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Erremuse Bricks Erry Pieters-Korteweg
Notes:
Designing for my son with shoe size 14,5/ 49,5 a pair of socks based o none of the two ganseys of the fishermen from Arnemuiden, a fisherman's town in the Netherlands. Fishermen from his fishing village did not have sweaters with patterns at first. The sweaters were worn underneath a frock so there was no need to enhance them. Besides that the women had to walk from Arnemuiden to Middelburg with their fish to sell it on the market. That would be like 80 kilos of fish each day!. They would be called " visleurster? and a statue of a "visleurster’ can be found in the village. When life was improving, women started to knit checkered patterns they saw on masonry walls. Because the bricks were baked in woodburned stoves the temperature was not equal and high at all times. So there were a lot of different shades when the bricks were done. They used to group them together in the walls by color shades. And by then the sweater was worn above the frock, because it had become a piece to be shown. There was also a pattern called “snakes", that pattern was used to make my sock pattern named: The Bell of Arnemuiden. The name of these socks: “Erremuse Bricks” refers to the local slang name of Arnemuiden: “Erremu". More about these sweaters in the book Nederlandse Visserstruien by Henriette van der KliftTellegen (Bilt 1983) The book has also been translated in English.
Material:
About 100 gram of sock yarn. Because this is a textured sock a solid or semi-solid yarn gives a betterresult.
Gauge:
Pattern: 30 st. and 48 rows = 10 x 10 cm. (unblocked) Knit: 30 st. and 40 rows = 10 x 10 cm. (unblocked) ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★
Pattern: (a multiply of 5 st.) Chart is presented at the end. A pattern repeat is 5 stitches and 5 rows. Row 1: purl Row 2,3,4,5: \*p1, k4\*, repeat
Cast on:
Cast on 60 St. with needle size 2.25 mm. and divide equally over 3 or 4 Needles. Leg: \*K 2, P 2 \* 20 Rounds. Then continue in pattern until the leg has its required length. Start the heel preferably after the purled rows of the pattern repeat. Heel knitted over 30 St. Start knitting the heel as described below. Row 1: \* Sl 1 purlwise, K 1\* Row 2: purl Repeat row 1 and 2 until you knitted 30 rows. Turn Heel: (10-10-10) to be knitted. Row 1: Sl 1 purlwise, K 16, SSK, K 1, turn. 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 Row 4 and further to be knitted as before. In the end 18 St. remain on the needle. Gusset Pick up and knit 15 st. on each side of the gusset. Knit in pattern on the instep. Pick up an extra stitch before and/ or after the instep if you like to be sure there'll be no holes. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
Gusset decreases:
Round 1: Knit til last 3 st., K2TOG, K1; Knit the 30 instep stitches in pattern; K1, SSK, knit to the end of the needle. Round 2.: No decreases and knit all heel stitches; Knit the 30 instep stitches in pattern Repeat these two rounds until 30 st. remain on the sole of the foot. Knit further until the foot is as long as required; the heel stitches are knitted, the instep is in pattern. Leave 5 cm. for the toe.
Toe:
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 32 st. remain. Repeat round 1 until 16 St. remain. Close the remaining 16 st. with Kitchenerstitch.
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Chart pattern (generated with Knitting Chart Generator) http: //chartgen.orangellous.com/index.php
Legend
(knit) p(pur1) Next one..... Have fun!
Erry
Copyright:
@ Copyright Erry Pieters-Korteweg 2012. Please respect the copyrights. Not for commercial use. My Blog: erkenraadje.blogspot.com
