Quote Originally Posted by Deirachel View Post
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!)