Rainbows

I finished my first rainbow Skew sock today and cast on the second.  They're either a quick knit or I've abandoned all pretense of doing anything other than knit the past two days.  Or both.

Skew socks 

Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Rainbow

Note:  The colors are a little washed out from the flash, but I didn't realize it until I had uploaded the pictures.

You can see the the toe of the sock starts at the big toe with a little of the orange color, then is knit diagonally. I used self-striping yarn so the color changes are built-in.  At the top edge of the sock, just before the cuff ribbing, a series of short-rows are worked to get the edges back to horizontal, as you can see by the wedge of red just before the horizontally-striped ribbing in blue & green.

The skills used are Judy's Magic Cast On, toe-up socks, K, P, k2tog, k3tog, ssk, p2tog, short rows, kitchener stitch (used on the heel) and I choose a sewn bind-off for a stretchy edge on my top ribbing.

The pattern is very well-written - you can blindly follow it and everything works out.  It's available for free on Ravely.com - just do a pattern search for "Skew."

Once I finish the second sock, I'll take more pictures, including a heel shot since it's very unique.