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flora mitts

September 17, 2016May 14, 2017Categories design, knitting, shetland culture, shetland wool week8 Comments on flora mitts

A few weeks ago, I shared a photo on Instagram of a yoke cardigan I had got from eBay, it emerged when I bought it that I had purchased it from my auntie Louise, in Shetland! However I loved the colours in the yoke and particularly the mixture of moorit and blues which I had…

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clipping in bressay

September 3, 2016Categories shetland, shetland culture16 Comments on clipping in bressay

Last Saturday my dad asked me if, after I'd finished work at lunchtime, I wanted to come over to Bressay and help (errr.. take photos) of clipping his pal Campbell's sheep. So after misreading the ferry timetable (spot the toonie) I scurried from work and just made it. Bressay is a 7-minute ferry ride from…

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‘shetland wool’

August 19, 2016May 14, 2017Categories shetland, shetland culture, shetland wool week40 Comments on ‘shetland wool’

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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voe show

August 8, 2016May 14, 2017Categories shetland, shetland culture13 Comments on voe show

hello, I'm sorry for the unexpected silence over the past few weeks, I wish I could say I have been so busy doing lots of fun things and have lots of knitting to show you but I'm afraid I've been feeling very blah and uninspired. However, this weekend just been I did do something a…

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my first dress

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016Categories knitting, sewing, shetland culture16 Comments on my first dress

This feels very unusual to talk about something non-knitting related with you, but! it is to do with making because yes I made that dress you see in the photo above! It was my cousin's wedding at the weekend and a few months ago I was feeling very uninspired looking through all my usual places I…

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a good saturday

May 8, 2016May 8, 2016Categories knitting, shetland, shetland culture, shetland history18 Comments on a good saturday

Hello! I'm sorry its been quiet here for a few weeks, I've been very busy with secret knitting and I passed my driving test! which was very exciting but meant I was practising that instead of knitting - anyway I passed so that's good. I also went away for a peerie trip to Glasgow to…

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thoughts on authenticity

March 6, 2016Categories knitting, shetland, shetland culture22 Comments on thoughts on authenticity

So I had a very interesting day yesterday at the Shetland Museum as mentioned in my last post. The day was all about Authenticity in Culturally Based knitting, obviously in relation to Shetland and mostly throughout the day it was in relation to Shetland Lace. There were a number of talks by lots of different…

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