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For all knitting enthusiasts, my blog is a treasure trove of information on everything related to Shetland knitting and Fair Isle knitwear. I'm always happy to share behind-the-scenes sneak peeks of my latest projects and offer helpful tips and tricks for knitters of all levels.
Sail Sale
July 23, 2023There's a lot of excitement in Shetland just now as we anticipate the arrival of approximately 40 Tall Ships to spend a few days here. For the days I won't be in Lerwick to see them, and for folk who can't get to Shetland, the webcams will be a way to catch a little of the joy. To celebrate the visi...
Crofting assistant
June 24, 2022I'm sometimes needed by my sister to help with sheep. This week's task was for her to drench lambs and check the feet of a few ewes which were showing signs of discomfort. The flock behaved very well, allowing themselves to be steered by two elderly ladies without the benefit of a sheepdog, and they...
Casting on and casting off
November 16, 2021Recently it's been really good to have the monthtly meetings of Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, Weavers and Dyers in person. We met on Saturday and the activity for the day was to learn a few different ways to cast on and cast off. Members were spread around tables and those who had something ...
Jumper back from USA
January 21, 2021This photo pretty much sums up the joy I felt to be reunited with a jumper I knitted in the mid/late 1980s. It was knitted for myself but before I started wearing it I entered it at the annual show in Walls. In those days so many people were regularly knitting that the schedule sought entries by che...
Casting on
September 8, 2020A recent discussion on Ravelry about long tail cast on has had me experimenting. I had suggested that using a larger needle for a long tail cast on would make it more stretchy. This was somewhat vehemently denied, so I began to doubt myself. The discussion on Ravelry started from a query about knitt...
Summer 2020
July 30, 2020For everyone spring and summer 2020 has been very different, and everyone is getting used to a new way of living. Sometimes sleep has been interrupted so I've caught some very colourful early morning skies. Some time has been spent knitting - no more than two or three hours a day, but not every day....
Wrap for a card player
May 22, 2020I'm an avid card player - before Covid 19 appeared I used to play 500 three or four evenings every week from September to May - so I'm missing my evenings out in good company. At the start of lockdown - as I write I'm starting week 12 of physical distancing from other people - I found it hard to set...
Yoked cardigan for Louise
April 26, 2020I started to knit Fair Isle yokes onto machine-knit jumper and cardigan bodies as a teenager and my love for them has never waned. There's so much scope for making each one different. I have a knitting machine but it's not been used for years as I find hand knitting more relaxing. One day I may get ...
Knitting tutorial discount
April 9, 2020Normally at this time of year I'm anticipating meeting groups of people whose particular love of knitting - or anything to do with wool - has brought them to Shetland, as well as spending some time as a volunteer demonstrator at Shetland Textile Museum. The first group was due at the end of Ap...
Benniegio Cardigan
December 19, 2019Writing a pattern for Benniegio cardigan has taken a long time! I was wearing a slightly different version of this cardigan away back in January 2016 when I visited Vogue Knitting Live in New York, blithely answering queries with "the pattern will be written soon"! I realised that the original cardi...
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About Shetland
Shetland is the most northerly group of Scottish islands. Apart from mainland Scotland, the other near neighbours are Norway to the east and the Faroe Islands to the north west.
