Ive never organised an exhibition before so the past couple of months have been a crash course in how to do so.. Obviously I love textiles in many shapes and forms so when I was given the opportunity to curate the 2014 exhibition at the Shetland Textile Museum (of which I am a trustee) I…
knitting
special crofthoose
I wouldnt blame you if you thought all I did was knit things for myself (which is mostly true) but I do actually make things to sell as well. Since I finished college I have developed and tidied up a design I had a part of my final project: the crofthoose cushion! Using…
heritage puffin
I couldn't resist. As soon as I finished my Natural Puffin Cardigan I kept thinking about making another.. but as a jumper.. and in colours closer to the original.. A real Puffin Jumper! SO.. I decided I would, for my cardigan I hand-tooled the ribbing which was the definition of tedious so for this I…
visits and exhibitions
I am very lucky that I get to do things that I know other people would love to do, I am a trustee of the Shetland Textile Museum and this year along with another trustee Cushla, who also works at the 'big' Museum I visited the archives of the Shetland Museum. The purpose of the visit…
puffin cardigan
I'm sorry its been a bit quiet around here, I have had a busy couple of weeks with nothing much exciting to report EXCEPT what I'm about to show you. I have another finished jumper to show, this is my version of the Puffin Sweater by Kate Davies, but I chose to make it in…
mams jumper
This Jumper belongs to my Mam, she bought it in the 1980s in Lerwick. She found it again a few years ago at my Granny and Grandads house in Ollaberry, with my recent obsession I'm sure your not shocked that I took it out the cupboard... It is made from Icelandic Wool very similar to Alafoss…
influences
Do other knitters ever find themselves questioning what they are knitting? maybe I should get a life but when I keep getting inspired by a certain style I start to wonder why.. I am obsessed with Icelandic jumpers I find myself googleing them, ebaying them, pinning them on pinterest, buying the wool, casting them on...…
orange strokkur
I am a slow knitter.. faster than I was, but still pretty slow. I am also an easily distracted which is why I am showing you something I started back in October.. I love yoke jumpers.. of any description .. anything with plain sleeves and plain body and a fancy yoke. Yum. I love Icelandic…
lace cardigans
warning: lots of pictures of lace! As I'm sure you can believe, I always have my eye out for any kind of traditional knitwear. I love Fair Isle and any kind of stranded knitting but I also love Shetland Lace, especially wearable Lace. A lot of the time you see Lace scarves,stoles and shawls which…
more japanese knitting books..
In December I received another couple (!) of Japanese knitting books I have bought from YesAsia.com Of course I went for the latest copy of Keito Dama There is quite a strong Scandinavian vibe, which I really like, even that pair going skiing with no snow to be seen?? The winter issues of Keito Dama…
ella gordon 