Traditional socks

What can a pair of socks reveal about the culture of a displaced and oppressed culture? In the Kurdish knitted stockings that she found in northern Iraq, Barb Sobkoviak saw pride in these works of folk art, tradition, and beauty.

The book Socks of Iceland is released in the form of a Club every Thursday and you can join any moment until its completion, the 31st of December! This is the sock nr 3! With their recognisable leaf pattern at the cuff and colourful bands of little motifs, these socks will be immediately identified as Vestfizkir [...]

Ravelry: Simply Socks: 45 Traditional Turkish Patterns to Knit - patterns

Traditional Macedonian socks from Radovish region

This is a hand knitting pattern for traditional Shetland Fair-Isle socks. It uses Jamieson & Smith Real Shetland wool in their worsted spun Shetland Heritage range. The pattern comes in 3 colourways and is knit double to give a thick cosy sock. The socks are knit from the top down with an afterthought heel. The pattern includes 2 sizes - Ladies UK 6-7 (9.75"/25cm foot) and Gents UK 9-10 (10.75"/27cm foot). There is also a tutorial which shows my method of picking up stitches for the…

Handmade in Nepal

The white floral elements were described on the sock. Mostly, white, red, blue, green, orange colors were used.

Pair of knitted woollen socks, made in Turkey, 1960s

A pair of calf-length hand knitted socks. Knitted with handspun woollen yarn, mainly cream, undyed handspun wool, using a slight variant to western stocking stitch. The slightly pointed toe is knitted mainly with black wool. A tree of life motif is worked on the front of the foot and at the outer ankle, in pink, green, maroon, brown and black wool and yellow silk (?) yarn. A clock has been worked centre front and back. The top is finished with three rows of garter stitch with openwork…

Socks – Objects - RISD MUSEUM