The pattern of this useful but elegant cape is partly inspired by pebbles revealed by a receding tide—'Ebb-stanes' in Shetlandic.

The fabric is luxurious merino, in reverse jacquard, which drapes beautifully. Wear it poncho-style, or straight—or how you like.

Design features

Each cape has an individually chosen contrast colour. Tip: capes are a really good throw-on layer for stylish cyclists, or for meetings on Zoom!

Colour

Colour popping combinations or subtle tones are amongst the small edition colourways available. Once sold out, colours are unlikely to be repeated.

Materials & manufacture

• Reverse jacquard
• 100% extra-fine merino wool
• Made in the Shetland Islands, Scotland

Sizing and fit

One size

• A (neck): 30cm

• B (neck to longest point): 63cm

• C (width at widest point): 81cm

All knitwear is individually made, so measurements given are approximate.

Ebb-stanes on the shore at Hoswick, Shetland

Landscape, line and family memory in a collection of contemporary Shetland knitwear

The tide is a moving line, revealing (and hiding) stones on the beach at Hoswick as it ebbs and flows. In Shetland these stones and pebbles are called Ebb-stanes. This shifting, natural border is so different from the man-made borders we see elsewhere.

I was thinking about line in landscape and the differences between a tide mark, a path and something much more fixed. My father was Indian, and our family became overnight refugees when a new border was drawn in 1947—The Partition of India.

These thoughts and explorations of the concept of borders became my Ebb-stanes collection. A Shetland landscape-inspired pattern is overlaid or interfaced with line, or set in neat panels. Some garments are asymmetric in design; the soft, extra-fine merino yarn gives the most beautiful finish to the array of colours.