Fair Isle knitting is well known all over the world, of all the places my work sends wool too, there is always a large percentage of parcels going to Japan. I first saw Japanese knitting books at work, if we have yarn in a magazine or book the publishers usually send us a copy. the…
Author: Ella G
meet shetland textiles and in the loop 3.5
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to go to the In the Loop knitting conference, which I went to in 2010 as a college student. This time around I am a business owner (scary) and working pretty much full time so it was so nice to be able to have a few days…
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life in shetland
One of the things that seems to lead people to my blog is when they search for Black Gold Tide, i did a post a while ago about some of the pictures. I thought some people might be interested in seeing my copy of the original book. I was really lucky that my Granddad gave…
peat bank
Shetland has been covered in an annoying steekit mist for what feels like months, every now and then there is a break in the mist and yesterday was one of those days. So last night me and Mam went up to Ollaberry, her childhood home and went to the peat bank. This time of year the…
jumpers
As a Shetlander, who studied textiles, and makes textiles, and works in a wool shop i would say i have a healthy interest in Fair Isle Ganseys... As you can see i am particularly fond of a Fair Isle Yoke.. which makes my new jumper all the more special. A completely hand knit Fair…
wooden things
On Wednesday i went with Mam to 'Harry Hays', the local saleroom, We went for the preview on Tuesday night and i spied some Jumper boards, the boards are used to stretch and block knitwear after washing. i loved the look of them, they were set boards, not like the adjustable one we have. so Wednesday…
one year
On Saturday i went with my Dad to see the opening of the Shetland College Contemporary Textiles Third year exhibition. One year ago that was me, i cant believe its been a full year since i left college. The exhibition was at the Bod of Gremista in Lerwick. Also known as the Shetland Textile Museum, which i recently became…
here and there..
a rug handmade by my great-granny a peerie bit of knitting here and there again, im sorry for the big gap in posting anything.. somehow the more i think i need to do a blog post the less things i can think to blog about.. I have struggled this year to get into the…
nothing much
I'm sorry it's been very quiet around here lately.. I've been suffering from a bit of a creative block. I've not been doing no knitting... Just not enough knitting. Hopefully I'll be back soon with something to show. xx
bbc, your paintings
i went with my dad on Saturday after our trip on the boat to the Shetland Museum (handily in the same harbour as aforementioned boat) to hear a talk and see a tour of some of the Museums oil paintings that they have in their collection, It is part of a nationwide programme by the BBC…
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