Bring Me Sunshine
With Advent upon us and with so much sadness and conflict all around, I felt I needed to do something positive to bring just a little light and happiness – to the pages of my blog at least. So for … Read More
My Shetland Adventure Continues
The last few weeks have been incredibly busy. I’ve recently returned from a trip to Shetland and the beautiful island of Vaila, where I was working on further research and photoshoots for the Vintage Shetland Project book. We had originally … Read More
A Glimpse Inside The Vintage Shetland Project
As many of you know, I’m currently working hard on bringing together my research, patterns, photography and history for The Vintage Shetland Project. This very special book is based on garments held in the collection at the Shetland Archives. I’ve … Read More
Diamonds Are Forever and It Cannot Fail to Please Released as Single Patterns
I’m really pleased to announce that, due to demand, I have released Diamonds Are Forever and It Cannot Fail to Please as single PDF patterns. Diamonds are Forever is knitted in the round from the bottom up and features a … Read More
Can you help me with some research?
I’m currently working away on the research for the Vintage Shetland Project and I wondered if you, dear reader, could help me with some of that research. One of the most striking of the garments in the Project is the … Read More
So that was the month that was…
I mentioned in my last blog post that things would be quiet around here whilst I got on with the myriad tasks in hand for the Vintage Shetland Project, as well as all the other tasks that go on anyway. … Read More