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Hello everyone, I hope you're enjoying the beginning of Summer, not that you can really tell that here in Shetland sometimes but never mind.. at least the nights are lighter! Yet again I've been quite quiet here, I have been suffering from a serious lack of knitting mojo - this isn't unusual but sometimes it…
Hello everyone, just a quick post from me today - I wanted to let you know that my Moorie cardigan from Making issue 6 is now available as an individual PDF in my Ravelry store Its a simple and subtle Fair Isle yoke, with a slightly cropped, aline shape. I used 2ply Jumper Weight in…
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! today I have a new design to share with you. I have a lot of ideas for yoke designs, sometimes they come to something and other times I get a bit stuck. A couple of years ago I bought the Selbuvotter book which contains hundreds of amazing charts - some of my favourites…
I'm sure if you are a part of the knitting community especially on Instagram you will have seen the conversation that's been taking place over the past few weeks over racism and inclusivity in knitting, I have avoided taking part as I didn't feel that my voice added anything to the mix but over the…
Hello everyone, happy new year and all that jazz.. today I thought I would show you something I've started to do with some of my vintage yokes which is to lower the neck. Traditional Shetland yoke jumpers have not only a high neck but it can be quite a deep rib and its also quite…
Hello everyone, a quick post from me today - just sharing a new pattern I put on ravelry last week. I have unfortunately become rather an unfestive being which is a shame but one thing about the dreaded festive season I do like is lights. In particular I am fond of the more vintage looking…
Hi everyone, thanks for the lovely feedback on my last post. Earlier this year I did a post with some photos taken on my phone. As the winter draws in and I start taking way fewer photos again I thought id share some from my summer and autumn. shetland museum / anni albers exhibition It's…
Hello everyone, you may have seen something exciting today announced over at Kate Davies instagram ..I was very honoured earlier in the year to be asked to design a hat using Kate's Milarrochy Tweed yarn for her Milarrochy Heids book, and today my Breiwick Hat was revealed as the first pattern and the cover!! My…
things mentioned: shetland wool week annual donna smiths langsoond einar hat einar mitts moorie cardigan making uyea hat ram jam strange brew kate davies snood joy of colour anni albers exhibiton frida kahlo exhibition
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