Islander Mittens

The tree and the star are common motifs found in Fair Isle and Nordic knitting traditions. They instantly ground a piece of knitting in this cold, windswept and uncommonly beautiful northern landscape. The Islander Mittens are a celebration of these delightfully simple symbols, by allowing each to exist within its own context, I hope to draw attention to the ingenuity of design in each - when used on many shaped garments, the knitter can secrete decreases within the shifting of each shape without losing the impact of the pattern. I haven’t used them in this way, instead they exist on their own - simple and proud.