As well as having a huge interest in Fair Isle and Shetland knitting, im also interested in any other type of Native knitting. One of my most recent obsessions is Cowichan Knitting. These warm and cosy looking ladies are all wearing traditional Cowichan sweaters, a type of style from the Vancouver Island area of British…

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Fair Isle knitting is well known all over the world, of all the places my work sends wool too, there is always a large percentage of parcels going to Japan.  I first saw Japanese knitting books at work, if we have yarn in a magazine or book the publishers usually send us a copy. the…

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A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to go to the In the Loop knitting conference, which I went to in 2010 as a college student. This time around I am a business owner (scary) and working pretty much full time so it was so nice to be able to have a few days…

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One of the things that seems to lead people to my blog is when they search for Black Gold Tide, i did a post a while ago about some of the pictures. I thought some people might be interested in seeing my copy of the original book. I was really lucky that my Granddad gave…

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Shetland has been covered in an annoying steekit mist for what feels like months, every now and then there is a break in the mist and yesterday was one of those days. So last night me and Mam went up to Ollaberry, her childhood home and went to the peat bank. This time of year the…

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As a Shetlander, who studied textiles, and makes textiles, and works in a wool shop i would say i have a healthy interest in Fair Isle Ganseys...   As you can see i am particularly fond of a Fair Isle Yoke.. which makes my new jumper all the more special. A completely hand knit Fair…

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