Colourwork mittens inspired by the abstract art of Sonia Delaunay and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. I rarely knit two socks the same and these mittens follow on in this tradition! Each mitten tells a different story, one inspired by Sonia and one by Sophie. When worn together they playfully match up and reveal a third design! Knitted flat in intarsia wit...

Mittens knitted in the round with cable and lace patterning.

Meet Cairngorm, the latest Fair Isle Design created by Di Gilpin.

This hat is knitted seamlessly and is matched with the Schiehallion Gilet to use up any oddments left over from the project! It uses a unique combination of cable and Fairisle knitting techniques.

3 sizes.

We so loved the Lyra Fair Isle vest- that we designed a simpler, chunkier version which would be quick and easy to knit! The perfect extra layer for Autumn/Winter! Knitted in our beautiful Lalland Aran, seamlessly and with some subtle shaping and the classic square neck in a contrast colour (your choice!), Lara is easy to wear for an added cosy...

Blue Moon is a fabulous wrap inspired by the artwork of Sophie Taueber Arp. Worked in intarsia with a neat seed stitch edging the colours work together to give a great 3 D effect. Very successfully created by everyone who joined the KAL with Tribe Yarns London! Check out my ravelry group for inspiration. I have used our Lalland DK which is a li...

Carrington.

A 2-colour meditation in Fair Isle knitting showing both the reverse side with stranding and the main side in stocking stitch. Worked in the round with just 2 colours, one ball of each.

I created a Fair Isle Slipover to wear cycling to my studio and on our long journeys around Ireland, France, Spain and the Himalayas. I still have the original from 1985 and pulling it from a drawer earlier this year, we all agreed that I should revisit it. We have created two beautiful colourways : Northern Lights and Sea Glass, and I have nam...

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! I have used Fair Isle and intarsia techniques in the making and some vibrant colour choices to c...

Worked flat from the bottom up, these mitts feature a broken furrow stitch pattern with shaping creating at the wrist by using a smaller needle size for several rows. A thumb gusset is created with increases on a set-up row and shaping continues again with a change to a smaller needle size for the rest of the length.

This is a great design with travelling cables and dropped stitch cables making it fully reversible! Short version with I hank of Saorse…full version with 2 hanks!

Polar is a classically constructed gansey but with a modern twist. It is made in our beautiful light, soft and durable Lalland Lambswool. It has gussets underarm and at the neck to create a great fit. Patterns include a twisted rib, diamonds with crosses and Di’s own Compass design. The design can be knitted in a single colour or for fans of co...

The Coda has quite a few themes running through it! I am fascinated by numbers, sequences, formulas and codes. It actually makes me quite emotional at the beauty of maths. I admire so much the work of the women at Bletchley Park during WW2, breaking codes; this is my homage to them; a forties inspired style, with shape and set in sleeves and a ...

The Geo Yoked sweater started life as a commission from Shetland Wool Week 2017 Fashion Show. The inspiration came from my love of the geology and landscape of the Islands and a feeling that I wanted to create texture and colour in the yoke in a new interpretation of the fabulous Fair Isle OXO patterns. For experienced knitters with love of sea...

Geo is a complex mix of cables and fair isle and colour to create an organic strata as found in the geological features of Shetland….to create a larger snood simply use a bigger needle…maybe 4mm…and with 4 colours to chose it is a great design for playing! With 4 balls of the Lalland Lambswool you can knit a 2nd snood as well!

This is a design for experienced knitters who love working in the round and seamlessly!

A simple moss stitch cardigan/jacket with dropped sleeves and a tulip neckline…edging created within the knit. Oversewn embroidery in running stitch to add detail afterwards. Pockets.

Beautifully shaped cross over textured jacket with rope cables, lace and print of the hoof patterns. Sleeves knitted in the round. Gussets on larger size for a perfect fitLots of lovely shaping with increases within each panel of stitches. Three button holes.

This is a complex cabled sweater with great fit and shaping. Peplum welt and a beautiful rope cable neck line. Two balls of different colours knitted together to create a lovely tweed.

Maril’d…the sparkling luminescence that creates light in the dark on the sea in Autumn, that illuminates the silver darling (herring) as it darts through the Ocean.

This is a great bomber jacket with rib sleeves and big ribbed neck, reversible dropped stitch cabling makes for a wonderful textured finish…warm, cosy but quite light!

This tunic is knitted top down with an intriguing travelling cable pattern which creates an Argyll fabric, finished with a beautiful lace edging.

Beautiful travelling trellis, honeycomb, double trellis and dropped stitch cable pattern with bobbles thrown in for fun!

Beautiful scarf knitted from the centre out to a lace border. Patterns include gansey, lace and cable. A joy to knit!

Worked in the round using stranding and weaving behind the blocks of colour, this is a fab colour work piece and works with the coda beret. In fact it takes 3 colours one 50gr ball of each…and there will be enough then to knit the matching coda beret as well!

