Summer on Hitland Erry Pieters-Korteweg
(Foto: Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem)
Notes:
In my quest for Dutch fisherman's sweaters I came across the ” Itse Muts" from the Dutch island of Marken. In the Dutch Open Air Museum in Arnhem (Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem) they still have some of those old fishermans hats from about 1900. It is said that the fishermen from Marken went ashore on Hitland (old name for Shetland) while away for fishing and traded there for knitwear like hats, socks and mittens etc. They used to wear those hats summer and winter. In winter the hat would have an innerhat in one or two colors. So because my sock will not have an innersock I decide to name this sock Summer on Hitland. Watching more careful at those hats, it's clear the hats are knitted in fair isle motifs. Always two colors at a time. And its actually very funny to find out that those hats are still being knitted. Now called long hats and keps according to size and model.
Material:
Needles 2,25 mm. About 100 gr. of solid or semi solid sock yarn. The Fair Isle motives are knitted with four colours. Of course you' re free to choose any colours you like. But remember you need a main colour
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(MC), of which you will need about 50 gr. The heel and the toe are knitted in MC, and the MC is also used in the two-coloured cuff.
Gauge:
In pattern: 34 st. and 34 rows = 10 x 10 cm. (unblocked) Stockinet: 30 st. and 40 rows = 10 x 10 cm. (unblocked)
So-called Itse winter cap with clearly visible inner cap (Foto: Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem)
Abbreviations:
K: knit P: purl Sl: slip MC: Main Colour P2TOG: Purl 2 st.together SSK: Slip, slip, knit PM: place a stitch marker Pattern: Charts on the end both for the cuff and the Fair Isle motives. Colour scheme: Cuff: MC and colour 2
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Pattern: Row 1 till 6: knit in MC, squares in colour 3. The next square pattern (next 6 rows) knit with colour 3 and squares in colour 4. Next part of the pattern (row 13 till 29) with the big cross, knit with colour 4 besides the inner 5 rows that are knitted with colour 2/ colour 3/ colour 2. The cross is knitted with MC.
Cast on:
60 st. with MC and needles 2.25 mm. and divide the stitches equally on 3 or 4 needle Cuff/ Leg: Chart at the end of this pattern. Knit the cuff with two colours. The main colour (MC) and colour 2. \*K1, P1 \* 20 Rows. Knit with colour 2 and purl with MC. In the chart it is visible that the two coloured parts of the cuff pattern are each time divided by two rows in Mc. Start knitting the heel preferably after row 12 of the chart. In that way you can pick up the stitches in just one colour after knitting the heel and continue the pattern on the instep.
Heel is knitted enforced over 30 St. in MC: Row 1: \* Sl 1 purlwise, K1\* Row 2: purl Repeat both rows until you have knitted 30 needles. Turn Heel: (10-10-10) to be knitted in MC. Row 1: Sl 1 purlwise, K 16, SSK, K 1, turn. 7 Row 2: Sl 1 purlwise, P 5, P2TOG, P 1, turn. This leaves 10 St. unknitted on both sides. ? Row 3: Sl 1 purlwise, K 6, SSK, K 1, turn 7 Row 4 and further to be knitted as before. 7 In the end 18 St. remain on the needle. Gusset Pick up and knit 15 st. on each side of the gusset. Preferably this is the 13th row of the 7 knitting pattern as described here above. ? Knit in pattern on the instep. Pick up an extra stitch before and after the instep if you like to bt I sure there'll be no holes.
Gusset decreases:
Place stitch markers (if you like that) before and after the 30 stitches of the sole of the foot. The gusset stitches are knitted alternatedly in the two colours used in the pattern at that moment. K2 in one colour and K2 in the other colour. Knit til last 3 st., K2TOG, K1; Knit the 30 instep stitches; K1, SSK, knit to the end of the needle Round 2: Repeat these two rounds until 60 st. remain; 30 st. on the sole of the foot and 30 st. on the instep. Now remove the stitch markers. Itse Zomer/ Summer on Hitland 2012 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ Knit further until the foot is as long as required. Leave 5 cm. for the toe. ★
Toe:
Round 1: Knit in MC Round 2: K1, SSK, knit across to last 3 st., K2TOG, K1. Continue with K1, SSK, knit across to last 3 St., K2TOG, K1. Round 3: Knit. Repeat round 2 and 3 until 16 St. remain. Close the remaining 16 st. with Kitchenerstitch.
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Charts (made with the Knitting Chart Generator) http: //chartgen.orangellous.com /index.php
Chart Cuff
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Legend
Go for the second sock. Have fun! I would like to thank very, very much the Dutch Open Air Museum for letting me use their pictures of the Itse Muts as an inspiration for these socks... Erry
Copyright:
① Copyright pictures 1 and 2 Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem @ Copyright pictures 3 and 4 Erry Pieters-Korteweg 2012. Please respect the copyrights. Not for commercial use. My Blog: erkenraadje.blogspot.com
