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hello everyone, I can't believe we are in November, it is becoming very dark here in Shetland. Every year it's a surprise how quickly the darkness returns, hopefully, the winter won't feel as long as usual... since I last posted the summer has passed which leads into Shetland Wool Week and of course the Annual,…
Hello everyone, last night I went down to Sumburgh Head with my Mam, Dad and smallest niece. On the Shetland mainland if you want to see puffins Sumburgh Head is the place to go. I've had very little motivation in taking photos over the past few years - sometimes it just seems like too much…
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'm sharing my design in the newest Shetland Wool Week Annual, the Sunbeam Dog Coat: I was asked to design a dog coat, it's not something I probably would ever have designed being (sadly) a non-dog owner. For something that's quite a simple shape it took me a good few weeks of…
Hello, I'm currently working on a project and although I am in the beginning stages I thought it might be interesting to document so I can work through my process and give some background to my thinking. I'm sure everyone who ever reads here knows or is aware of what a Hap is - a…
hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying your festive season, however you spend it! I have had a quiet time so far, as I'm sure most of us are still - thanks to covid! I haven't been doing much knitting, much of anything to be honest - it has been so dark here in shetland,…
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.. I am still here..I dont know about you but this past nearly two years have sucked alot of my creativity from me. I have hardly knit anything for months, the urge has gone. It will come back, I hope. I thought the older i got the more sure of myself I would become -…
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…
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