One-skein projects to knit and crochet with sock yarn (but not socks!) – Global Backyard Yarn

Who doesn't love gorgeous skeins of hand dyed sock yarn? While creating a pair of socks is always a great small project, there are many other worthy designs to pursue.

We've rounded up 10 of our favorite possibilities, below, and we've recommended some of our hand-dyed yarn for each one.

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Boho Chic "Mosaic Bracelets" crochet pattern by Jennifer Renaud

I love the look of these bracelets. Wouldn't they be cute with cut-off denim shorts and flip-flops? Or with a chambray dress?

Our yarn recommendation for getting started making a number of these bracelets? A sock set (or two) will give you lots of coordinated color to work with.

Quarter to midnight dark blue grey plus neon pink mini skein

Quarter to Midnight + Neon Pink Sock Set

Sock Arms sweater knitting pattern by Stephanie Lotven

One could have so much fun creating interesting looks with different types of sock yarn. You could also add sleeves to an existing jersey t-shirt if you wanted to do a DIY hack.

Our yarn recommendation for this sweater? Cloud Cover for the main body, with Lilac as the sleeves (photo below). It would be soooo pretty and soft. Chef's kiss!

Cloud Cover & Lilac

Jelly Rings knitting pattern by Melody Johnson

These rings would make for a great baby shower gift, but I could also see creating a long chain and hanging them artfully on the wall as decor. A sophisticated colorway could look very chic as art, or a colorful one could be darling in a kids room, perhaps strung with lights.

This is the perfect project for your stash. Get crazy and put all your colors together.

Rock It Tee knitting pattern by Tanis Lavallee

I really want to make myself some of these tee's in various yarns. What a perfect wardrobe staple. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

We are torn about which set of yarns to recommend for this sweater (there are so many good choices), but I'm going to go with our Peach Orchard and our Mango Cream peachy-yellow tonal, pictured below.

Peach Orchard & Mango Cream

Knot Today knitting pattern by Skeinanigans

I love the color build of the below tank, but this relaxed style would also be great in a tonal yarn.

We think grabbing two of our sock sets for this top would be the perfect way to enjoy playing with some fun colors. Perhaps start with one in Quarter to Midnight + Honeycomb.

quarter to midnight dark navy gray blue plus honeycomb yellow mini

Quarter to Midnight + Honeycomb sock set

Desert Stroll crochet pattern by Knits N Knots

This little crop top has a great neckline and the texture of the fabric would allow for a bra, too.

We think this top would look super sweet knit in our Purple Haze merino yarn, which is a variety of saturated purples.

Purple Haze

Better Than Basic Ringer crochet pattern by Stephanie Erin

What a cute way to use fingering weight yarn. I love the contrasting neckline and sleeves -- reminiscent of baseball tees.

I think a FUN yarn combo would be our neon pink as the neck and sleeve accents, with our Confetti Cake variegated as the main event. Get enough for the pattern by nabbing a couple of these sock sets.

confetti cake full size merino skein plus a pretty in pink fuchsia mini

Confetti Cake & Pretty in Pink Sock Set

En Route One-Skein Hat & Mittens knitting pattern by ForestCityKG Designs

Nice to have a hat and gloves in lighter fingering weight yarn.

A stellar combo for this project set is our Butterscotch colorway paired with our Fall Forest merino.

Butterscotch & Fall Forest

Tesselate -- One Skein Summer Scarf knitting pattern by Michelle May

This pattern is so elegant with its combination of garter stitches and lace in a stacked triangle design. Simple but chic.

A tonal choice will really highlight the stitch pattern here, so really any of our semi-solids will work. We'd especially like to see this scarf in Cloud Cover.