Who wants a chance to win three skeins of self-striping from Biscotte and Cie? You know you do!
Tell me in the comments below about your favorite, non-sock way to use self-striping yarns, and I'll randomly choose a winner. Links to patterns and projects are as always appreciated. Contest closes next Friday (that's the 31st) at noon EST, so don't take too long to answer!
I get such pleasure from knitting scarves from self striping sock yarn - I am easily amused. I usually do a tube for a double layer of warmth.
Posted by: Terri | July 25, 2015 at 03:08 PM
Hats, for sure!
Posted by: mgladueflys | July 25, 2015 at 03:13 PM
I haven't used a striping yarn for anything other than socks yet, but I think fingerless mitts would be a perfect non-sock use!
Posted by: Suzy | July 25, 2015 at 03:15 PM
I like using striping sock yarn for shawls
Posted by: Marissa | July 25, 2015 at 03:21 PM
You mean there are other things you can knit besides socks? :-) Mittens or baby hats are good choices if you feel you have to knit a non-sock item (I don't know why that would be though!)
Posted by: Shelley | July 25, 2015 at 03:22 PM
The last non-sock object that I knitted from sock yarn was the ABABA scarf, which delighted its recipient. I've also made gloves from sock yarn, and have plans to try a sweater from heavy sock yarn. (But, truth be told, I really like making sock yarn into socks!)
Posted by: Melissa | July 25, 2015 at 03:37 PM
I love playing around with different shawl shapes with self-striping yarns. It's fun to see the stripes play out in varying lengths as you increase/decrease, as opposed to a set amount of rounds over a sock.
Posted by: Michelle | July 25, 2015 at 03:40 PM
I like to do scarves with it also. Something simple to show off the stripes.
Posted by: Labrista | July 25, 2015 at 03:41 PM
I've never knit anything except socks with self-striping yarn but I'd love to knit myself a cute shrug or tank top for next spring.
Posted by: Erica Engle | July 25, 2015 at 03:48 PM
I would almost always choose socks for self-striping yarn, but a simple hat would be fun too.
Posted by: Alison | July 25, 2015 at 03:54 PM
hats and fingerless mitts for little girls
Posted by: cheryl | July 25, 2015 at 03:56 PM
Hats and fingerless gloves.
Posted by: Iris M | July 25, 2015 at 04:05 PM
kind of odd, but I like to knit boyshorts! thanks for this chance to win!
Posted by: m | July 25, 2015 at 04:11 PM
I love to knit sweaters for my little granddaughter from self-striping yarn.
Posted by: Leta | July 25, 2015 at 04:35 PM
I like to make baby blankets with self striping sock yarn! Particularly the zig zag pram blanket
Posted by: Kate | July 25, 2015 at 04:37 PM
Hats!
Posted by: emily | July 25, 2015 at 04:56 PM
Scarves and hats, both! It's fun to watch the colors change. But the scarves have to be rectangular. The triangle ones I love not just look wonky with striping yarn.
Posted by: Merna | July 25, 2015 at 05:09 PM
I enjoy knitting baby sweaters, hats, and mitts with self striping yarn. My favorite hat pattern is Margo's Hat by Aimee Alexander of Polka Dot Sheep. http://images4-d.ravelrycache.com/uploads/getknitty/305462979/margo3_square.jpg
Posted by: Leslie | July 25, 2015 at 05:21 PM
Fingerless mitts!
Posted by: sprite | July 25, 2015 at 05:39 PM
Fingerless mitts and hexipuffs. I'd like to use SS to make a baby sweater (baby vertebrae?) but have been too sock-focused with my self striping stash so far!
Posted by: Sarah (3Trees) | July 25, 2015 at 06:30 PM
I love my self-striping fingerless mitts/knucks. Each finger/knuck made out of a different color stripe makes me smile.
Posted by: Renee | July 25, 2015 at 06:32 PM
Fingerless mitts.
Posted by: Ada | July 25, 2015 at 06:54 PM
I made a Wingspan with CP Mini Mochi. I also have made fingerless mittens with self striping yarn.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/elf627/wingspan
Posted by: Elaine | July 25, 2015 at 07:27 PM
I love baby sweaters and hats with bright stripes!
Posted by: Jenny | July 25, 2015 at 07:30 PM
Socks are number 1 but I also like to make the Hitchhiker shawl with really stripey yarns!
Posted by: Sue | July 25, 2015 at 07:46 PM
I am a huge shawl fan and have made many from sock yarn. I also love the Sockhead hat.
