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Beach walk
February 17, 2014As the weather was calm and fine a walk along the seashore beckoned, and someone else thought it was a fine day to take out their boat. Apart from enjoying the fresh air it is also time to appreciate the winter colour, and thinking time as I pondered the next stage of a knitting design. It is also a...
Jumper boards, part 2
February 12, 2014After my recent blog about jumper boards, I was asked what size the pieces are. All my jumper boards vary slightly so I will give the dimensions for just the one in this photo. The long piece for shoulders and tops of arms is 170cm long, hinged in the middle. A metal hook and eye keep the piece stea...
Shetland Wool Week 2014
February 5, 2014I am delighted to have been invited to be patron of Shetland Wool Week 2014, the first Shetlander to be patron, and following in the footsteps of Kate Davies and Felicity Ford. I first met Kate in October 2011 when she attended a Fair Isle workshop in the Breiwick Cafe at Eshaness - at that time I h...
Final check on new patterns
February 3, 2014Over the last few months I have been working on getting several patterns ready for release. This takes time, and motivation. I start with knitting the item; these days I usually remember to make notes and take photos as I work. For something big, such as Hjorki hooded cardigan, ...
Blocking hats, gloves and socks
January 22, 2014I am often surprised - and delighted - by what I notice in the recycling centre near where I live. I had to go home for my camera the day I found several hat, glove and mitten boards for sale. I really did not need any more but a hat board and mitten boards found their ...
Helping with sheep
January 20, 2014After a prolonged spell of really windy and rainy weather it has been good to look back at photos taken earlier this month, to remember how good Shetland can look in the winter. My sister, Alice, works the croft where we grew up and one calm day at the beginning of January she asked to hel...
Jumper boards
January 5, 2014Shetlanders 'dress' or 'board' knitting once it's finished but outside of Shetland the word 'block' is more commonly used. To dress jumpers (sweaters), jumper boards have been used in Shetland for many years. My mother, who was a child in the 1920s, said there always seemed to be a ju...
The last days of 2013
December 31, 20132013 is nearly over and my resolution for 2014 is to blog again. Over the past months the motivation to write blogs vanished. I have however thought about it and taken a lot of photos which will be shared here over time. I'm starting with some photos of Shetland's winter landscape which is surp...
Skeld show: flowers, fruit and vegetables
August 29, 2013It is always interesting, and inspiring, to see what people grow in Shetland. I recently went to Skeld to see the entries for their recent competition. Unfortunately the smell could not be captured to share with you but I did get a few photos. One section was for floral arrangements inspired by...
SWRI show
August 27, 2013Scottish Women's Rural Institute's Shetland Federation recently held their annual show in the Town Hall, Lerwick. I was a little late in getting there so had time for just a very quick look round before the prize giving began. There was a huge range of items on display - tatting, crochet, patchwork,...
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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.
