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Chuncho

Downloadable PDF, English
By Sue G
$5.35
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Chuncho
$5.35
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Product Details

The design includes

  • Peruvian punta cast on with crochet chain edging
  • Checkerboard garter stitch on cuff
  • How to eliminate the jog in circular knitting
  • Checkerboard garter stitch flap heel
  • Wedge toe
  • Pattern is knit from the cuff down in the round.
  • Directions are written for one circular needle, but can be worked on two circulars or double pointed needles as preferred
  • Charted patterns
  • 15 page pattern

Chuncho means forest dwellers (or forest creatures) in Quechua; the language of the Incas.

The main section of the sock is made up of "tocapus"; little blocks of alternating colours (dark on light/light on dark), with animal figures on each. Tocapus are pictograms used by Incas to decorate textiles and ceramics. Some scholars believe that tocapus were a form of written language. Each sock features 18 different tocapus.

Craft
Knitting
Designer
RiotousAssembly
Format
Downloadable PDF
Language
English
Skill Level
Intermediate
Yarn Weight

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