episode 13 is lucky for some
It has been a bloomin’ brilliant, exciting and inspirational time of late.
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A Shetland Wool Week Prize
A wee Shetland woolly prize for you and a reminder about the Next Year in Lerwick giveaway from Tori Seiersted
episode 12 and the Yarndale hangover
Decided to upload an episode on yarndale amblings and ramblings. it is just that, so if you are looking for usual content it really is just a rundown of Yarndale and my purchases
Shetland Textile Museum
If you are visiting Shetland this summer, or coming up for Wool Week in October, a trip to the Shetland Textile Museum is a must.
reiterating resolutions
I had spoken on the first podcast about my KnitBritish plans for 2014, but I realised the other week that I had not reiterated that on the website and so let me set them out here
A Bevy of British Wool Knits
It is almost another new year and I wanted to share with you some of the beautiful British wool projects knitted by the lovely people of the woolsack ravelry British-Wool-Along
Giveaway Tease: it’s not all baa baa baa
The whole point of writing this blog and knitting British is to share the love of local fibre.
Today’s tease to the stash giveaway is a reminder that there is more to knitting British than with sheep wool…
The Work They Say Is Mine
Recently me and the lovelyfella went to the Shetland Museum to watch a film called, The Work They Say is Mine. It was made for channel 4 in the mid 80s and looked at women in industry in Shetland and particularly how knitters were affected by the truck system.
Although truck was banned in the early 1800s, women in Shetland were expected to exchange their knitting for goods from the merchant for many years after