http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srP63lKuHqo Hello! I had such good feedback from my last video that I thought I'd do another to catch up on what I've been up to since my last one. I hope you like it, anyway here's the things I mention: Crofthoose Yoke Hedgehog Fibres La Bien Aimee Qing Fibres Ysolda Blend One Daughter of…
Author: Ella G
shetland wool week
Hello! Thank you all for the lovely and kind response to my Crofthoose Yoke! I'm sorry i've been a bit quiet but things are still quite busy, I'm hoping for a bit of relaxing soon. The photo above was taken at West Sandwick Beach in Yell a few weeks ago, it was a beautiful day!…
crofthoose yoke
Last night was such a beautiful night so I took the opportunity and got Mam to photograph my jumper so I could finish off the pattern for my Crofthoose Yoke! I've knit three samples of this pattern and I think this version is my favourite - it fits in so well in the Shetland landscape. The…
a good saturday
Hello! I'm sorry its been quiet here for a few weeks, I've been very busy with secret knitting and I passed my driving test! which was very exciting but meant I was practising that instead of knitting - anyway I passed so that's good. I also went away for a peerie trip to Glasgow to…
plain crown crofthoose
Hello! Thank you so much for all the lovely comments about my last post, I'm so glad so many of you enjoyed my video, and thanks also for all the nice messages about my hoose hat and jumper, today I thought i'd share another Crofthoose Hat Ive just finished. I know not everyone is into…
eyf purchases
Hello! So I thought I'd do something a bit different and do a video about my purchases at Edinburgh Yarn Festival, so if you are interested have a watch below! also sorry about the reflection from my glasses, I never noticed until afterwards.. typical. things mentioned: Shetland Wool Week and Crofthoose Hats! Hedgehog Fibres Kate…
edinburgh yarn festival
So I am back from Edinburgh!! The yarn festival was brilliant, it was so busy and I got to see so many of my woolly pals, I even felt a bit starstruck sometimes! I am used to people coming to Shetland so it was nice to be out there myself and seeing everyone. The picture…
crofthoose hat
Hello! here is my design for the 2016 Shetland Wool Week, the Crofthoose Hat! As you know I love crofthouse's and i'm known for my cushions but I wanted to develop my favourite image into a fair isle motif, my hat uses traditional Shetland techniques: two colour Fair Isle, corrugated ribbing and a patterned crown…
wool week
hello, thank you for all the great comments on my last post! It was a great conference and really made me think a lot about Shetland and Shetland knitting, yes I can do it even more! You might have seen on my instagram or the Shetland Wool Week blog that last week I was announced…
thoughts on authenticity
So I had a very interesting day yesterday at the Shetland Museum as mentioned in my last post. The day was all about Authenticity in Culturally Based knitting, obviously in relation to Shetland and mostly throughout the day it was in relation to Shetland Lace. There were a number of talks by lots of different…
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