textile maker
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! 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, 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! 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,…
recent walks to st. ninians, the burn and Ollaberry. Lighter nights, hentilaags, baby lambs and grey skies. I was given a new lens for my camera and I'm enjoying trying it out, it doesn't look like it in these photos but the weather in Shetland has been quite good and I'm hopeful for a nice summer. I'm…
