Danish Folk Sock

I knit this pair of socks for my sister's 50th birthday. My mother came from Odense and I was told that our great-grandmother lived in this house, which is now a museum.

The original sock is in the collection of the museum, I have not seen it, the pattern comes from this book - Bondestrik - strømper til mænd og kvinder. S.m. Lisbeth Green og Gitte Nødskov, Landsforeningen Danske Folkedansere, 1983. But I like the idea that a man or a woman has actually worn this star pattern on a dress sock 150 years ago.
The pattern on each side of the small of the leg is called "svikkel". And it was "designed" to disguise and cover the ankle knuckles. They are not particularly pretty, perhaps even ugly but the purl patterns transform your leg into a slim, delicate part of your body.
I cannot publish the pattern, however if you want to knit a pair like this you can follow this recipe:

Old Danish Folk Sock

You will need 100 g of fingering sock yarn in natural, blue, or black.

A set of 5 dpn needles size 2 mm or 2,25 mm

A vanilla sock pattern, there is one here on this site.

An original sock pattern. On this website you will find two different patterns on page two.

Cast on the amount of stitches from the vanilla pattern on four needles, and work the border from the Danish pattern.

Continue with stockinette stitch and seam pattern for a couple of cm. Skip all the increases and decreases.

Begin the "svikkel" pattern using this trick: the center of the first pattern is the first stitch on needle 2 and the last stitch on needle 3 is the center of the second pattern.. Remember to start from the top of the chart or turn it upside down.

When the "svikkel" is finished, enjoy your work, and continue with a couple of cm of stockinette and finish the sock using your vanilla pattern.
There is also a pattern for lovely red cap to go with the outfit.

intended for having fun

I have made a small video to show how to make a twisted crochet edge on a small coaster. The pattern is EZ´s Pi. You can use an ordinary crochet hook or a double-end crochet hook.

 

The wool has a little story.                        

A friend of mine had visited our local thrift shop and noticed a carrier bag full of yarn. I got off to make a good bargain.
The very same evening I met another friend who told me that it was actually her yarn. She had bought it on a trip to the Faroe Islands 25 years ago to make a genuine Faroese sweater for her husband.
However, the yarn had been hibernating under her bed until she decided to give it away for charity.
I knitted the French Market Bag straight away, and felt it in my washing machine. The market bag was huge and nearly killed it. But it is gorgeous.

the passionate sense

This summer has been very colorful. The hollyhocks flower and also the field bindweed.
And I just finished a shawl designed by Evelyn A Clark. In cashmere and silk.
I have worked several of her patterns : Swallowtail is gorgeous. This shoulderette is called Heartland Lace Shawl. It is a free pattern and I warmly recommend it. The Filatura Di Crosa Golden Superior only weighs 25 g and runs 300 m. The thread is not a springy type and I gave the spine a little extra attention. I do not like when the middle stitch is stretched too much, so I worked the middle stitch like this:
Wrong side: increase:kfb
Right side : decrease: ssk
Unfortunately I ran out of yarn, had to skip 10 rows and missed the beautiful edging called The River of Life.
On my needles is Mary Lou Egan´s lovely flutter shawl called Coquille. A new Knitty hit. And a free pattern, too.
The Lorna's Lace Shepherd Worsted is my absolute favorite wool. The name of the color is Cranberry but I think that it it is closer to the color of raspberries I picked the other day.