Being so close to my heart it was an honour and delight to create a new knitwear design for local mill, Uist Wool.
The brief was to create a wrap and knitting pattern that would showcase the sublime, extra-long ombre gradient of an exclusive version of Uist Wool’s Astair laceweight yarn. And at the same time echo the stark mountain called Hecla, part of a wildly beautiful range on the island of South Uist.
Be still my heart – the scythe-shaped Celtic knotwork tip of Hecla Wrap, a design commission for Uist Wool.
I hope you enjoy this gallery of photos of two versions of my Hecla Wrap design. The first version is the prototype I created as I finessed the asymmetrical triangle design and the second with its white contrast on the darkest part is my test knit.
Available from Uist Wool as a limited edition kit you can find the pattern and smooth flowing light to dark ombre Astair wool and alpaca yarn kit on the Uist Wool website.
Vibrant emerald green fades quickly to muted dusky brown. Our Hebridean sky becomes more complicated with squally clouds edged in black and orange-red speeding above us. The wind carries wild autumn seeds of Hogweed and Bishop’s Lace that will settle and sow themselves to flower next year. Goldfinches eat the last Self-Heal seeds and sparrows …
Smitten by hand knitted and EPP {English Paper Piecing} patchwork. Slow-stitching pretty fabrics together by hand, hand knitting squares and rectangles in favourite yarns and connecting them with feature stitches, making all kinds of garments and homewares in flourishes of treasured patchwork pieces. Making patchwork by hand is a satisfying long term project with all …
Rejoicing in the colours of Spring, brown grasses turning golden and lining the corncrake’s new nest. Rudely fresh green grass takes over slopes and flat meadows. Robust leaves of Angelica poke from bare earth and make olive feather shapes. Bright pink buds of crab apple trees burst open with pale pink white flowers. Homemade Harris …
Metamorphosis: Hecla Wrap design commission for Uist Wool
Being so close to my heart it was an honour and delight to create a new knitwear design for local mill, Uist Wool.
The brief was to create a wrap and knitting pattern that would showcase the sublime, extra-long ombre gradient of an exclusive version of Uist Wool’s Astair laceweight yarn. And at the same time echo the stark mountain called Hecla, part of a wildly beautiful range on the island of South Uist.
I hope you enjoy this gallery of photos of two versions of my Hecla Wrap design. The first version is the prototype I created as I finessed the asymmetrical triangle design and the second with its white contrast on the darkest part is my test knit.
Available from Uist Wool as a limited edition kit you can find the pattern and smooth flowing light to dark ombre Astair wool and alpaca yarn kit on the Uist Wool website.
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