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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! thank you for the nice response to my Bairns Crofthoose Yoke pattern! Today I thought I begin my series on my new knit along for my Crofthoose Hat, I know there are lots of patterns we all want to knit all the time and sometimes a bit of advice or just even talking about…
Continue reading ➞ crofthoose hat knit a long: choosing colours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srP63lKuHqo Hello! I had such good feedback from my last video that I thought I'd do another to catch up on what I've been up to since my last one. I hope you like it, anyway here's the things I mention: Crofthoose Yoke Hedgehog Fibres La Bien Aimee Qing Fibres Ysolda Blend One Daughter of…
Hello! Thank you all for the lovely and kind response to my Crofthoose Yoke! I'm sorry i've been a bit quiet but things are still quite busy, I'm hoping for a bit of relaxing soon. The photo above was taken at West Sandwick Beach in Yell a few weeks ago, it was a beautiful day!…
So I am back from Edinburgh!! The yarn festival was brilliant, it was so busy and I got to see so many of my woolly pals, I even felt a bit starstruck sometimes! I am used to people coming to Shetland so it was nice to be out there myself and seeing everyone. The picture…
Hello! here is my design for the 2016 Shetland Wool Week, the Crofthoose Hat! As you know I love crofthouse's and i'm known for my cushions but I wanted to develop my favourite image into a fair isle motif, my hat uses traditional Shetland techniques: two colour Fair Isle, corrugated ribbing and a patterned crown…
hello, thank you for all the great comments on my last post! It was a great conference and really made me think a lot about Shetland and Shetland knitting, yes I can do it even more! You might have seen on my instagram or the Shetland Wool Week blog that last week I was announced…
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…
I'm just popping in in between my Craft Fair preparations to share with you the link to a Radio programme I was involved with alongside my Auntie who works at Radio Shetland. Its all about Shetland Wool Week and if you were here in Shetland you will hear a lot of familiar voices (Hazel Tindall,…
Shetland Wool Week was busy but brilliant, it gets bigger and better every year. Here are some photos from the eyes of me - a Shetlander working throughout the week. Ill be back soon, til then Happy Knitting xxx
ella gordon 