Runswick Bay

£2.50

Runswick Bay is a small village on the North Yorkshire coast with a long tradition for fishing (and use a smugglers harbour, but that’s a different story) and like many other coastal villages there is a history of gansey knitting. Gansies are a  sweater knitted in the round without seams and on a tight gauge to give them waterproof qualities, something which you’d expect the wearer would be quite grateful for. Traditionally gansies also had a cabled pattern on them, these patterns were unique to each village and enabled the wearer to be identified and returned home in the event of them being washed overboard and their body being recovered.

The cables on Runswick Bay were inspired by this tradition of a unique pattern (though with a slightly less grim intention in mind) and even though these are intended as men’s socks I think I’ll definitely be making a pair of these for myself. As well as the cable pattern there is also an eye of partridge stitch on the sole for extra comfort and to ensure it clings snugly to the foot. 4 sizes are available ranging from 6.5″ – 11″ foot circumference.