Taing Fair Isle Socks

The inspiration began with the colours of Aister ‘oo’ yarn, combined with my first visit to Fair Isle – I was lucky the weather was bright for the whole four days! The blues are reminiscent of looking through the sea at a sandy geo; the rich dark brown, of the seaweed. Taing is a place in Fair Isle, meaning a point of land in Old Norse and found in different forms across Shetland, all linked to the sea. The motifs chosen spoke strongly of the traditional Fair Isle patterns seen in the museum on the isle.