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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…
this post is not meant to bash either to the company or the person that contacted me, I just thought it was interesting to share and sparked a train of thought within me.. I was recently contacted by quite a large clothing brand, based in the UK wondering if I would write a piece for…
hello, I'm sorry for the unexpected silence over the past few weeks, I wish I could say I have been so busy doing lots of fun things and have lots of knitting to show you but I'm afraid I've been feeling very blah and uninspired. However, this weekend just been I did do something a…
This feels very unusual to talk about something non-knitting related with you, but! it is to do with making because yes I made that dress you see in the photo above! It was my cousin's wedding at the weekend and a few months ago I was feeling very uninspired looking through all my usual places I…
Hello! I'm sorry its been quiet here for a few weeks, I've been very busy with secret knitting and I passed my driving test! which was very exciting but meant I was practising that instead of knitting - anyway I passed so that's good. I also went away for a peerie trip to Glasgow to…
So I had a very interesting day yesterday at the Shetland Museum as mentioned in my last post. The day was all about Authenticity in Culturally Based knitting, obviously in relation to Shetland and mostly throughout the day it was in relation to Shetland Lace. There were a number of talks by lots of different…
This Saturday I am going to an event hosted at the Shetland Museum and Archives which I am VERY excited about. It is called 'Authenticity in Culturally Based Knitting'. I have tried and failed before to explain some aspects about culture and knitting in relation to Shetland, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how…
Every year WordPress sends you a handy dandy list of stats about your blog so I thought it would be fun to share my most viewed posts of the year! My top viewed post was my version of a baa-ble hat, the 2015 official Wool Week pattern by Donna Smith Next was my few new…
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