Hand-Knitted Balmerino Wool MittensThese fingerless mittens, hand knitted exclusively for The Fife Arms, tell whole stories through their stitches. Di Gilpin, an expert in the history of knitwear and hand knitting techniques, has used traditional gansey stitches, including a classic tree of life in Shetland lace on the back of the mittens. This pattern was a motif used in ganseys from the island of Eriskay to symbolise the landmarks that fishermen at sea scoured the horizon for.