Word Origins

 

*ARGYLL

Many decades ago, the woman who first knitted a pair of these socks for her husband, son, or sweetheart followed the traditional plaid pattern of the clan Campbell of Argyll—light green crossed with dark green, and narrow independent cross lines of white. Historically, the name was retained by followers who adopted the plaid but speedily lost all resemblance to that claimed by the clan. Campbell is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans. Their lands were in Argyll and the chief of the clan became the Earl and later Duke of Argyll. Today's Argyll sock has become a variegated plaid affair of color.

*Inspired by Charles Funk (1881–1957)