tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29000887173560551102024-03-18T21:27:33.847-07:00Shetland HandspunElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-23800451082449383472023-05-01T04:05:00.000-07:002023-05-01T04:05:02.613-07:00SHETLAND WOOL WEEK HAT 2023<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">It is that time of year again. Time for the 2023 Patron to be announced and Shetland Wool Week hat to be launched.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Patron is Alison Rendall, a perfect choice, and her hat is called Buggiflooer Beanie, the Shetland name for the flower, the Sea Campion. In her pattern there are colourways from 5 Shetland wool producers. Yarns from Jamieson's of Shetland, Uradale and Jamieson & Smith have colourways using 6 colours, and Laxdale Yarn and Aister Oo colourways using 2 colours.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was a launch at the Shetland Museum on Friday night with Linda Shearer, last years Patron, handing over to Alison. Such a good evening meeting up and talking to folk. Then home to plan for a kit in a colourway in my handspun yarn over the weekend. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rB_PqSuKiCE5ul7XYASwPhs6Fv-1cTHkL4FGnXXe6BcjsRh9Cu6Qi4NxsXQBLmHdjZIxaO_ugGrrRYgczHtBdrvpgvjxSeVt2ok2L1rlgk8ncdqjcai_kbS2ulIHtP-6NJF7dCgOl7oewQJ-RdJX8EFvJXzSG_An32rRVbdfB-BFo7vVFhzcvVw0hw/s4032/SWW%202023%20Shetland%20Handspun%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rB_PqSuKiCE5ul7XYASwPhs6Fv-1cTHkL4FGnXXe6BcjsRh9Cu6Qi4NxsXQBLmHdjZIxaO_ugGrrRYgczHtBdrvpgvjxSeVt2ok2L1rlgk8ncdqjcai_kbS2ulIHtP-6NJF7dCgOl7oewQJ-RdJX8EFvJXzSG_An32rRVbdfB-BFo7vVFhzcvVw0hw/w318-h423/SWW%202023%20Shetland%20Handspun%202.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is knitted and dressed, o</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">n a fawn background, and using 5 colours in the pattern.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The pattern colours are:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Light Moorit, Dark Moorit, Shetland Black, a natural Madder dyed shade, and for the centre rows of the flooers there is a very dark Madder dyed shade.</span></p><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That red in the centre rows is hard to get in a photo, but really adds something to the look of the hat.<br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IJMXpwg2eqxqw5UomT_yy0hgMi4JamBGdk0Z9ZNDVCernW80D8u-tCexeTCUC8LsyQ2fs5wIhZsgTLQWSB5yq_KJKK_wVxTsvexIDiqQxDmqB-VDougW1YWySM1vHwdQkqYBlG-WR6Q51be06zFS8M8UbBNT2Yu0VBeQ6xFUITD_JEvaSjlXs7V3wQ/s4032/SWW%202023%20Shetland%20Handspun%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IJMXpwg2eqxqw5UomT_yy0hgMi4JamBGdk0Z9ZNDVCernW80D8u-tCexeTCUC8LsyQ2fs5wIhZsgTLQWSB5yq_KJKK_wVxTsvexIDiqQxDmqB-VDougW1YWySM1vHwdQkqYBlG-WR6Q51be06zFS8M8UbBNT2Yu0VBeQ6xFUITD_JEvaSjlXs7V3wQ/w304-h405/SWW%202023%20Shetland%20Handspun%201.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have 3 of the colours already spun, but need to spin the other 3 colours. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fleece from my stash has been sampled and is ready to start the carding and spinning process.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So my plan is ready to produce kits, in a limited number. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyufkq9QhHqiHQ9frF5np2s8J_pgWanofibOO2r_Rf4vyFmJ-6fYCg1FTWu09T1y_M1ZB5H5w7JZGjJSussjxlTIlSArbV5WGGCG48NuzuhQpALk8l_3qrA9kBQfMMEcKeDPtCmMG2THM14mjqlDKQDE9T4VtVebil5jhrkv8e2KHHI8s6EcI8SQKx2g/s4032/SWW%202023%20Shetland%20Handspun%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyufkq9QhHqiHQ9frF5np2s8J_pgWanofibOO2r_Rf4vyFmJ-6fYCg1FTWu09T1y_M1ZB5H5w7JZGjJSussjxlTIlSArbV5WGGCG48NuzuhQpALk8l_3qrA9kBQfMMEcKeDPtCmMG2THM14mjqlDKQDE9T4VtVebil5jhrkv8e2KHHI8s6EcI8SQKx2g/w342-h456/SWW%202023%20Shetland%20Handspun%203.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">... and the last photo of a stunning crown. I love the flower, simply done following Alison's design, with one half in the light moorit and the other half in Shetland black. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you would like a kit in my yarn, send me an email, shetlandhandspun@btinternet.com </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kits should be ready in about 3 weeks, the cost is £65 plus postage. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Postage now varies outside the UK. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">I send the kits tracked and charge the cost price.