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.