a few weeks ago on one of my weekly charity shop jaunts I found this lovely little hand knit Fair Isle scarf, it was stuffed in a box of hats and scarf's and although a bit dirty and crumpled.. I could see potential!! Its all in lovely natural colours and simple Fair Isle motifs.(excuse the…
shetland
deep breath
So I have survived another Shetland Craft Fair! I have had a very busy weekend, and I'm very happy with how it went. This year they had the stalls spread out over two parts of Clickimin, the Main hall and the Bowls hall. (Clickimin is a Leisure Centre, hence the use of a indoor Bowls…
ready to go..
Sorry to anybody waiting to hear from me, this past few weeks have been filled with knitting, washing, sewing, stuffing and more sewing.. on top of working full time.. phewf. I am tired, but I have had the past couple of days off to get everything finished and I'm ready for tomorrow. The Shetland Arts…
fair isle toorlie cap
I don't know about you, but as soon as I have a lot of stuff to do I suddenly find all these other things to be doing... and the above hat is case in point. Yes, i did need a hat, but did I really need to design one? Not really.. But its done now…
knit, knit, knit..
Hello! Thank you all for the lovely comments about my trip to Iceland, at the moment it seems a million miles away.. I am preparing for the Shetland Arts and Craft Associations annual Christmas Craft Fair. This involves a lot of knitting. Since I work pretty much full time my knitting is resigned to evenings…
my knitwear collection
I have quite a large collection of knitwear (your so surprised..) some of which I've never mentioned on here before, and some of it certainly doesn't warrant an entire post BUT I thought people might like to see and its also handy for me.. to keep an eye on what I already have.. before I…
hermaness hat
oh hey there! so on this Saturday I have made good progess on my Hermaness Hat as unfortunately I have been struck down with an infection that's making me feel truly rubbish.. BUT silver lining and all that means I can share my progress and also some more information about Gudruns beautiful book which me…
autumn is on its way
hello folks, so I have had a busy couple of weeks, thank you all for your lovely comments about my birthday yoke, on here and on instagram. its much appreciated as always. I had such a bad cold on my birthday that I had to leave work after an hour so only a few saw…
birthday yoke
if you read Kates blog you'll know she was up in Shetland last week on a yoke mission for her new book, of course all that looking,talking and thinking about yokes gave me the urge to make one too.. (hello to all my new followers who have found me through Kate!) a peerie while ago…
knitting room
When I am busy, tired and a bit stressed (don't know why just now but I am..) I seem to lose all my creativity. I cant seem to fully formulate ideas and I just wander aimlessly from project to project but not getting anywhere with them! I am very lucky that when my sister moved…
ella gordon 