We started with a skein of undyed sock yarn
We rolled it into a center-pull ball
And knit from both ends (so the yarn was doubled) to make a flat rectangle (a "sock blank").
Using three colours of vibrant kool-aid
and three squirt bottles
my son drew a picture onto the sock blank - he decided to create a dinosaur, even though he knew full well that the original picture would not appear in the finished creation.
I think it looks pretty good!
We wrapped and microwaved the finished blank
then undid the sock blank and rolled the yarn into two identical balls - one for each sock.
I knit the socks, my son got excited
He was THRILLED with the results!
He calls them his "secret dinosaur socks" - no one knows why, unless he explains it.
All in all, I think they turned out very well, and what a fun experiment! My daughter is bugging to do a pair now - she wants pink, purple and yellow. I look forward to seeing what she comes up with!