A Beautiful, generous slouchy beret with bobbles, lace and gansey stitches incorporated together to create a stylish, wonderful to knit tam. 2 balls of Lalland are required for the piece but there is plenty left to knit a pair of Seol mittens to match!

This is a travelling cable and lace pattern which creates a great snood or hood.

Beautiful textured drop stitch cable in reverse with ordinary cable neck tie or head band worked in the Lalland Lambswool. 2 strands knitted together on a larger needle so that the dropped stitches create a wonderful loopy texture. Can be worn on both sides. Shown here in the magical Hazelnut!

Beautiful textured mid length cable wrist warmers/mittens in Lalland lambswool, 2 threads knitted together to give an Aran weight. The pattern is created using travelling cables on the outside, which reflect the organic twisting and turning of the twisted hazel tree which stands just outside my studio. The mittens are knitted flat with a gusset...

Complex pattern based on a set of codes. The beret starts with a lovely 1 and 1 Fair isle rib edge and then moves in to an abstract section using only 2 colours in each row. A mixture of stranding and weaving is used. Comments from everyone who has sampled this design are that it is a joy to knit and really fun. 3 sizes of needles are used. I p...

There are 2 principle gansey patterns used in this great wee design to keep your mobile phone cozy with winter:

The Angel Bonnet is beautifully soft with an interesting texture and structure created by the combining of 2 fabulous yarns and an unusual construction.

For the Short Snood you will need 6 balls (2 balls of 3 colours)

Sizing

Small: 36in (92cm) chest

One size

SMALL – MEDIUM

This cosy snood is inspired by the textured fabric of fishermen’s ganseys. It can be worked flat or in the round, depending upon your preference.

This lovely stranded gauntlets go perfectly with the Danish Rose Beret. The gauntlets are worked back and forth with a button-placket, then continued in the round.

This pattern is a Vintage Di Gilpin pattern!

This lovely stranded beret goes perfectly with the Danish Rose Gauntlets. The Beret is worked in the round up to the Rose motif, which is worked back and forth. The remainder of the hat is worked in the round and it topped off with a plaited tassel.

The Black Pearl Gansey Jumper knitted in Sublime Lustrous Extrafine Merino (like its sister design, Pearl) is an innovative interpretation of the traditional fisherman gansey shape. Cropped at the waist and expanding upwards into the lovely batwing shape, this pullover brings instant drama to decades-old stitch patterns. The lovely diamond lace...

These high-waisted trousers are perfect as a beach cover-up over your favourite swimsuit or worn over tights. This garment is knitted from the top down using increasing gauge from changing needle sizes. The lovely lace stitch pattern expands and breaths and is widens down the leg.

A wonderfully textured jacket using two fibres that when plied together creates a grainy and sandy look. The cable stitch pattern also looks lovely also when worn reversed.

This lace project can be worn as a bandeau bralette, a belt or as a loose cowl around the neck. This beautifully soft Blue-faced Leicester yarn wraps around the wearer and looks wonderful under other lacy knit garments or open weave tops.

A tunic constructed with saddle shoulders, raglan sleeves and side panels, this is a wonderful shape with a very good fit around the shoulders. Can be felted for a firmer, more structured garment (please note special needle size and finishing instructions for the felted version).Colour details worked in intarsia and Fair Isle.

A versatile garment that looks great worn over leggings or jeans or as a pinafore over woolly tights.

A pattern for a herringbone stitch buttoned belt, with optional fabric lining, knitted from short edge to short edge.

This is a very quick and easy project to knit that requires only basic cable knowledge for a dramatic effect.

This is a Frock Coat worked in one piece from the Welt at the Back, incorporating the sleeves and fronts to the bottom front edges. There are 4 different patterns: Linen stitch edges and finishes, Zig Zag travelling lace herringbone, Herringbone and a complex Dropped Stitch Cable. There are 2 pockets and a cross over front with 3 buttons. I hav...

Fun knitted bangles, using oddments of yarn. Ideal for beginners to experiment with knitting techniques!

Organic textures and unusual shapes combine in this interesting, challenging pattern

You tease it from the tangle of the shore, drawn by colour, shape, by grace notes of reflected light, and float it in the center of your palm.

Boxy, flattering V-neck with two small pockets and two button enclosure.

This pattern also appeared as Highland Fling in Simply Knitting Magazine, Issue 7 (October). Yarn suggested in magazine is Rowan Scottish Tweed Aran. Quantities of yarn in Simply Knitting version seem to be excessive to needs. Now great to knit in 2 strands of Lalland Lambswool, 2 different colours to achieve a great tweed effect.

When making the skirt in the Di Gilpin Lalland we suggest using 2 strands of different colours knitted together to give a beautiful tweed effect.

450g handspun cashmere or baby alpaca, also perfect for Noro Silk Garden, Colinette Giotto or Louet Kidlin.