Asking for some Scot Gaelic help

[Deirachel]

Many thanks to the great debate here.

Question, how would one refer to the object of the knitting, i.e. the hose, sweater, et al. or the "knits"?

An example of this would be to say, a Knit jacket (a cartigan) over a sewn jacket, or a knit cloth, over a woven cloth.

As this is the goal, in otherwords, the name would mean Grandmother's Knits (or knitted things, in essence.)

I'm working on the lovely primer linked above, but it has appears so far to be a complicated as knotwork! For example, using the knitted petticoat, it appears "bhioran" would mean "knitted", but I'm not there yet

[DrumMayer]

Question, how would one refer to the object of the knitting, i.e. the hose, sweater, et al. or the "knits"...

The collective noun for knit wear is "obair-fhighe."

So, use it with your preferred usage for "grandmother." Possessives can tricky, but I think you would say "obair-fhighe sheanmhar," for instance. Perhaps someone can verify this construction?

I hate trying to write out the phonetics, but very roughly: "oebir ee-gaa hennaver." In other words, exactly as it is spelt!

You might try a phrase book if you want to get more specific about items of clothing and so forth, or use this online dictionary. Click the button on Beurla, type in an English word and click Lorg.

I for one think it's smashing you want to use the Gaelic! Éirich air! (go for it!)