Chuncho
by Sue Grandfield
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© RiotousAssembly

© RiotousAssembly

© RiotousAssembly
Chuncho
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.
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About this yarn
by Rohrspatz & Wollmeise
Fingering
100% Merino
574 yards
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150
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