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The Tam o Brodgar

January 13, 2020 skeinreaction

The Tam o Brodgar - a knitted colourwork hat based on symbols found at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney.

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A spot of lockdown knitting in the garden! I love this Ikat pouch I bought a year ago in Samarkand - now repurposed as a notions bag - things couldn’t be more different this April!

Here are some more pictures of #rustingtonhat which was released at the weekend! Made using naturally dyed yarns from South Downs Yarn (@woollentide) and available in kits from their website, or single patterns from Ravelry. I so enjoyed designing this and, right now, am wishing I had a beach hut - but the garden shed is a good second best! #southdownwool #placebasedyarn #plantdyed #lovebeachhuts

I’m very excited to announce the release of my latest pattern, Rustington Hat! I first met Louise from South Downs Yarn when she was exhibiting at Edinburgh Yarn Festival and it led to us collaborating on this pattern using her lovely yarns. Having previously visited Rustington several times, I found plenty of inspiration from the photographs I had taken there, and the naturally-dyed yarn colours reflect the landscape beautifully! #Repost @woollentide with @get_repost ・・・ From woe betide to #WoolBetide Like many, I have been occupied with contemplating the difficult times we find ourselves living in. For some reason it struck me how horrible the saying 'woe betide' is. Which lead me on to thinking about finding a term that expressed the exact opposite, and was a term of #woolbeing instead - hence 'wool betide'. Anyway, here is a little example of it... I met knitwear designer Anna Pack about this time last year at Edinburgh Yarn Festival’s fringe event Make::Wool and we were very soon thereafter in conversation about a pattern and wool collaboration. If you have knitted one of Anna’s (aka @skeinreaction) patterns you will already know how playful and beautifully crafted they are. Anna often combines the use of colourwork and structural stitches in her designs, and I just love the way both are used to full effect in her #RustingtonHat. It turns out that Anna knows my locality very well from visits to the #Sussex seaside. When I first saw her draft pattern I have to confess to doing a little gasp. I could not wait to knit up my own Rustington Hat, and I think you will agree that it was only right that I posed in front of the very beach hut that had inspired Anna’s design sporting my FO. More deets via @hi.ravelry / SDY website. #SouthdownWool #SingleFlock #WoollenSpun #LocalWool #BritishWool #PlaceBasedYarn #PlantDyed #LoveWhereYouLive #LoveTheCoast #LoveBeachHuts #PleaseRespectLocalEnvironments

I really enjoyed my visit to the @riverknitsuk open day at the weekend. I’m loving the Iconic Europe collaboration with @fruitfulfusion and I had loads of fun joining a tune session with my squeezebox! The old Royal Ordnance Depot is very atmospheric so I took a few photos while I was there.

These mitts were designed to match the Tam o Brodgar and are made using yarn from Orkney Tweed. Patterns are available in my Ravelry store but go to the Ness of Brodgar website if you want pattern proceeds directly to support the excavations there! #Repost @nessofbrodgar with @get_repost ・・・ Earlier this year we produced a knitting pattern for Ness-inspired headwear. Now you can complete the ensemble with matching mitts! . Visitors to the site are often surprised to learn that the Ness of Brodgar excavation is primarily funded through donations by individuals and groups. . Each excavation season costs over £200,000 so raising funds is an ongoing process. Inspired by the colours and decoration encountered during the excavation the patterns cost £4 and are available as digital downloads from our website (link in bio). Money from every purchase goes straight to our excavation fund. . We've also now got complete kits available too - including pattern and wool. . #neolithic #orkneyislands #orkney #visitorkney #prehistoric #prehistory #archaeology #archeology #archaeologist #nessofbrodgar #megalithic #stenness #excavation #excavations #heartofneolithicorkney #heritage #history #archaeologicalsite #knittersofinstagram #knitting #crafts #crafting

A friend just sent me some gorgeous buttons she made at her ceramics class - this will definitely spur me on to finish something I started making months ago in Orkney using yarn from the seaweed-eating sheep of North Ronaldsay! #northronaldsayyarn #northronaldsaywool #magnoliachunkycardigan #knittersofinstagram

Lovely day for a Derbyshire walk - so many colours and textures!

Last chance to make Burano cowl in its original colour scheme - I see baaramewe Titus in Rhubarb (the deep pink) is being discontinued so snap it up while you can! Pattern available from my Ravelry store. #buranocowl #baaramewetitus #baaramewe #doubleknitting

Lovely to see the Tam o Brodgar collection multiplying! #Tamobrodgar #Repost @orkneytweed with @get_repost ・・・ Tam o Brodgar collection is growing 🐏 #nessofbrodgar #skeinreaction #knittersofinstagram #orkney #knitting #handmade #wool #naturalcolours #undyed #supportsmallbusiness

Oh wow - it’s great to see my new hat design being modelled! #tamobrodgar #Repost @orkneytweed with @get_repost ・・・ Our own resident Viking wearing the new Tam o Brodgar #orkney #knittersofinstagram #visitorkney #handmade #vikings #purewool #wool #madeinorkney #redbeard #handknit #

Excited that my latest design is available online - and for a very good cause! Thanks to Nancy at @orkneytweed and to the @nessofbrodgar for making this happen! More details on my blog. #Repost @nessofbrodgar with @get_repost ・・・ Knit for the Ness!! Visitors to the site are often surprised to learn that the Ness of Brodgar excavation is primarily funded through donations by individuals and groups. . Each excavation season costs over £200,000 so raising funds is an ongoing process. Our latest venture is a knitting pattern for a specially designed (and rather chic) hat (modelled above by one of the two standing stones on site)featuring motifs and decorations found at the Ness dig. . The patterns cost £4 and are available as digital downloads from our website (link in bio). Money from every purchase goes straight to our excavation fund. . #neolithic #orkneyislands #orkney #visitorkney #prehistoric #prehistory #archaeology #archeology #archaeologist #nessofbrodgar #megalithic #stenness #excavation #excavations #heartofneolithicorkney #heritage #history #archaeologicalsite #knittersofinstagram #knitting #crafts #crafting

I’m delighted to report that my latest pattern Zinda is now live on Ravelry! Featuring stranded colourwork and two-colour cables, the geometric patterns are inspired by striking tiled architecture in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The original samples actually made an appearance at @strikkefestival on the Border Mill stand - I wonder if anyone saw them? Made using North Coast 4-ply by @border_mill which was recently featured in issue 143 of @theknittermag and is available from @bordermillshop and @looplondonloves

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