Posted by: RuthAnn Cromwell | July 25, 2015 at 07:46 PM
I love shawls.
Posted by: Cheryl | July 25, 2015 at 07:50 PM
Knitted a couple simple scarves but now knitting a Boomerang shawlette and like how the yarn looks in the pattern.
P.S. Love the Strawberry Shortcake colorway.
Posted by: Elizabeth | July 25, 2015 at 08:07 PM
Shawls and fingerless mitts...thanks for the give away!
Posted by: Wendy TC | July 25, 2015 at 08:20 PM
Baby sweaters and mittens.
Posted by: Jenny K | July 25, 2015 at 08:24 PM
Once I knitted a pair of fingerful gloves with selfstriping sock yarn.
They were done sideways on straight needles so the fingers had to be sewn but they were great fun to knit.
Posted by: mary | July 25, 2015 at 08:27 PM
Fingerless mitts!
Posted by: Lisa W | July 25, 2015 at 08:34 PM
hats and shawls!
Posted by: Lynn | July 25, 2015 at 08:35 PM
I haven't really used selfstriping yarn much, but I would try some of the off-grain fingerless mitt patterns like these ones on Ravelry.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hexagon-mitts-3
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/starburst-mitts
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/orthogonal-mitts
Posted by: Karina | July 25, 2015 at 08:38 PM
Hats!!! You keep the stripe action and you get to wear it somewhere everyone can see it! Perfect!
Posted by: Christine | July 25, 2015 at 09:19 PM
I have used self striping yarn in a short row scarf and a few shawls.
Posted by: Maureen | July 25, 2015 at 09:29 PM
I love to make teeny tiny amigurumi from self striping sock yarn. Especially itteh bitteh kittehs, lizards and snails. Endless fun.
Posted by: Sue Boisvert | July 25, 2015 at 09:51 PM
I've been meaning to weave, so I think a stripy scarf
Posted by: MaryEllen | July 25, 2015 at 09:51 PM
Hats! I think your Chevron Baby Blanket would look really nice in a self-striping yarn.
Posted by: Patricia Richardson | July 25, 2015 at 09:56 PM
cool hats
Posted by: Cindy Carpenter | July 25, 2015 at 10:25 PM
Other then socks, I have only used self-striping yarn for fingerless mitts. I LOVE making socks with it.
Posted by: Ramona | July 25, 2015 at 10:28 PM
I've made a cowl and fingerless mitts with self striping yarn. Love them both!
Posted by: PatW | July 25, 2015 at 10:39 PM
Small accessories as gifts are a great way to use up small bits.
Posted by: Julie V. | July 25, 2015 at 10:45 PM
Self-striping yarns are great for cowls and scarves. I love the idea of making fingerless mitts with them too.
Posted by: Jenny Bezingue | July 25, 2015 at 10:54 PM
I'm just so in love with self striping for socks, that I've barely used it any other way. I think I did a hat, one scarf and a baby kicking sack—which I think I will frog and reknit as socks.
Posted by: Sue | July 25, 2015 at 11:12 PM
I'm working on a shawl, but mitts are always great in self stripping
Posted by: Matt | July 25, 2015 at 11:21 PM
The sock hat and fingerless mitts, for sure!
Posted by: Nancy | July 25, 2015 at 11:26 PM
Boring answer, I know, but mittens.
Posted by: ikkinlala | July 25, 2015 at 11:35 PM
You know, the only thing I've really knit with self-striping sock yarn that isn't socks......I think was a baby hat. No, wait, I did make a pair of fingerless mitts using self-striping sock yarn :)
Posted by: Renee Anne | July 26, 2015 at 12:08 AM
Monster Cowls,have made 2 and they look really great!
Posted by: angela | July 26, 2015 at 12:12 AM
I haven't used striping yarn ever, so it would be nice to try. The stripes look so cool when knitted up. I would want to knot socks.
Posted by: y | July 26, 2015 at 01:41 AM
hats and shawls
Posted by: Clarissa Ong Magbuhat | July 26, 2015 at 03:06 AM
Love to use self striping yarns for mittens and hats!
Posted by: Jane | July 26, 2015 at 04:18 AM
I use self striping yarn in scarves I crochet and knit.
Posted by: Carla S | July 26, 2015 at 05:01 AM
I love to make hats!
Thanks!
