Iktis Scarf
Herringbone Twill in British and Mixed Rare Breed Wool
The ripples that rest on the sand on the ebb of the tide, lie illuminated by the rising silver sun over Mounts Bay, echo the traditional pattern of the herringbone twill in these glas'y sea-rich tones. This same archipelagic sight lay before the pre-Roman historians and geographers of the days of old
The island of St. Micheal's Mount is held safe in the open arms of Mounts Bay and is thought to be that of the heralded trading port once known as 'Iktis' where glistening rocks of tin found sails, and crossed horizons and oceans
This is the story we see in the Iktis scarf
A fine, supple and super soft British Aran Blue-faced Leicester wool in a raw clay light brown Aran wool, with a wonderfully soft, luxurious merino kid mohair mix, in this dreamy lustrous grey-blue roving yarn
‘Glas’ is the Cornish word for this indescript colour of the ocean
It is aso commonly used in Cornish to describe flowers with a blue hue ‘
Cornish Text