Thanks to a few days’ holiday with extra knitting time, and helped by the large scale knitting needles, this Hap Blanket project was completed in next-to-no-time!
At just over a metre square, this will be a lovely squishy layer for those cooler evenings in front of the tv … with my knitting of course 🙂
The photos were taken on holiday in Craster, Northumberland, and aimed to capture the blues of the sea and sky in the distance, echoing the tones of the wool.
Here’s a close-up to show the colours and the stitch:
Knitted coastal memories!
Do your finished objects evoke memories for you? I’d love to hear about them!
🙂
yarnsmithery 
I have just started on my hap blanket, hope it turns out as good as yours! 🙂
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I’m sure you’ll love it! What colour did you decide on? Happy knitting! 🙂
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That is really lovely – not only the colours of the sky and sea, but waves and white horses, too! Why is it called a “HAP” blanket? (I bet if I tried, it would be a MISHAP 🙂 )
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Thanks Catherine! You may not be a knitter but I reckon you could make a crochet version of this … 🙂
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I might be tempted!
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Hap is a medieval word meaning a cover or to wrap up, and that is what these shawls were for. They were used by the Shetland women to wrap themselves in for warmth.
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Interesting! And mine is doing the job already now the temperature is falling 🙂
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Why didn’t I ask you in the first place? xx
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