I’ve just finished my latest design, tartan-inspired, Fair Isle knitted, and I am naming it “Tartan & Tweed”. The very interesting thing is that the Shetland wool ‘fuses’ to itself so well that I’m not worried the short floats will catch on anything. Other yarns, yes … Shetland yarn, not. The best part of this project is that I am finished with the pattern very soon, and then you may get started on your very own Tartan & Tweed knitted mitts!
LOVE these. Oh…I love Tartan and Tweed. You, my friend…are brilliant.
Oh Debbie… I’m so excited myself. For a long time I’ve been in love with tartan, and with tweed, and just so happens this Fair Isle motif speaks so loudly “TARTAN”. Then … I turned it inside out… and there you have it… screaming “TWEED” !!! I have to confess, I totally surprised myself… it truely told me what it wanted to be.
Divine yarn intervention…or something like that. So cool.
Jen, those mitts are truly beautiful! I love the colours. X
Hi Miss MacLeod… thank you thank you thank you !!! It all just happened so fast !!!
I know – You’re getting more Scottish than I am!
Ha ha… that’s so funny ! 🙂
I never even noticed the Harris tweed in the first pic. The mitts just ‘pop’ against the dark background! Do you ever use Jamiesons & Smiths Shetland yarn? I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never used it but have been looking at it recently.
I’m equally embarrassed to admit that I haven’t used J&S. I have used Jamiesons of Shetland , the Spindrift… the only Shetland 2ply one sees on the shelves around here. You can bet though that with the three major Shetland 2ply yarns, (Jamiesons & Smith, Jamiesons of Shetland, and Virtual Yarns) … that I will encourage all yarns to be substituted in all my (future) Fair Isle patterns. 🙂
As we were sitting around talking about Tartan’s on Friday and sorting through our wool skeins last Saturday you kept talking about taking the design tartan! It’s brilliant, Hen!
It was brewing then wee hen, it was brewing !!! 🙂
I love them! They look so cozy.
Thank you so much !
These are incrediblily yummy! I ‘m excited that they can be reversible:)) Cannot wait for my shetland yarns to come. My son is teasing me that “Sheep mail” is very slow from the Shetland Islands. (This is the same son who asks if mohair is what yoru get from mowing the grass,haha!)
Carol, your son is a laugh a minute ! I am looking forward to seeing your Tartan & Tweed mitts , the pattern will be ready in a blink !!! 🙂
I’m impressed. Very impressed. Is a Campbell tartan variant in the design stage and being prototyped in your knitting lab as we speak? Good luck with writing the PDF pattern, I know you can do it Jen. You’re a tenacious wee bear when you need to be.
Thank you so much Mr Campbell Scot ! Yes, variants in all tartans will be in future knits , you can bet on it !!! 🙂
Those are beautiful, what else can I say?
Thanks so much Martha ! 🙂
You are just far too clever. this project is inspired – on so many levels.
1 Tartan
2 Tweed
3 Easy to follow pattern
4 (Almost) instant results
5 Infinite colour combinations
6 Too much fun
Wow, Lizzi, thank you for pointing it all out for me !!! I think you’re right, I think I will include that very list on the pattern description (which I’m writing right now !)
Beautiful and very clever design!
Thanks so much !