WA
Colin your socks are great. I like the way that they knitted up.Thank you for your help with my measuremnts. I'm so glad things are better for you and John. So glad your home has been saved. Thanks again for your help and kindness.
Gwenda from Oklahoma
Very nice, Colin. Bravo!
Ronda (In TX)
Colin -
Those are gorgeous!
I love the way that they turned out.
Kelly
Oh, very nice socks, Colin!
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