Sunday, 16 August 2015

Using a Shetland 'kep' pattern from the museum.

Fisherman's 'Keps' are usually thought of as a Fair Isle hat, but they were knitting throughout the Shetland mainland as well. It is the same hat except that the patterns in the Shetland hats are all 'peerie' patterns. There are a couple of examples on display in the Shetland Museum, and I have, in the past, used one of these designs in a square hat.
I have now knitted this same design in a waistcoat, requested by a customer. 


The shade of the colours are a little different but for natural and natural dyed colours they are never the same. Here it is, ready to be posted, and with a square hat to match.
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 August 2015 at 08:31

    Glorious, Elizabeth! Feeling very grateful that I got to see the waistcoat/vest in person :-).

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  2. imagejem16 August 2015 at 11:20

    It's really super Elizabeth. Are the colours mainly natural with the exception of the blue - indigo ?

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    1. Elizabeth18 August 2015 at 05:22

      2 greens in there as well as the indigo blue, although they both look grey in my photo. One of the peerie patterns is a green, you can see that in the hat, maybe. The larger pattern is a silver grey and a dull grey/green.

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  3. Guzzisue5 April 2016 at 09:51

    Where can I buy the kep pattern? I fancy one in natural colours and a friend has just dropped off a couple of coloured fleeces. Many thanks

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  4. Guzzisue5 April 2016 at 09:54

    Where can I buy the kep pattern? I fancy one in natural colours and a friend has just dropped off a couple of coloured fleeces. Many thanks

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    1. Astrid 5 July 2016 at 14:10

      It looks like it is only available as part of a kit:
      https://www.shetlandheritageshop.com/Fair-Isle-Knitting-Kits.html

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    2. Elizabeth12 July 2016 at 07:27

      I have used the motifs in a 'kep' which is in the Museum collection. There is a kep pattern available from Fair Isle and can be ordered from their facebook page which is 'The Fair Isle Fisherman's Kep Page'. Go to 'files' at the top of the page and you will find information and an order form.

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  5. Unknown3 October 2018 at 15:14

    Where can I buy one of your hate please they look terrific thanks Brian

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