hello everyone, now the Shetland Wool Week 2021 Annual is available and making its way to people I thought I'd do a post about my Roosty Tank Top design. photographed by Susan Molloy and Modelled by Roseanne (who was in my class at school.. #shetland) I always struggle with trying to explain my design process,…
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radiant star cowl
Hello everyone, today I thought I'd go a bit into my new design that's featured (on the cover no less) in the 2020 Wool Week Annual, the Radiant Star Cowl: Now we all know I am a knitwear collector - I mean you could call it a hoarder but no judgment here.. and one of…
victoria gibson knitwear
Hello everyone, today I thought id share some images of some of my knitwear collection that is a bit different than a lot of my other stuff - some of my Victoria Gibson pieces. I have often spoken about how when I was growing up in Shetland in the 1990s and early 2000's traditional Shetland…
waar cowl and mojo
Hello everyone, I hope you're enjoying the beginning of Summer, not that you can really tell that here in Shetland sometimes but never mind.. at least the nights are lighter! Yet again I've been quite quiet here, I have been suffering from a serious lack of knitting mojo - this isn't unusual but sometimes it…
traditional fair isle
Hello everyone, at this point in my life I think I must admit to myself that I have become a semi-professional knitwear collector.. when I started collecting knitwear it was really just for things to wear - which I still do, from September to May every year I am pretty much-wearing something knitted every day.…
yule mitts
Hello everyone, a quick post from me today - just sharing a new pattern I put on ravelry last week. I have unfortunately become rather an unfestive being which is a shame but one thing about the dreaded festive season I do like is lights. In particular I am fond of the more vintage looking…
breiwick beret
Hello everyone, you may have seen something exciting today announced over at Kate Davies instagram ..I was very honoured earlier in the year to be asked to design a hat using Kate's Milarrochy Tweed yarn for her Milarrochy Heids book, and today my Breiwick Hat was revealed as the first pattern and the cover!! My…
moorie cardigan
hello! I survived Wool Week, I'm not going to lie - this year was pretty full on and I still feel like I'm getting over it! but today I thought id share a few pictures of an exciting design I have featured in an upcoming magazine. My Moorie Cardigan is featured in issue 6 of…
tvier
Hello everyone, just a quick post from me today. When this is posted Shetland Wool Week will have started which means my Tvier mitts from last years annual are now available for download from my Ravelry store! Of course I love all my patterns but this was one i was/am particualrly fond of - I…
einar hat and mitts
Hello everyone, I hope you've had a nice summer! Things have been pretty busy around here and today I thought id share my design for this year's Shetland Wool Week Annual alongside an extra pattern I've designed to go alongside it. This is the Einar hat - when I designed this I think i was…