Up Helly Aa Hap Kit Mittens & Gloves a traditional Fair Isle hat

a traditional Fair Isle hat knit in 2ply Jumper Weight

142cm/56in maximum width

Dreams by the Waterside by Deborah Lamb

foot width = 8

Up Helly Aa Hap Kit Mittens & Gloves a traditional Fair Isle hatKit to make the Orange version of the Up Helly Aa Hap, for over 45 years Betsy has thought about a hap with Viking galleys longships but it never came to fruition, this is the design which Elizabeth and her mother came up with. The hap features the galleys sitting upon the waves with the torches from the Up Helly Aa procession above. The centre represents the flames of the burning galley on its way to Valhalla. Up Helly Aa is a Viking fire festival;