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    Shoowa Jacket Kit by Di Gilpin

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    • "This jacket is an odyssey. A series of paths taken in a journey through the pattern. Each Front and the Back are all different. The symbols are my own interpretation of the incredible Cuba cloths from the Congo that inspired my first design in 1990!

      This gorgeous knit uses both Fair Isle and intarsia techniques in the making with some vibrant colour choices to celebrate the richness of the pattern.

      SIZES
      Small (Medium/Large)

      Your Kit Includes:

      • PATTERN:
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      • YARN: 
      Di Gilpin Lalland, 100% Scottish lambswool, 50gr/ball x 11 balls:

      Colourway "Flax" "Raffia"
      Main Colour A Storm Petrel
      Crowdie 6 balls
      Colour B Coruisk Bells rock 3 balls

      Colour C
      Coral
      Laggan 1 ball
      Colour D
      Sea Thrift Chartreuse 1 ball


      You will also need:

      NEEDLES

      Small : 1 pair needles, 3.75mm (UK 9, US 5)

      Medium/Large : 1 pair needles, 4mm (UK 8, US 6)

      FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
      Inches (cm)

      Small  Medium
      Width at Chest on Back 21 (54) 27 (68)
      Length from back of neck edge to cast on edge 20 (52) 26 (65)
      Sleeve Length 17 (44) 18 (46)
      Depth at Armhole 6 (16) 7 (19)
    • Ingredients:
      Lalland: 100% Lambswool

      Sizes:
      Small (Medium/Large)

      FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
      Inches (cm)

      Small  Medium
      Width at Chest on Back 21 (54) 27 (68)
      Length from back of neck edge to cast on edge 20 (52) 26 (65)
      Sleeve Length 17 (44) 18 (46)
      Depth at Armhole 6 (16) 7 (19)

      Gauge:
      For the Sleeves:
      25 sts and 34 rows in st st using 3.75mm needles measured over 4in (10cm).
      22 sts and 30 rows in st st using 4.00mm needles measured over 4in (10cm). For the Back and Fronts in stranded intarsia:
      26 sts and 26 rows in st st using 4.00mm needles measured over 4in (10cm).

    • To create original and intensely beautiful pieces of hand knit which not only protect us and tell a story, but transport us in the wearing, into a dream time inspired by the ever-changing land and seascapes of Scotland. To have the wearer feel the spirit of the wild free mountains, and islands, wherever they may be.

      My knitwear design studio has its origins in a semi-ruined croft on the Isle of Skye. I had settled there in 1983 with little more than a rucksack containing a tent, wool and knitting needles.

      I have worked with many Yarn companies over the  years and created for Rowan the Rowan Scottish Tweed, which was made at the Harris Tweed mill in Carloway, Isle of Lewis. I wrote a book of designs in this amazing yarn, 'Shorelines" with patterns focused on intarsia, colourwork and gansey knitting.

      From those early beginnings, I have developed an international fashion brand, working with leading designers including Graeme Black, Erdos 1436, Hancock VA, Mark Fast, Topshop Unique, Cabbages & Roses, Sophia Kokosolaki and Nike.  Read more about our Collaborations

      Now based at Comielaw Farm on the Balcaskie Estate we have a beautiful showroom and design studio alongside a work room for classes and a kitchen. 

      We have recruited a great team of skilled home-knitters based across Scotland. There is a core specialist team, who live within a 15-mile radius, to create the one-off pieces and special commissions desired by private clients, fashion designers and the catwalk.

      A single Di Gilpin garment could take us as long as two months to create, hand-knitted in the finest Scottish yarn, inspired by our rich cultural heritage and provenance, making it among the most intricate and show-stopping pieces of couture available anywhere in the world

      For the past few years we have been working in tandem with La Fetiche, a Paris Glasgow Fashion label founded by April Crichton and Orely Forestier.