Dear Knitter,
Though spring is around the corner and the days are getting longer there is still a chill in the air. To help combat the nippy weather, we have a new patterncard kit design. My Greeta Hat Set is a new take on the Oregon Autumn colours which were based on the Hebridean moorland. This hat set is inspired by the Greeta River (Abhainn Ghrioda), which begins its journey from a series of burns which run from the hills and lochs in the centre of the Lewis moorland. From there the river wends its way through heather, lochs and hills until it reaches the Stornoway Castle Grounds where it races through beautiful woodland and out into the sheltered harbour bay. The journey from beginning to end holds a lifetime of treasured memories for me and so some depiction of it in textile form has been on my mind for some time. My thoughts for this design centred around the rich and changing late autumn landscape along its banks as it flows from subtle moorland into the woodland's dazzling autumn leaves. You can see the Greeta Hat Set worn here by Eve, set off against russets and browns and with a matching Oiseabhal Woven Wrap. You can find the Greeta Patterncard Kit here.
The Greeta Hat Set is an intermediate project; if you have not made a hat set before I recommend starting with the Briodag Hat Set, which is for all abilities, and then moving on to the Henry VIII Hat Set. You can see both of these here.
The Briodag and Henry VIII Hat Set will set you up with the skills you need for any of our stranded hat sets, including the Greeta, which has an identical style of glove to the Henry VIII, with a complex buttoned cuff. You can see the Greeta Gloves & Beret in detail here.
You can also see the buttoned cuffs of the Greeta modelled here by Eve wearing a green colour palette, picking up different tones in the gloves than the rich russet outfit.
This month the Altnaharra and the Hawk & Hound Hat Set are both back in stock. You can see Emma wearing them together here.
We have also been busy this month adding new images to the website. You can see some of them here: the Lapwing Collar, Staran, Firebirds gloves and Firebirds wrap; the Faroe worn with the Wave Hat Set and a matching Sporran Bag; the Thoroughbred and Ruabhal Hat Set; the full Red Jacobite Rose Set; the Oregon Spring Cardigan and Red Jacobite Rose Hat Set; the Elizabethan Jacket and Hirta, and the Peigi Waistcoat accompanied by the Persian Tiles and a Ruabhal Hat Set.
We will be back next month, hopefully with another photoshoot in hand along with some pictures of new colourways for some of our current designs.
Happy Knitting,
Alice
