Hello everyone, thank you so much for all the lovely comments on my last post. Sometimes I feel (especially at the moment) very lonely and it was a lovely reminder how many of you are there and interested in what I'm up to.. I've managed to finish two more tops since I last posted -…
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working through the lockdown
Hello everyone, how are you all? sorry for my radio silence over the past while - life has been happening and then, of course, recently coronavirus has totally changed everyone's lives. I'm still able to be at work a few mornings a week and do some work from home, understandably wool and knitting seem to…
my harriets headband
Hello everyone, if you are interested in Shetland knitting and patterns I'm sure you will have seen the patterns which are raising money here in Shetland for an MRI scanner - the Harriets Hat and Harriets Headband designed by Harriet Middleton. At the moment if someone in Shetland needs an MRI scan we have to…
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…
big and peerie moories
Hello everyone, just a quick post from me today - I wanted to let you know that my Moorie cardigan from Making issue 6 is now available as an individual PDF in my Ravelry store Its a simple and subtle Fair Isle yoke, with a slightly cropped, aline shape. I used 2ply Jumper Weight in…
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.…
erne beret
Hello everyone! today I have a new design to share with you. I have a lot of ideas for yoke designs, sometimes they come to something and other times I get a bit stuck. A couple of years ago I bought the Selbuvotter book which contains hundreds of amazing charts - some of my favourites…
thoughts
I'm sure if you are a part of the knitting community especially on Instagram you will have seen the conversation that's been taking place over the past few weeks over racism and inclusivity in knitting, I have avoided taking part as I didn't feel that my voice added anything to the mix but over the…
lowering the neck of a vintage yoke
Hello everyone, happy new year and all that jazz.. today I thought I would show you something I've started to do with some of my vintage yokes which is to lower the neck. Traditional Shetland yoke jumpers have not only a high neck but it can be quite a deep rib and its also quite…
