{"id":19359,"date":"2025-04-29T08:37:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T05:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=19359"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T05:37:54","slug":"vikkelisukat-decorative-clocked-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=19359","title":{"rendered":"Vikkelisukat \/ Decorative clocked socks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

El\u00e4m\u00e4ss\u00e4 parasta on yleens\u00e4 arjen pieni luksus. Minulle yksi sellainen ovat vikkelisukat. Vikkeli ei taida sanana olla tuttu kovinkaan monille. Historiallisina aikoina kun kaikki sukat neulottiin k\u00e4sin, kaikkein hienoimpiin sukkiin tehtiin upeita vikkelikuvioita nilkan kohdille. Vikkelikuviot neulottiin yleens\u00e4 kaksinkertaisin nurjin silmukoin, joka on koristeellisempi kuin tavallinen nurja silmukka, ja kohoaa neuleesta esiin selvemmin. Joihinkin kansallispukuihin kuuluu vikkelisukat ja muutama vuosi sitten olin mukana Refashioning Renaissance-projektissa<\/a>, jossa neulottiin hienot silkkiset tai villaiset vikkelisukat, renesanssinaikaisesta haudasta l\u00f6ytyneen mallin mukaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T\u00e4ll\u00e4 kertaa ei kuitenkaan ole kyse k\u00e4sinneulotuista sukista vaan tehdasvalmisteisista vintagesukista, jotka olen ostanut jo useita vuosia sitten jostakin rompetorilta. N\u00e4m\u00e4 olivat k\u00e4ytt\u00e4m\u00e4tt\u00f6mi\u00e4 kun ostin ne. Voitteko kuvitella, miesten sukissa oli ennen autojen, karvisten ja yksiv\u00e4risen tylsyyden sijaan koristeellisia pitsim\u00e4isi\u00e4 kuvioita. Joskus ne oli kudottu kaksiv\u00e4risen\u00e4, jolloin kuvio nousi viel\u00e4 selke\u00e4mmin n\u00e4kyviin. N\u00e4m\u00e4 kolme paria miesten sukkia ovat luultavasti kaikki kotimaisen Finnwearin\/Suomen Trikoon valmistamia, vaikkakin vain yhdess\u00e4 parissa on j\u00e4ljell\u00e4 valmistajan pakkauspahvi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sukat ovat villasekoitetta ja siksi miellytt\u00e4v\u00e4t k\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4. Valitettavasti se tarkoittaa my\u00f6s sit\u00e4, ett\u00e4 sukkiin on tullut vaurioita, jotka paljastuivat vasta kun otin sukat k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00f6n. Kuvittelin sukkien jostain syyst\u00e4 olevan puuvillaa, joten en ajatellut niiden olevan vaarassa koiperhosen varalta. L\u00e4hempi tarkastelu my\u00f6s paljasti ett\u00e4 jopa viel\u00e4 pakkauksessa kiinni olevia sukkia on joku ennen minua paikannut, eli tuhot ovat ehk\u00e4 tapahtuneet jo ennenkuin sukat tulivat minulle. Harmillista, mutta eih\u00e4n sille mit\u00e4\u00e4n mahda. Paikkaan rei\u00e4t ja matka jatkuu. Mutta katsokaa noita hienoja kuvioita, t\u00e4llaisia ei nykyp\u00e4iv\u00e4n\u00e4 saa. En ainakaan niist\u00e4 yksiv\u00e4risist\u00e4 mustista sukkaseinist\u00e4 ole l\u00f6yt\u00e4nyt mit\u00e4\u00e4n vastaavia, vaikka viel\u00e4 omassa lapsuudessani n\u00e4it\u00e4 oli viel\u00e4 paljon k\u00e4yt\u00f6ss\u00e4. Miss\u00e4 vaiheessa miesten pukeutumisesta tuli niin v\u00e4rit\u00f6nt\u00e4? Nykyisinh\u00e4n Finnwear ei valmista en\u00e4\u00e4 sukkia lainkaan, vaan on keskittynyt uimapukuihin ja naisten leggingseihin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The best things in life are usually the little luxuries of everyday life. For me, one such luxury is a pair of clocked socks. Clocked socks or stockings is probably not a term that many people are familiar with. In historical times, when all socks were knitted by hand, the finest socks were made with stunning clocked patterns at the ankle. In Finland these clocked patterns were usually made in one single colour with double purl stitches, which are more decorative than the standard purl stitch, and stand out more clearly from the knitwear. But there are fantastic colourfull versions abroad. Some national costumes include clocked stockings and a few years ago I was participating Refashioning Renaissance project<\/a> to knit fine silk or wool stockings, based on a pattern found in a Renaissance tomb in Turku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, however, it’s not about hand-knitted socks, but factory-made vintage socks that I bought several years ago from a car boot sales. They were unworn when I bought them. Can you imagine, men’s socks used to have decorative lacy patterns instead of cars, garfields and monochrome boringness. Sometimes they were woven in two colours, making the pattern stand out even more. These three pairs of men’s socks are probably all made by the Finnish company Finnwear by Suomen Trikoo, although only one pair has the manufacturer’s label left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The socks are wool blend and therefore comfortable to wear. Unfortunately, it also means that there is damage to the socks, which was only revealed when I started to wear them. For some reason I thought the socks were made of cotton, so I didn’t think they were at risk for moth holes. Closer inspection also revealed that even the socks still attached to the packaging had been patched by someone before me, so the damage may have happened before the socks came to me. It’s a shame, but I can’t help it. I’ll patch the holes and move on. But look at those fancy patterns, you can’t get these nowadays. I certainly haven’t found anything like them on those plain black supermarket sock walls, although in my childhood these were still quite common. When did men’s clothing become so colourless? Nowadays, Finnwear no longer makes socks at all, but concentrates on swimwear and women’s leggings.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Yksiv\u00e4risten sukkien kuviointi on vaatimattomampi. \/
More modest pattern on solid colour socks. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Vikkelikuviota j\u00e4ljittelev\u00e4 v\u00e4rik\u00e4s kuvio. \/
Two toned patters which imitates the Finnish style clocked pattern. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Valitettavasti kaikissa sukissa on reiki\u00e4 jotka tulivat n\u00e4kyviin vasta k\u00e4yt\u00f6ss\u00e4. \/
Unfortunately all socks have holes, which were revealed only when I started to use them.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Olisikohan t\u00e4m\u00e4 Finnwearin logo jostakin 80-luvulta? \/
This Finnwear logo might be from the 80’s?<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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El\u00e4m\u00e4ss\u00e4 parasta on yleens\u00e4 arjen pieni luksus. Minulle yksi sellainen ovat vikkelisukat. Vikkeli ei taida sanana olla tuttu kovinkaan monille. Historiallisina aikoina kun kaikki sukat neulottiin k\u00e4sin, kaikkein hienoimpiin sukkiin tehtiin upeita vikkelikuvioita nilkan kohdille. Vikkelikuviot neulottiin yleens\u00e4 kaksinkertaisin nurjin silmukoin, joka on koristeellisempi kuin tavallinen nurja silmukka, ja kohoaa neuleesta esiin selvemmin. Joihinkin kansallispukuihin… <\/p>\n

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