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hello everyone, now the Shetland Wool Week 2021 Annual is available and making its way to people I thought I'd do a post about my Roosty Tank Top design. photographed by Susan Molloy and Modelled by Roseanne (who was in my class at school.. #shetland) I always struggle with trying to explain my design process,…
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 everyone, long time no see! I don't know how many of you are extreme procrastinators like myself but this week it has seemed that I had a mountain of things to do so instead I decided to take a day trip up to Whalsay! I wanted to visit the Shoard Charity shop (#lifetimeambition) and also…
I was really interested in visiting the Textile Museum located in Blönduós, you might know that I am a trustee of the Shetland Textile Museum (see the shiny new website here) so I am always interested in seeing small local museums.. especially if textiles are involved. As you probably know if you are as interested/obsessed about…
I do love a quick knit and if you're looking for something to knock up in a few nights or even less if you are also trying to knit a hap.. I would definitely suggest this years free Shetland Wool Week pattern - The Baa-ble Hat. Designed by Donna Smith, this years patron for Wool Week, this hat…
We've had some wild weather in Shetland this past couple of weeks. Typical January weather of course but still tough going, my christmas break seems a million miles away! I have had some commissions so I've been working away on those but my hand knitting has been suffering from my lack lustre feelings.. does anyone…
So another year begins, I'm not bothering with any resolutions , i never keep them. I do have a few aims for the year though (aims, not resolutions..) I would like to learn to drive, to be a bit more tidy and for my business to grow! New Year in Shetland is always a bit.. crap. As…
so.. its been a slow couple of weeks since the Craft Fair. Ive been ill since it finished. First with the cold then with an infection, i even ended up having to have a night in hospital.. Bah! This is not helping me with getting my cushions made for people. I did managed to get…
so i have survived my first craft fair!! it was really quite good. I arrived on Friday feeling very... strange about it all. Its one thing for my friends and family to say they like my stuff (they have to say that! i'd greet if they didn't) but its very different opening up what you've been making to…
very aptly to my current situation November is also WOVEMBER, it was established in November 2011, it has grown into an annual, month-long-celebration of WOOL. last year my pal Sarah gave me a woolly brooch like the ones above and it has been pinned on my jacket ever since.. so when i saw you could buy…
ella gordon 