Designed these socks for my daughter with shoe size 42.
Found an old Scottish technique originating from Sanquhar. Two colored knitting in lines and squares, with strict patterns and colours knitted on very thin needles.

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. 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.

12-10-2013: Added an update because there was a line missing in the last chart.