SWW Annual 2024 We are delighted to announce that our 10th volume of our Shetland Wool Week Annual is out now –we are thrilled to celebrate this milestone, marking a decade of honouring Shetland’s wool and rich textile heritage. PATTERNS: This issue includes 10 very different Fair Isle and...
Shetland wool’s strength and spring provide comfort and longevity in bedmaking, making it a perfect ingredient for our characteristically luxurious beds. With Shetland Wool Week upcoming, we’re shining a light on this wonderful fibre. WHAT IS WOOL? Wool is a textile fibre that comes from the...
With over 70 members, the Guild plays an important role in keeping traditional Shetland skills, techniques, and patterns alive while passing them on to future generations. Shetland Wool Week 2025 will focus on the theme of ‘Shetland Ways’, exploring the variety of methods Shetlanders have used...
design,Fair Isle,Kate Davies Designs,knitting,landscape,patterns,photography,Shetland,Shetland Wool Week,textiles,yarn While we were in the Highlands, we took the opportunity to photograph a design I’ve had ready for a while: the Sixareen Cape. I started knitting this Fair Isle wrap last Octob...
I am Janette Budge, a Shetland knitwear designer and tutor I create unique Fair Isle Knitting patterns and garments and I'm invovled in Shetland Wool Week
I'm reminded of a wonderful week where the scent of warm wool — sharp and nose tickly — greets you in some of the shops. Even though travel isn't an option for me at the moment, through Misa's beautiful Journal I feel that I am still able to enjoy Shetland, and bring a little...
inspiration, Jamieson and Smith, kits, Knitting Patterns, Real Shetland Wool, Shetland Wool, Shetland Wool Brokers Hello everyone, happy weekend! Sorry things have been a bit quiet here, we have had a really busy few months since our last post! Things are cooling down fast here in Shetland ...
books,design,interview,knitting,Scotland,Shetland,Shetland Wool Week Gudrun I recently had a chat with one of my favourite designers, Gudrun Johnston, and thought I’d bring this to you today. I just love Gudrun’s work. She has this knack of producing designs that are are always classic, ...
Shetland, Fair Isle may be small in size but it's enormous in character. The island is known worldwide for its distinctive knitwear patterns and its significance as a bird watching paradise. But today, Sarah and I were fortunate enough to experience its living agricultural traditions firsthand....
and this is what makes Shetland’s textiles so exciting. Colours and patterns which you would not think could go together do. Interesting ideas emerge out of left field. People experiment and have the space to do so. And there’s a deep sense of freedom here which others respect and allow...