This is a good idea. I have skeins and skeins of sock yarn and only recently realised that I don't like making socks. I prefer to work with thicker yarns and needles and I find the magic loop method tedious - I like a nice long stretch of knitting and keeping the rhythm going. When I look at some of my sock yarns (multi-coloured), I wonder why I bought them, I like the ones that knit into fake fair isle but the random stripes, well, I'm not sure of the purpose of them, I can't honestly say they look beautiful 😂.
Are you using any threads double? It would certainly be a good way to get into colourwork. Perhaps I should ditch any whole, still in their label, skeins to the nearest charity shop and see what's left.
I am not a fan of the magic loop either, so I use double pointed needles for socks, mittens, arms etc.
Fake fair isle, I’ve never seen a yarn like that! Does it really work when everyone has different tention etc? I like multicolour yarns together with a neutral yarn. Here is an example on how I use multicolour yarn:
But yeah, I feel ya, ”why did I buy all this yarn” 😅
Not using anything doubled, but that would certainly do the trick on trying to use up yarn 😂
I've just bought some sets of double pointed needles after this disastrous experiment with magic loop. Fake fairisle works pretty well, certainly at a distance (it doesn't bear up under closer inspection). Here's a similar sort of yarn and I think Crofter baby yarn is a similar idea. I love the mittens, that's a great way to use up yarn without ending up with something too grotesque.