A walk last year….
Horse drinking; Dore Holm, Esha Ness
Coastline
Ocean, cliffs and seabird
Deep inlet gouged out by the ocean; Calder's Geo
Moss, lichen and rock
Water-polished stones
Creator of fine Shetland yarn ; )
and the shawl inspired by it…
Waves of old shale patterning
Soft and cosy
Shetland colours
Ocean and sky
Moss, lichen, earth and sheep
Finally finished, my enormous hap shawl inspired by a day spent walking the magnificent Esha Ness in Shetland… I love it! A hybrid of Gudrun Johnson’s and Madeleine Weston’s haps, using yarn from Jamieson and Smith, Rennie and Holstgarn. Details here.
Perfect Scottish seaside colours – the sand, the sea, the lichen…..
I want to make one now!
You should!! You are in the perfect place to be inspired by the seaside! Hope the sheep are behaving ; )
Amazing, amazing finished piece Jules. Utterly inspirational (and lovely photos to boot!)
Thanks, sunshine!
It’s perfect Jules! That walk at Esha Ness was so lovely!!
Thanks, Ames! I have such a wonderful memory of that day with you!
The colours are so, so beautiful together…what a wonderful piece.
Thanks, Tamara! I had some help with the colours too!
That is so beautiful, and so very evocative of that landscape. Love it 😀
Thanks, Annie! It is a beautiful place, Shetland…
Be still my beating heart. Blooming glorious J.
Thanks ; ) you are lovely!
Gorgeous! A perfect interpretation of the landscape and stunning photos.
Thanks, Nikki! I love it too ; )
I think this is the first time I’ve seen someone wearing a hand-knit shawl and thought “I can see the point of shawls”. Usually, although as a knitter I appreciate the colour, the patterning, the all-round cleverness, I can’t see any reason to really wear one. This is simple and truly beautiful. Inspiring.
Thanks so much for your lovely comment! Yes, the shawl thing totally eluded me until I saw mustaa villaa’s wool peddlers shawl- and then I got it. This is totally usable and so big and soft and light at the same time. More like a wrap. Shawlettes still elude me ; )
Wonderful shawl – totally gorgeous, love the colour combination and it must be so soft and warm. Wish I could touch it.
Jules … I adore your work and the beautiful photos too … the shawl is stunning! x
This is definitely one of the prettiest hap-style shawls I’ve seen. I adore the landscape-like colours!