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Haps at Ollaberry - 3
October 22, 2016Some more haps which were on display at the start of Shetland Wool Week 2016....
Haps at Ollaberry - 2
October 17, 2016With over 80 haps on display it was impossible to photograph every one. Nor was it possible to make a note of the stories behind all the haps but I made a point of recording these two. Betty Ratter knitted the white hap for Children in Need's 1994 appeal. The winning bidder was Helen Robertson...
Haps at Ollaberry - 1
October 11, 2016The nine days of Shetland Wool Week have passed and my camera rarely came out as it was so busy. On day one I made my way to Ollaberry where about 80 haps on display. It is great that so many haps have been valued to be stored and kept. No doubt there are many more which could have been displa...
Lumbercoats and other garments
September 18, 2016After a recent blog I was asked to explain the word 'lumbercoat'. A lumbercoat is, traditionally in my part of Shetland, a front opening garment for the top of a body which fastens up to a round neck. I seem to think only women wore lumbercoats for I don't think I ever heard that term used in associ...
Whalsay visit
August 23, 2016Whalsay Heritage Centre is one of the places I try to visit at least once every summer. Getting to Whalsay means a short drive then a trip on the roll-on roll-off ferry. As I was going just to visit the Heritage Centre I crossed as a foot passenger and walked to the Centre. I was glad I didn't ...
Young knitters in Shetland
August 17, 2016At the start of August in the space of eight days I visited three agricultural shows in Shetland - Voe, Cunningsburgh and Walls. Apart from livestock all the shows have sections for knitting, the biggest attraction for me. My blog about the Voe Show included the photo of teenager Lauren Anderson's e...
Voe Show 2016
August 10, 2016There were close upon 300 entries in the knitting section at the Voe Show this year, much higher than in the past. As one of the five judges it was a great chance to peruse some wonderful knitting. Jamieson & Smith’s colour box competition entries were separated from the rest, and Ella jud...
ShetlandPeerieMakkers
December 1, 2015My paternal grandmother would have been one of the knitters I watched from the day I could focus my eyes on movement. When my paternal grandparents reached their early 70s and were no longer able to easily manage their croft my parents moved in to live with them and my dad's unmarried sister. ...
Taking the ferry to Shetland
September 8, 2015People planning to come to Shetland for Wool Week are getting excited about the whole trip, and discussing their travel arrangements on the social media. It is good to read of friendships being formed before people get here as they make plans to meet. Some will fly to Shetland from Edinburgh, Glasgo...
Colourbox Challenge
August 13, 2015For a few years Jamieson & Smith have been sponsoring 'Colourbox Challenge' competitions at Voe and Cunningsburgh Shows. Eight colours are selected and the challenge is for knitters to create pieces of Fair Isle using at least 4 of the colours (I was told that it was 5 for Voe but one of the ste...
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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.
