Sanquharish Rose
Erry Pieters-Korteweg
Notes:
Place stitch markers (if you like that) before and after the 33 stitches for the sole of the foot. The gusset stitches are knitted alternatedly in the two colours . There used to be guilds in Sanquhar to preserve the specific patterns. Patterns were named after people, events and ordinary everyday things people came across. Their names; The Duke, Rose, Trellis, Trellis, Drum, Coronet, Glendyne, Midge and Flea, Shepherd's Plaid and Prince of Wales or Fleur de Lys. The traditionally Sanquhar knitting was more about socks than gloves, though you may find more gloves than socks on the internet nowadays. There is a very interesting website about this type of knitting: http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/collections/life-work/key-industries/textiles/sanquhar knitting.aspx Colours were generally black and white or navy and natural, but later examples occur in more adventurous combinations of which red and green is probably the most successful. Brown and yellow was a popular choice in the 1920s. The pattern leaflets published by the Scottish Women's Rural Institute are still available but difficulties in obtaining commercial 3 ply yarn may yet threaten the survival of this knitting tradition. As I choose a bright red and a white skein of Neveda Socky Pulli yarn I thought to name it Sanquhar-ish because it's not quite fitting to the rules.
Material:
Needles 2,25 mm. About 100 gr. of solid or semi solid sock yarn in two contrasting colours. You need about 60 gr. of the main colour (MC).
Gauge:
In pattern: 34 st. and 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm. (unblocked) Stockinet: 30 st. and 40 rows = 10 x 10 cm. (unblocked)
Abbreviations:
K: knit P: purl Sl: slip MC: Main Colour CC: Contrast Colour P2T0G: Purl 2 st. together SSK: Slip, slip, knit K2TOG: Knit 2 st. together PM: place a stitch marker Pattern: Charts on the end both for the cuff, the sole of the foot and the Sanquhar Rose.
Cast on:
Cast on 60 st. with MC and needles 2.25 mm. and divide the stitches equally on 3 or 4 needles. Cuff/ Leg: Chart at the end of this pattern. Purl with your main colour two rounds. Then continue knitting the cuff with two colours, the main colour (MC) and the contrast colour (CC), for 17 rounds. Round 1, 2: \*MC1, CC3 \* Round 3: \*MC1, CC1 \* Continue with the MC, knit the next round and increase evenly divided 6 stitches. Purl the next two rounds with the Mc. Now we start the part with the part with the initials. I choose for the initials of my daughter. These initials are knit over maximal 5 stitches and 7 rows. I choose to knit the initials on the back half of the sock. The other half of the stitches on the front of the leg I used the sole pattern.
Knit two rounds with the CC. Then purl two rounds in the MC. After these two purled rounds the Sanquhar Rose pattern starts. The chart is presented at the end of this pattern. 22 Stitches and 20 rows are one pattern repeat. Two-coloured knitting is somewhat less stretchy than knitting in one colour. Start knitting the heel preferably after finishing a single rose.
Heel
Before starting on the heel, decrease 1 stitch = 32 st. on the heel needle. Knit in two colours over these heel stitches in the pattern of the sole. Row 1: \* Red 1, White 1\* Row 2: \* White 1, Red 1\* Repeat both rows until you have knitted 32 needles. Turn Heel: (10-12-10) to be knitted in CC and MC. Row 1: Sl 1 purlwise, K 18, SSK, K 1, turn. Row 2: Sl 1 purlwise, P 7, P2T0G, P 1, turn. This leaves 10 St. unknitted on both sides. Row 3: Sl 1 purlwise, K 8, SSK, K 1, turn Row 4 and further to be knitted as before. In the end 20 St. remain on the needle. Gusset Pick up and knit with alternating MC and CC 16 st. on each side of the gusset. Knit in pattern on the instep 33 stitches. Pick up an extra stitch before and after the instep if you like to be sure there'll be no holes.
Gusset decreases:
Place stitch markers (if you like that) before and after the 33 stitches for the instep of the foot. The gusset stitches are knitted alternatedly in the two colours . Round 1: Knit until last 3 st., K2TOG, K1; Knit the 33 instep stitches; K1, SSK, knit to the end of the needle. Round 2: No decreases. Repeat these two rounds until 66 st. remain; 33 st. on the sole of the foot and 33 st. on the instep. Now remove the stitch markers. Knit further until the foot is as long as required. Leave 5 cm. for the toe.
Toe:
The toe is knit in MC. Round 1: K1, SSK, knit across to last 3 st., K2TOG, K1. Continue with K1, SSK, knit across to last 3 St., K2TOG, K1. Round 2: Knit. Repeat round 1 and 2 until 16 St. remain. Close the remaining 16 st. with Kitchenerstitch.
Charts (made with the Knitting Chart Generator) http://chartgen.orangellous.com/index.php
Chart Cuff
Chart sole
Chart Sanquhar motives
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