Celtic Alba Thistle Scarf Aprons and Oven Gloves Digitally printed

Digitally printed

The design is hand-enameled in our Orkney workshop in colors that imitate natural sea-washed pebbles

There will be no copyright watermark on purchased prints

Dimensions: 1 1/2" x 3/4"

wildlife and history of the Scottish islands

Celtic Alba Thistle Scarf Aprons and Oven Gloves Digitally printedCeltic Alba Thistle Scarf from Calzeat Few national emblems have a more dramatic origin story than Scotland's beloved thistle and this beautifully woven scarf from Calzeat of Scotland tells it beautifully. A thousand years ago, during a Viking invasion of Scotland, an advancing enemy warrior stepped on a thistle and cried out in pain, inadvertently waking the sleeping Scotsmen and alerting them to the Norse invaders. So grateful was King Kenneth III