I mentioned in my last post that me and my dad were going up to Yell to set up a small joint exhibition in the Old Haa museum in Yell. Well on Sunday we did that but a few weeks ago we also went up for some inspiration, I thought I'd share some photos from…
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Iceland – the textile museum
I was really interested in visiting the Textile Museum located in Blönduós, you might know that I am a trustee of the Shetland Textile Museum (see the shiny new website here) so I am always interested in seeing small local museums.. especially if textiles are involved. As you probably know if you are as interested/obsessed about…
Iceland – istex factory
Hello, I'm not intentionally dragging out my Iceland posts for dramatic effect, things have been so busy this week but today I am back with some pictures from one of my favourite parts about my trip, the Istex yarn factory! I have a very healthy *ahem* stash of Icelandic yarn so I was really looking…
iceland: part 1
So I am back from Iceland! I had a brilliant time and took far too many photos, I thought instead of bombarding you with hundreds of pictures I might do a general post today with some photos from my trip and then do some specific posts about places we went. I began my trip with a…
grey yoke
When I took the photos for my baa-ble hat post I realised the jumper I was wearing matched it perfectly! I bought this yoke jumper from eBay a few months ago and since I did I have worn it a lot. I have fancier and brighter jumpers in my wardrobe but I often find…
half hansel
This picture pleases me greatly, those hanks and that tiny little triangle is now this: My first hap!! Haps are everywhere just now, Gudrun had a hap knitalong in her group on Ravelry and then Louise from Knitbritish organised the hapalong. I have been planning to try and knit one for ages but there…
my baa-ble hat
I do love a quick knit and if you're looking for something to knock up in a few nights or even less if you are also trying to knit a hap.. I would definitely suggest this years free Shetland Wool Week pattern - The Baa-ble Hat. Designed by Donna Smith, this years patron for Wool Week, this hat…
riddari
as I mentioned a few posts ago I had begun to knit a riddari jumper. Well after a late night knitting on Saturday night I finished it and got it boarded on Sunday. I knitted the body and sleeves on my chunky machine and hand knit the yoke.. (as usual) I used Shetland Aran BSS13…
natures colours
as you know, well maybe you don't but, I work at Jamieson & Smith and I do all the blogging over there. As you can imagine it is a very busy place to work so blogging has to come quite low on the agenda sometimes after, you know, sending orders and serving people BUT this…
a few new yokes
as we know, one of my favourite things to knit is yoke jumpers. My most favourite way to knit them of course is to machine knit the body and sleeves on my machine. In most ways (fit especially) I feel each time I am getting better and finding the best way to make them, but…
ella gordon 