It is hot outside. The air wraps hot curls of heat around my bare legs when I walk in the city. It is not a day to promote Winter traditional Shetland motif mittens. But these mittens are a little special. They were designed with a wonderful woman in mind – Fiona, who had the bluest of eyes.
To everyone who knew her, it was devastating when Fiona suddenly died. I wanted to knit something to remember her by and to share her name.
Last month, I published a little pattern in her memory. for the first month of sale, 50% of profits will be sent to Macmillan Cancer Support.
The initial blog is here
It is the last week before I will send the charity donation to Macmillan, so I thought that, if you would like to donate and get a little pattern in return, then, here is a gentle reminder. The pattern is in the link below
If you have already knitted this pattern, please tag me in your project on instagram, then I can share the work.
with thanks to Karen Sprenger for test knitting (bottom left image) and to Ericka Eckles for swatching test colours and gauge (bottom right image), for this little pattern.
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fiona-blue
best wishes
Tracey
Update:-
On Sunday 18th June, I sent a donation of £188.00 plus £47 gift aid, making a total of £235 to MacMillan Cancer Support in the memory of Fiona Gray of Bressay, Shetland.
tracey doxey 
Ive just bought the pattern Tracey, and look forward to making these. I lost a sister to breast cancer last year. She would have loved these little mittens x
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thank you for buying the pattern I am really sorry to hear about your sister.
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Morning Tracey Thank you for sharing. Such a sad story and sorry to hear of your loss. Purchase made and I will look forward to knitting your beautiful pattern. Elaine x
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thanks, Elaine
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