Posted by: Joan | July 26, 2015 at 08:24 AM
I like them for bags
Posted by: craftyone | July 26, 2015 at 08:49 AM
I like to use self-striping yarn to make fingerless mitts...an easy, quick gift for birthdays or whatever. My next project though is a tank top.
Posted by: Lara Dillard | July 26, 2015 at 09:00 AM
Skinny scarfs are my favorite. I have quite the collection
Posted by: Sue Blanchard | July 26, 2015 at 09:05 AM
Basilic (by Biscotte and Cie) is my favorite self striping yarn pattern. It is a scarf pattern.
Posted by: Andrea | July 26, 2015 at 09:41 AM
I like knitting mittens from sock yarn held together with a strand of lace weight mohair. So warm and cozy.
Posted by: Anne Marie | July 26, 2015 at 10:08 AM
I love doing a sideways shawl with the striping yarns. I think next I'll try mittens, or at least fingerless mitts.
Posted by: Dawn | July 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM
Lately I have tried making infinity scarves out of stripe yarn; they come out kind of cool!!!!!!
Posted by: Jeanne | July 26, 2015 at 10:59 AM
Mittens and fingerless mitts.
Posted by: Ann | July 26, 2015 at 10:59 AM
Hats and fingerless mitts
Posted by: Diana Kalar | July 26, 2015 at 11:41 AM
I like to knit mittens with self striping sock yarn, especially for children.
Posted by: Debbie | July 26, 2015 at 11:50 AM
Stripe-y mittens!
Thank you for this giveaway!
Posted by: Abby | July 26, 2015 at 11:59 AM
I like to make hats - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/yarnster or Sockhead or a basic stripped beanie. I usually have leftover yarn to make fingerless mitts.
Posted by: Leigh Ann Brown | July 26, 2015 at 12:11 PM
Shawls ad hats.
Posted by: Judy Drew | July 26, 2015 at 12:37 PM
I have made gloves with self-striping yarn, although with the Strawberry Shortcake, I might make a winter ensemble for my g'daughter - she loves pink.
Posted by: bittenbyknittin | July 26, 2015 at 12:38 PM
I like "Charlie's Sock Yarn Hat" found on Ravelry, but now I want to try mittens and gloves for my great nieces and nephews. They would love the fun colours!
Posted by: Susan | July 26, 2015 at 12:51 PM
I agree with other posters. Sock yarn makes great gloves. The stripes make them look more complicated than they are and on your hands the yarns get noticed more than on your feet!
Posted by: Jessica | July 26, 2015 at 01:01 PM
Any of the three would make a fabulous, cheerful scarf for a cold, grey wintery day!
Posted by: Ann | July 26, 2015 at 01:14 PM
Fingerless gloves! They're similar in circumference to socks, so they do a great job of showing off the beautiful dying.
Posted by: Sylvie | July 26, 2015 at 01:37 PM
I love making baby clothes out of sock yarn. The colors are always fun. And living in Texas, all knitted items need to be light weight, so sock yarn works great.
Posted by: Becky | July 26, 2015 at 01:52 PM
Hats and baby sweaters work well.
Posted by: Wendy | July 26, 2015 at 02:41 PM
Kids mittens, hats and scarfs! I just make up my patterns to accomodate strippi g of yarn. Twisted knitter has some great basic kid patterns. Love these colors you are giving away, thank you
Posted by: Sylvia | July 26, 2015 at 02:46 PM
I like gloves, mittens and fingerless mitts out of sock yarn. Bi have also done lace shawls crocheted with stripes that turned out great as well as cowls.
Posted by: Mary Cast | July 26, 2015 at 02:51 PM
Adorable Cowls of course...I am a Cowl addict...along with socks...I love both!! ..Here is my favorite pattern
that calls for one skein of Zauberball fingering weight yarn ...Hooray!!
http://knitpurlhunter.com/shop/item.php?pid=65
Good luck everyone with the contest...xo
Posted by: Maureen A Sacchetti | July 26, 2015 at 03:13 PM
I'm currently using a striping yarn in Geoknittrix's Typhoon shawl
Posted by: Cindy | July 26, 2015 at 03:28 PM
Mittens! I love striped mittens. Sock yarn is a great option. It wears so well and the mittens are very comfortable.
Posted by: Linda | July 26, 2015 at 03:29 PM
Hats! Hats! And Hats!
Posted by: Jenifer | July 26, 2015 at 05:13 PM
I have uses for fingerless mitts for my daughter. Now all of her friends want a pair!
