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Steeks
July 28, 2015Steeks are extra stitches used to enable knitting in the round - thus avoiding purling. This is particularly useful in Fair Isle knitting as it means the right side always faces the knitter and it is easy to see the pattern taking shape. The steek stitches need to be cast off in the last round and s...
Vintage Shetland Blog tour
July 13, 2015Yesterday's Vintage Shetland Blog Tour came from Chicago. Quite a contrast from Shetland! I first met Susan Crawford a few years ago when we were both visiting Shetland Textile Museum at the Böd of Gremista in Lerwick. I forget why I was there but Susan was researching Shetland knitting and stu...
Bereavement
July 9, 2015As anyone who follows my blog will know, I don't blog very regularly. This is not from a shortage of material, more a lack of motivation and the freedom to amble along without goals and aims. I have felt for some time that I wanted to blog about grieving but was not sure it was a wise subject for a ...
Inverriples cardigan
May 25, 2015Posting this photo on Facebook and Twitter raised some questions about whether I would write the pattern – and about jumper boards. The reasons I will not write the pattern are below! Lace knitting is not my first love so my experience is limited and with some planning I would have constructed...
At Sumburgh with Elizabeth
May 21, 2015Sumburgh Head's visitor attraction opened in 2014 but I had not had a chance to visit. Some catch up time with my friend, Elizabeth Johnston, was long overdue so we arranged to go together. Our leisurely lunch at Spiggie Hotel meant we did not have much time to enjoy the inside a...
EU VAT - digital knitting patterns
December 30, 2014KNITTING PATTERNS will not be sold from this site from 1 January 2015. After reading many thousands of words about the EU Value Added Tax regulations (VAT) which come into effect on 1 January 2015 I have decided to withdraw knitting patterns from sale on this website. The task of changing everything...
Fine Shetland Wool
October 1, 2014Harold Moffat is a neighbour and former work colleague who has built up quite a reputation as a breeder of sheep which produce really fine Shetland Wool. He has won many prizes for fleeces. It is good to know that his grandson, Morgan, also has a keen interest in maintaining a flock of high quality ...
Foula Wool
August 28, 2014One of the reasons I wanted to visit Foula over the summer was to meet Magnus Holbourn, the man behind Foula Wool. I chose to go there on a boat trip from Scalloway which included going around the whole island. From the sea we could see the sheep on the sides of the cliffs, in what appears a v...
Dolphins, Porpoises and a Basking Shark
August 28, 2014Dolphins, porpoises and a basking shark were all seen on Wednesday 27 August as a group travelled from Scalloway for a day trip to Foula on MV Cyfish. We had calm seas, a light wind and an almost cloudless sky - perfect conditions. The last time I travelled this way to Foula the weather was cold and...
Shetland in summer (3) - rowing
August 22, 2014Shetland has approximately 900 miles of coastline and the sea is never more than about 5 km away so boats and rowing are an integral part of island life. Rowing races gained popularity over the last 20 years. These photos are from a day of racing where teams and their yoals (rowing boats) gath...
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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.
