Greeta Hat Set
Description
Measurements:
Beret – Circumference 67.5cm. Brim to crown 26cm.
Fingerless Gloves – Width around knuckles 19.3[20.7,22]cm.
The Greeta Hat Set kit includes two colour-printed patterncards with full instructions for the beret and gloves, and all the Alice Starmore Hebridean™ 2 Ply yarn in the 12 shades required to make the set. The instructions for the gloves are provided in three sizes. Enough yarn is provided in the kit to make the largest size of gloves.
Needles and buttons are not included in this kit. You will require:
Beret: 1 Set of double-pointed or 40cm-long circular 2.75mm & 3.25mm needles. Note: If using a circular 3.25mm needle, a set of double-pointed 3.25mm needles will be required to complete the crown.
Gloves: 1 pair of 2.75mm needles. 1 set of double-pointed 2.5mm sock needles. 1 Tapestry needle. 1 Stitch marker. 8 Buttons.
The Greeta Hat Set is an intermediate project. If you have not made a stranded hat set before we recommend the beginner level Briodag Hat Set which gives full video technique instructions in stranded knitting in the round and all the intricacies of shaping the beret and gloves, and the Henry VIII Hat Set which is an intermediate level video class focusing on gloves with a cuff. The Greeta Hat Set assumes you have intermediate level stranded beret and glove skills. Written instructions are provided for all parts of the hat and gloves.
£79.00
Story
The Greeta river (Abhainn Ghrioda) begins its journey from a series of burns which run from the hills and lochs in the centre of the Lewis moorland. From there is 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.