Posted by: Pam Hunter | July 26, 2015 at 06:21 PM
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leonardo-shawl
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/moab-shawl
I love Verybusymonkey patterns and these two look great with striped yarn. Like Crystal Palace Yarns...Mini Mochi.
Another really cool thing with striped yarn is the Sockhead hat.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sockhead-hat
Posted by: Renee' Sawyer | July 26, 2015 at 07:15 PM
I really like this project: https://tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/the-beekeepers-quilt/
I've only just started on it, but find I quite enjoy knitting up two or three of the little puff blocks between socks.
Posted by: Teri P | July 26, 2015 at 07:16 PM
Well, I hate to say it but I don't think I've ever knit anything but socks using self-striping yarn. I have used sock leftovers in my Sockyarn Blanket but I don't think that is what you had in mind Allison!
Oh, I did a sockhead hat in some ONLine and an entralac cowl in some worsted striping.
Posted by: Kay | July 26, 2015 at 07:17 PM
Hats!
Posted by: CyndyC | July 26, 2015 at 07:57 PM
Mostly I make socks out of self-striping yarn. But I really enjoy the Sock Head hat.
Posted by: Jean | July 26, 2015 at 08:31 PM
My go to baby sweater pattern because i always have sock yarn to knit with. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garter-yoke-baby-cardi Garter yoke baby cardi..
Posted by: Natalie | July 26, 2015 at 08:41 PM
Love making fingerless mitt! My current favorite is http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/long-striped-hand-warmers
and also love this stretchy pattern - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/recipe-of-the-month--align-mitts
Posted by: Anne Dorscheid | July 26, 2015 at 08:53 PM
hats and mittens!
Posted by: Bridget Brewer | July 26, 2015 at 09:09 PM
Mittens and fingerless mitts. I haven't tried gloves yet but this yarn would be wonderful for gloves too.
Posted by: Connie Cox | July 26, 2015 at 09:24 PM
Wren's Twisted Rib Hat. http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MarjorieM2/-136-wrens-twisted-rib-hat
Posted by: Marjorie Millner | July 26, 2015 at 10:17 PM
I'm relatively new to the sock knitting/sock yarn madness but I do plan on making a pair of Michele's Mittens - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/micheles-mittens - for the upcoming winter. Thank you for the exciting giveaway!
Posted by: Lisa B | July 26, 2015 at 11:06 PM
I have made and am planning more skirts--- knit in vertical stripes with gores in different colors.
Posted by: Martha Anne | July 26, 2015 at 11:39 PM
Hat or mittens.
Posted by: Maria R | July 26, 2015 at 11:57 PM
Patches Baby Sweater by Christine Burchard
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/patches-baby-sweater
Self-striping yarn makes fabulous patches of color... and every yarn is different!
Posted by: Karen | July 27, 2015 at 12:35 AM
Love to knit colorful chemocaps for children for www.chemocaps.com (complimentary patterns on the website) with self striping sock yarns. Kids love these chemocaps and I can get about four chemocaps out of a 100gm skein.
I also like to knit a really big "Josephine" Shawl (asymmetrical) - pattern on ravelry with size 11 knitting needles and two inches from binding off, I knit two rows of "yo 2x, k2tog" across the rows creating a decorative edging. This is a quick knit and makes up into wonderful hostess gifts, holiday gifts, and also donate them to the woman's oncology center to help teenage gals & women feel the love and to feel good about themselves and self striping sock yarn (just 100gm skein) makes a really big shawl and for an oversized scarf (only 50gm skein).....I have found that everyone feels pretty when wearing one of these and that's important for gals going through cancer treatment.
Posted by: Ronni Lynn Spoll | July 27, 2015 at 12:40 AM
i love knitting self-striping socks so much that I haven't tried making other items with the yarn. Some self-striping fingerless mitts might be in my future. Thank you to Biscotte & Cie and Simply Sock Yarns for this great giveaway.
Posted by: Barbara | July 27, 2015 at 01:54 AM
If the yarn is made out of really delicate fibers that can't take the wear and tear of socks, then I make mitts and a hat, or I try for a scarf knit in the round with double points.
Posted by: Nathanne Verner | July 27, 2015 at 02:15 AM
I've made simple beanie hats (The Swirl Hat) from size premie to adult in solids as well as stripes. The pattern is free on Ravelry.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swirl-hat-3
Posted by: Amy S. | July 27, 2015 at 03:36 AM