My talented Wee Lass and my Sgian Dubh
I live on the West Coast of Canada in Vancouver B.C. I live with a fine Finnish Lass who is very talented and very much into the Scottish/ Irish history.
She knits wool mitts that she calls "Newfie" mitts" She learned how to do this from her Godmother. I asked her if she would be willing to knit me a pair of Kilt Hose using this pattern knitting a Scottish motif around the top of the hose. She could knit them in any colors I want but she has never knit hose. The hose has "Windows" of any colors in them and she is sure she could do a good job of it. I am asking the rabble and those who know if a pattern like this would be acceptable as Hose for a Kilt.
My Lass is also a quilter so I will post a picture of the last quilt she made.
I am also going to post a picture of a Sgian Dubh that I made. The black top is carved from "Argolite", a stone that is only found in Haida Gwaii (formally named the Queen Charlotte Islands) on the west coast of British Columbia Canada. The blade is made from 214 Stainless Steel. I still need to put a back on it with arbutus wood and do not have it finished yet. Arbutus trees only grow on the west coast of British Columbia and Washington State in the USA. I wanted to try and to make a Sgian Dhub that recognized my heritage and also the land and native culture I love.
Mmmm now how do I post a picture???
Maybe this way. Scream if it no be working and I find another way. http://s1132.photobucket.com/home/sevenoaks/index
Maybe a second post.. A wee drop if The Waters of Life is so fine... many wee drops can be devastating!
Last edited by sevenoaks; 11th August 11 at 08:17 PM.
Lang may your lum reek and a wee mouse never leaves your cupboard with a tear in its eye.
Had to get this up for you. The lass is beyond talented, i was thinking more along the lines of gifted, spectacular, words to that effect. Very nice Love the sgian as well.
Last edited by Taygrd; 11th August 11 at 08:03 PM.
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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
I assume that's Frog Raven and Eagle on the handle. Quite appropriate. And beautiful.
Etcheberri Steaphan MacDňmhnall - See my avatar for the fabric I am currently working with. He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher ... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. ~ Douglas Adams
My wife is a quilter also and we frequently go to quilt shows. Your wife's quilt would do well in any show we've attended. My wife was suitably impressed. The carving on the knife handle is incredible.
YMOS,
Tony
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Love the sgian as well.
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