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Hello everyone, someone on my ravelry group asked me the other day if I was planning on doing a video soon so as I was off a couple of days this week I decided to film something along with my much needed tidying up (as an aside I am NOT ALLOWED to buy any wool for…
Hello friends! Yes its been a peerie while since I posted but my hands have not been totally idle, I recently finished the yoke you see above and I make good enough notes that I could do a new pattern, this is the Adenia Yoke and you can purchase the pattern on my Ravelry store…
Hello everyone, yes I'm still here! Sorry its been so quiet around here. The dark Shetland winter is in full swing and yet again my knitting mojo left me for a couple of months :( It's very frustrating and the past little while I've been feeling quite disappointed in myself. I have lots of ideas but…
Hello everyone! I thought I would do another video after Shetland Wool Week sharing some of the things I picked up and some other stuff, I hope you enjoy it! things mentioned: Shetland Wool Week Annual Jamieson & Smith: A Shetland Story Langsoond Yarn The Croft Shetland Tweed Woollenflower A Year of Techniques Shaila Mittens Shetland…
Hello everyone! You may remember a few years ago I knit myself a vest from a Japanese pattern. The pattern in question was from a Japanese book about Cowichan knitting. I loved the pattern but it had teepees on it which I decided to switch out for something much more common in my landscape -…
Hi everyone, the other day I finished something I've been knitting on and the recipient was here for a couple of days before she jets off again so I took the chance to get some photos of my pal Vivian in her new Ola Yoke! It has taken me a bit longer than planned to get it finished…
Hello everyone! Sorry for the radio silence over the summer, the weather has been... shock horror..... quite nice in Shetland so I haven't been doing too much knitting and what I have been doing I can't really share yet so it's not very blog worthy! BUT last weekend I did something quite exciting which was…
hello everyone, I have done another little video update for you just catching up on some things I've been doing so I hope you enjoy it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTLjX4jPDDY things mentioned: Ola Yoke Vatsland Jumper One that got away yoke Machine So Faded Whalsay Exhibition (last year's post, this year's post) Wool Journey Colour Confident Stitching Knitting Patterns from…
Hello, everyone! thank you for the feedback about my latest design, there are a couple of projects on Ravelry already and it was on the front page of patterns for a few days so that was exciting! Today I'm back with a couple of photos from Sumburgh Head. On Thursday night it was a lovely…
Hello everyone! so in my last brief post, I mentioned I was working on a new design, and here it is! I have called it the Vatsland Jumper, and that's where me and Dad went to take the pattern photos. I'm so pleased with how this design has turned out from my head to the sample,…
