Minke

In both the making and the wearing, I like a simple shawl – or hap.

Such pieces are ideal for knitting at this time of year. The project is lightweight and easy to carry about. The repeats are simple and easily memorised. You knit the hap until it’s as big as you’d like – and then you stop, bind off, and block.

I think that’s big enough!

The Davaar designs are very much a gathering of classic pieces – a capsule collection for a Scottish island. So of course there had to be a simple and useful hap . . .

knitted up in two shades of Milarrochy Tweed.

There’s nothing remotely tricky about this design.

The lace is straightforward. There’s no fancy edging. But sometimes, less is more!

The introduction of a very simple, two row stripe into each lace repeat creates a pleasing effect of undulating waves. . .

. . . and you just can’t go wrong with classic blue and white.

Here I am, with my island hap, on one of Davaar’s high edges, looking out over the Kilbrannan Sound towards the isle of Arran.

I named the hap “minke” because Minke whales are one of the cetaceans that are often sighted from this spot, but we saw no Minkes in the sound that day.

But when I sat and looked down to the rocks below . . .

I did see this seal buddy, keeping a beady eye on proceedings.

The Davaar book is now available to pre-order!

I’ll be back tomorrow with another design from the collection – until then