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Hello! today I thought I would share with you something I did last week on a Fair Isle tank top I’ve had for years and never worn. I got it second hand (shock horror) but it was brand new with tags, originally from Laurence J Smith which is now Shetland Woollen Company, a knitwear company…
Hello, its September which means Shetland Wool Week season is upon us, and the next few weeks will be very busy for those of us who work in the Shetland Wool industry! I have a few things to share today, firstly my design in the 2025 Shetland Wool Week Annual, the Osla Cowl: Last year…
Hello everyone, thank you all for the kind comments and messages I received on my last post. I'm back with some more pictures, the first is something I forgot to mention in the last post, I didn't realise - or forgot that for my christening I wore the same robe as dad! me in my…
hello - yes I'm still here! a month ago or so my Auntie Louise was doing some sorting and organising and she found some things she knew I would like! She gave me a couple of Haps: A hap is a shawl, used in Shetland traditionally for babies and as outerwear back in the day,…
photo: Shetland Wool Week Hello, this past week was Shetland Wool Week (yes I am very tired..) and if you know about SWW you will know they publish a companion Annual to go with it. I'm very lucky that I have had patterns in every edition so far and my contribution this year was the…
hello, I have been quiet for a long time again... I apologise. I continue to acquire knitwear, vintage and new but I now have a mending pile that is beginning to annoy me. I need to just bite the bullet and sit down to do it, but like everything the past couple of years it…
hello everyone, I can't believe we are in November, it is becoming very dark here in Shetland. Every year it's a surprise how quickly the darkness returns, hopefully, the winter won't feel as long as usual... since I last posted the summer has passed which leads into Shetland Wool Week and of course the Annual,…
Hello everyone, like with my Roosty Hat I posted about recently sometimes when I feel a bit lost in my designing I go back to previous patterns and think about how I could use the motifs in another design. it takes some of the battles out of the project: I already like the colours and…
Hello, yes i am still here.. despite the best-laid plans I hardly posted last year. Somehow as I get older my voice is quieter, I don't have much to say sometimes! photo taken in Lerwick on the shortest day 21/12/22 We are beginning to see slightly longer days, thank goodness. I don't think unless you…
Hello everyone, today I'm sharing my design in the newest Shetland Wool Week Annual, the Sunbeam Dog Coat: I was asked to design a dog coat, it's not something I probably would ever have designed being (sadly) a non-dog owner. For something that's quite a simple shape it took me a good few weeks of…
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