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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...
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...
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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.
