PAPUA HERITAGE HAP
The inspiration for this design is my love for Haps, and yarn dyed by Loret Karman, a Dutch colorist. When talking about the history of Haps and the heritage of Haps with a group of knitters we thought about combining our own heritage with that of Hap knitting.
I was born in Papua New Guinea, and I chose colors based on the colors of the soil, the colors of the rainforest and the colors of the Paradise birds. (Of course, you could make this Hap in the colors of your own heritage.)
I used the shape of a Papua long shield, of which I have a beautiful sample in my house. Most of those shields are beautifully carved and decorated, and I tried to incorporate that in my design.
West Papua was a Dutch colony for a long time and that’s why I was born there. After 1962 it became an Indonesian colony, and the freedom the Papua people longed for, was denied to them again. To give back to the Papuan people, who made the shields I so admire, I will donate to https://www.freewestpapua.org/actions/donate/ 50% of each pattern sale.
The rich colors, semi solid, are dyed on super soft merino by Loret Karman.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Intermediate

SKILLS REQUIRED/TECHNIQUES USED
-Knit & purl, cast on & bind off
-Increasing, decreasing
-Lace
-Picking up stitches
-Single color brioche
-Working from a chart

MATERIALS
YARN
Loret Karman 100% merino; 410m per 100g skein)
MC color: soil; 1 skein
CC1 color: leaves; 1 skein
CC2 color: paradise bird; 0,5 skein
You can substitute with similar weight wool.

NEEDLES
3,75mm/US 5 32-inch/80 cm circular needle

NOTIONS
-Stitch markers
-Yarn needle

GAUGE
21 sts/42 rounds = 4 inches square in garter stitch;
after blocking