After having no agricultural shows for the last 2 years I was so looking forward to going the the Voe Show this year. It’s the first in the Shetland show calendar and always the first Saturday … Read More
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Voe Show 2022
Benefits of a Knitting Belt
People often wonder how a knitting belt works and what the benefits are to the knitter. Firstly they are used along with long double pointed needles or DPNs. One end of the DPN is pushed … Read More
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Virtual Knitting Belt Class Review
Unpaid class review by Knitter Nadine Buntenbeck
Last week I attended an online class by @janettebudge about knitting with a knitting belt. Even though I’ve been knitting with a belt since 2017 now, being self-taught, I wanted to learn from a well versed knitting belt user.
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And of course … Read More
Preparing for Fair Isle
Accommodation and Travel
Normally you have to book your summer accommodation and travel into Fair Isle the year before. But because of the pandemic travel restrictions, things were a bit different this year. I was attracted to Fair Isle Knitting Holidays for obvious reasons! I wasn’t quite ready to delve … Read More
Hello & Welcome
A Taste of my Fair Isle Knitting Talk
Katie Deyell in her 80’s walking on the west side of Shetland, photo taken in 1950’s. Many thanks to the Deyell family for the use of the photo. Deyell family copyright
First of all Dornoch Fibre Festival
You may have seen I did a talk last month. This was the … Read More
Hello & Welcome
Hi if you’re reading this you’re either interested in me or interested in knitting! Thought it was a good idea to address both of these in the first blog.
Back when I attended my first Shetland Wool Week in 2014 little did I know where it would take me. I … Read More