Shetland knitting

ericka eckles on Instagram: "[image description: a short film showing a piece of Fair Isle Knitting, bands of ever changing motifs knit in a variety of different colours. The knitting lays on a grey wooden board, and is being cut open along especially knit stitches] The yarn used in the picture is all proper Shetland wool, having been spun from actual Shetland breed sheep. I've used an assortment of the 2 ply jumper weight from @thewoolbrokers and the Spindrift from @jamiesonsofshetland. Mot

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Our Shetland collection is made up of wool sweaters, vests, Fair Isle gloves and headbands and guaranteed to keep out the cold this winter! Available in a choice of gorgeous colours, knitted in Shetland with pure Shetland wool. Part of our British Wool collection.

In Episode 89 our feature interview focuses on fine Shetland lace, as we speak with the Curator of the Shetland […]

This is definitely just an introduction to the subject, but I’ve been playing around with using a Shetland knitting belt for a while now and get a lot of questions about it. There’s a lot of misinformation about this tool and how it’s used floating around on the internet, including this rather curious description from

The Shetland Wool Week patron for 2020 has been named today as Shetland knitwear designer, Wilma Malcolmson, who is internationally renowned for her skilfully blended Fair Isle knitwear. The much-anticipated annual hat pattern, which is now synonymous with the launch of the patron has also been released. This year’s official hat, designed by Wilma, is called ‘Katie’s Kep’.

by Hayley Anderton This is not meant as a definitive list, or even a best of list, rather these are ten books that I’ve collected over the years, refer to consistently, and want to celebrate a bit. There are new books in the offing from Mati Ventrillon (Knitting from Fair Isle) this autumn, Gudrun Johnston […]