Making some crazy socks

We had a fab weekend here in the shop at our big Holiday Open House. Please take a look at a few pics on Insta, and as usual the day was so wonderfully busy that I didn't have a chance to snap many shots. Saturday after I got home I put on my PJs, sat in front of my fireplace, and cast on a new project just for me. I've been wanting to knit up some modern tweed socks for awhile now and I decided it was time.

I chose Qing Fibre's Donegal Tweed Sock in Hippienista (which is sold out right now but they are dyeing lots more for me now), but if you want to cast on right away also take a look at the other awesome colors I have in Qing right now. I also have several other confetti colored options from Hue Loco and Swift Yarn. I just used my basic vanilla sock pattern like this one.

Sometime late in the evening I decided that tweed and confetti wasn't enough pizzazz, and I wanted to do a magenta heel for even more flair.

Now that I'm getting close to the toe, I want to add even more color. Either yellow...

.... or a coral.

Which do you think I should go with? 

I pulled apart a mini set that Fiber Story did for a club for us a couple years ago. We have other color options here (the pictured one above was for a club an no longer available) if you think you'd like to do something similar. Or consider a set from Sweet Georgia or Hue Loco or Stitch Together Studios.

I have to admit that throwing caution to the wind and just doing whatever I want, even if the socks won't match, is a bit thrilling. I've never been one that has to have my self patterning socks match (I just start the second sock where the first one left off), and so adding extra color to my toes and heels seems like something I would have tried ages ago. I really think I'll be doing two different colors for the toes and heels on the second sock in this pair. And then I'm considering using the leftover tweed and mini solid skeins for a special baby hat or two.

Comments

[Penny]

I definitely agree with a yellow toe but would go with a more orangey yellow like the top 2 on the side, in the top picture. If you really what to liven the toes, how about a teal or aqua toe?

[MarthaO]

I like the coral. I used to make my socks match perfectly but now start the second wherever the yarn ended for the first. I doubt that I would ever knit different colored heels or toes because I hate to weave in ends and doing that would result in more ends. I do, however, fantasize about knitting two different sock patterns in the same yarn to make a pair. Knitting that second sock can sometimes be very boring.

[SS]

I like the coral.

[Joyce]

I like the third or fourth one down (in the orange range)

[Julie]

I love contrasting colored toes and heels; however I rarely attempt them because I'm not exactly sure where is the best place to change the colors back and forth. :/
I think my favorite color combination with the colors you posted would be the very last orangey/coral color in the last picture, but I *really* like Penny's idea about a teal or aqua toe!!

[Diane]

I love the magenta heel, and I agree, the idea of teal toes wows me..... Or the gold/yellow as a contrast to the magenta. I think if I was making them I'd do 2 magenta heels, and one teal toe and one gold toe....just for fun.

[Julie Davidson]

I would go for orange because it is my favorite color! These are gorgeous.

[Donna]

I’d go with teal or turquoise for the toe if you have any. Otherwise, out of those 4 colors, I’d choose the top one.

[Sally Goodman]

Love your socks with that color of Qing Fiber! I just received my skein of Qing Fiber for the Humburg Socks and will join the group on Christmas Eve. It will be my first time using Qing Fiber and iI think it will definitely become a favorite (I’ll keep watch for you to get more Hippienista)! Also thank you for the adorable stitch markers - a nice plus to the kit!