Searching for a new sock project I was thinking of designing a series of socks inspired by the places we hope to visit in our next holiday in the UK.
This pattern for my son with size 49,5 is based on a fisherman’s gansey from Robin Hoods Bay on the coast of North East Yorkshire.
On the coast of North East Yorkshire a lot of ganseys were knit and some of them even can be seen on old pictures. I found some old pictures on the internet (www.ganseys.co.uk and www.lookingatfiley.worldpress.com) that inspired me to knit these socks.
Because fisherman moved a lot because of their fishing a lot of motives travelled with them all over the place. So giving the name of a fisherman’s village to a gansey would not be historical correct. But because we hope to make a walk at Robin Hoods Bay, I did name these socks Robin Hoods Bay. It’s a pattern of cables intertwined with moss stitches. As I read the moss stitches were referred to as “ hail stones”