Junasukka

Junasukka

Free beginner

Craft

knitting

Difficulty

beginner

Yarn Weight

Fingering

Needle Size

US 1½ - 2.5 mm

About this pattern

Available from Taito Etelä-Pohjanmaa in Finnish (online, link above), Swedish (pdf) and English (pdf)

Sukan tarina: Tämän sukan sydämellisen ja mieleenpainuvan tarinan kertoi meille Eila Turenius neulekoulussa viime keväänä. Alkuperäiset valkoiset sukat ovat Terttu Latvalalla varmassa tallessa. Terttu Latvalan äiti Kerttu Latvala oli matkalla 2 kk ikäisen tyttövauvansa Tuulan kanssa sotaa pakoon alkuvuodesta 1940. Junamatka Vaasasta keskeytyi, kun rata oli poikki pommitusten takia. Junassa oli heitä vastapäätä istunut eläkkeellä oleva käsityönopettaja, jolle tuli sääli pientä vauvaa ilman tossuja. Niinpä hän oli purkanut valkoista käin neulottua villatakkiaan ja neulonut langasta sukat radan korjaustöiden aikana.

English translation is available here.

In early 1940, Terttu Latvala’s mother Kerttu Latvala was evacuating ahead of World War II battles along with her 2-month-old baby daughter. Her train trip from Vaasa (coastal Finland) was delayed due to a section of the railroad tracks having been destroyed by bombings. A fellow passenger, a retired needlework teacher, took pity on the un-bootied little feet of the baby girl, and during the delay, unraveled yarn from her own white hand-knit sweater, and used it to make the baby a pair of socks.

The Train Socks are cute, fun to make, and they stay on well on little, kicking legs! They look like they have train tracks on them, but that is not why they’re called train socks. Nor do you have to ride a train in order to wear them. The name refers to a very specific train ride! And it’s a sweet story …

Use wool or wool-like yarn, soft cotton yarn works also. The finer the yarn, the smaller the sock becomes without adding stitches and rounds.

5 double pointed knitting needles in a size fitting the yarn.

Polskie tłumaczenie dostępne - unavailable.

Skarpetki powstały na początku 1940 roku, podczas ewakuacji przed II Wojną Światową. Matka Terttu- Kerttu Latvala wraz z dziewczynką uciekały koleją. Niestety podróż pociągi

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