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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.…
Hello, everyone! thank you for the feedback about my latest design, there are a couple of projects on Ravelry already and it was on the front page of patterns for a few days so that was exciting! Today I'm back with a couple of photos from Sumburgh Head. On Thursday night it was a lovely…
Hello everyone! thank you for the lovely comments on my last post about my trip to Whalsay, today as promised I'm back with a new pattern release, the Ola Yoke! This is my version of a traditional Shetland yoke jumper, as you probably know these are my favourite thing to make and wear, I probably…
Hello everyone, long time no see! I don't know how many of you are extreme procrastinators like myself but this week it has seemed that I had a mountain of things to do so instead I decided to take a day trip up to Whalsay! I wanted to visit the Shoard Charity shop (#lifetimeambition) and also…
Hello everyone, I'm sorry I haven't been back sooner to tell you about New York, I thought I'd try something a bit different with the gallery above so you could see some of the pictures I took (just on my phone) while I was away. I also filmed a video today with a haul and…
Hello and Happy New Year! thank you for the kind comments on my last post, today I thought I'd take a look back over 2016 and some of my knitterly escapades.. This year was definitely a year of designing for me, that begun with my Crofthoose Hat and the announcement that I would be 2016's Shetland Wool…
hello everyone! sorry its been a quiet few weeks since my last post, (thanks as always for the nice feedback!) work has been busy, the days are getting shorter (today it was nearly dark at ten to three PM..yuk!) but I have a few things to share which I have recently bought - some new…
We have had a great spell of weather in Shetland the past couple of weeks, I knew it was all too good to be true so on Thursday I took the chance to go with some of my pals who were home up to Fethaland for a walk! Fethaland is an old fishing station located…
A few weeks ago, I shared a photo on Instagram of a yoke cardigan I had got from eBay, it emerged when I bought it that I had purchased it from my auntie Louise, in Shetland! However I loved the colours in the yoke and particularly the mixture of moorit and blues which I had…
Last Saturday my dad asked me if, after I'd finished work at lunchtime, I wanted to come over to Bressay and help (errr.. take photos) of clipping his pal Campbell's sheep. So after misreading the ferry timetable (spot the toonie) I scurried from work and just made it. Bressay is a 7-minute ferry ride from…
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