Shetland wool week

It's Shetland Wool Week on the Shetland Islands and, as you may know, we are pretty big fans of Shetland wool. After our travels to Shetland this summer, we knew we wanted to carry this wonderfully classic yarn. Shetland Wool Week seemed like the perfect time to welcome Jamieson + Smith 2-ply Jumper Weight wool to Fancy Tiger Crafts! J + S's Jumper Weight yarn is the traditional yarn used for Fair Isle, or stranded colorwork knitting. This is the yarn you see worked up into so many colorwork…

Shetland Wool Week Knitting Pattern, Knitting, Free

Sadly Shetland Wool Week has been cancelled but we’re so happy the Annual will be published as usual and we have ordered copies, due to arrive October/November.

It is that time of year again. Time for the 2023 Patron to be announced and Shetland Wool Week hat to be launched. The Patron is Alison Rendall, a perfect choice, and her hat is called Buggiflooer Beanie, the Shetland name for the flower, the Sea Campion. In her pattern there are colourways from 5 Shetland wool producers. Yarns from Jamieson's of Shetland, Uradale and Jamieson & Smith have colourways using 6 colours, and Laxdale Yarn and Aister Oo colourways using 2 colours. There was a…

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Today I'm excited to share with you some work I did for the lovely people at Shetland Wool Week. As the name suggests, Shetland Wool Week is a week long event that celebrates the Shetland wool, textile and farming industries. It takes place once a year, during the Autumn and the organisers approache

Fantastic events all week. Gudrun and I dropped into the Shetland Museum and watched Linda demonstrate Fair Isle Knitting using a knitting belt. She brought along some baby hats from her collection. The one on the right was worn my her mum in the 30's and Linda wore it when she was a teenager, and

Shetland Wool Week Blog, Content, Pictures

It is that time of year again. Time for the 2023 Patron to be announced and Shetland Wool Week hat to be launched. The Patron is Alison Re...