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photo: Shetland Wool Week Hello, this past week was Shetland Wool Week (yes I am very tired..) and if you know about SWW you will know they publish a companion Annual to go with it. I'm very lucky that I have had patterns in every edition so far and my contribution this year was the…
Hello everyone, like with my Roosty Hat I posted about recently sometimes when I feel a bit lost in my designing I go back to previous patterns and think about how I could use the motifs in another design. it takes some of the battles out of the project: I already like the colours and…
Hello, yes i am still here.. despite the best-laid plans I hardly posted last year. Somehow as I get older my voice is quieter, I don't have much to say sometimes! photo taken in Lerwick on the shortest day 21/12/22 We are beginning to see slightly longer days, thank goodness. I don't think unless you…
Hello everyone, today I thought I'd go a bit into my new design that's featured (on the cover no less) in the 2020 Wool Week Annual, the Radiant Star Cowl: Now we all know I am a knitwear collector - I mean you could call it a hoarder but no judgment here.. and one of…
Hello everyone, just a quick post from me today. When this is posted Shetland Wool Week will have started which means my Tvier mitts from last years annual are now available for download from my Ravelry store! Of course I love all my patterns but this was one i was/am particualrly fond of - I…
Hello everyone, I have a new pattern! Ever since I made my Hap Cowl pattern I have debated about trying to fit the well-known motif from a hap into a yoke. And the Hap Yoke is the result! if any of you have knit feather and fan you know it very pleasantly stacks on top of itself…
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,…
Hello everyone! thank you for the lovely comments on my last post about my trip to Whalsay, today as promised I'm back with a new pattern release, the Ola Yoke! This is my version of a traditional Shetland yoke jumper, as you probably know these are my favourite thing to make and wear, I probably…
Hello! I'm back, sooner than I thought with my new pattern! It is a cowl, which if you know me you know I wear most days. It is inspired (obviously by the name) by Shetland Haps. Haps seem to have been everywhere lately, what with Kates book and the numerous Hap knit-a-longs there have been. Last…
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…
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