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Email me - shetlandhandspun@btinternet.com -to book a kit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-66576484449350331862022-06-22T04:17:00.001-07:002022-06-22T04:17:28.750-07:00Shetland Wool Week 2022 - Bonnie Isle Hat Kits<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> Bonnie Isle Hat Kits</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The 2020 Patron and </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Shetland Wool Week Hat were both announced on the 9th of June. The launch was in Shetland for the first time at the Shetland Museum. We were a smallish group but enough to have a good photo with a range of previous Wool Week Hats. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">My handspun yarn as not included in the pattern, but 2 of our new Shetland Wool Producers were included:</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> Aister 'oo' and Laxdale Yarn. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Both have beautiful yarn and some beautiful colours to choose from.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Since the launch I have been busy and I have put together a colourway in my yarn which is now available in a kit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwwOy9rhYmK-Q4_QuKk7oEXUsHP44FOowIoWYF2zPK6FB4o50_OAtlYtJxuNzWtMtaDpYYCg_Mx53OCknfTP6qnm8TYa8mtY6fQdtQm6ILBQtfTd5BUHcvPKMyKq6NaTw-4YQDZ5HQMY0NfuED21_GKOgYwM9DhnYVK9N_u37ljw80Gy9AaML5oxvOQ/s2916/Boanie%20Isle%20Hat%20SWW%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2705" data-original-width="2916" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwwOy9rhYmK-Q4_QuKk7oEXUsHP44FOowIoWYF2zPK6FB4o50_OAtlYtJxuNzWtMtaDpYYCg_Mx53OCknfTP6qnm8TYa8mtY6fQdtQm6ILBQtfTd5BUHcvPKMyKq6NaTw-4YQDZ5HQMY0NfuED21_GKOgYwM9DhnYVK9N_u37ljw80Gy9AaML5oxvOQ/w400-h371/Boanie%20Isle%20Hat%20SWW%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The kit price, in my handspun yarn, is £63 </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">plus postage, </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">of £4 to the UK, and from £10 to £14 elsewhere.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Postage now varies outside the UK. I send the kits tracked and charge the cost price.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Email me - shetlandhandspun@btinternet.com -to buy a kit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have used 3 natural colours and 2 natural dyed colours.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The 2 light colours are silver grey and natural white. The 3 dark colours are Shetland black, Aubergine (dyed with cochineal) and Dark Blue (dyed with Logwood).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As usual I will have a limited number of kits available. For the Bonnie Isle Hat I will have 24 kits. To order </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Email me - shetlandhandspun@btinternet.com</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I do have some kits ready now, but there is still some spinning to do - I have a little of the black and the silver still to spin. I plan to have that spinning done by 22nd of July.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The first batch of kits can be shipped from 28th of June, and the remainder can be shipped from 25th of July.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have a delay in shipping the first batch as I am on route to Norway to teach a spinning class at Osteroy Museum, so if I dont answer an email over the next few days, I am just having too much fun with the class at the museum.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-53864140261029110632021-11-02T13:12:00.000-07:002021-11-02T13:12:16.112-07:00 PATTERNS: LUNKLET LACE JACKET and LUNKLET SHAWL <p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The patterns for the Lunklet Lace Jacket and the Lunklet Shawl are both now on Ravelry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have sold both of these patterns from my studio and at shows, but with lockdown, the time came to put them on Ravelry. I had thought that it would be a challenge to re-format the charts for Ravelry. It actually worked out fine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7h1s3kPjzas7teTsxWaY3iQiDcuiTr9CMmxI-c-9917rWnE4iYiwJVxzGUHq8EHS9EqzaHrX9UEhn2WWi6ApPPnl-PpjHh085PK7wd-Ucgty6uC8Hd-yRSPOldv7Efw6Kx7O2m5SZHDWA/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="339" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7h1s3kPjzas7teTsxWaY3iQiDcuiTr9CMmxI-c-9917rWnE4iYiwJVxzGUHq8EHS9EqzaHrX9UEhn2WWi6ApPPnl-PpjHh085PK7wd-Ucgty6uC8Hd-yRSPOldv7Efw6Kx7O2m5SZHDWA/w305-h400/image.png" width="305" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Jacket has been knitted many times. It looks difficult but it is much easier than it look to knit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Included in the pattern are tips on knitting the jacket. Also tips for the Frost Flower pattern (motif), an impressive pattern made up of 2 very simple elements and quite simple to knit when it is broken down to its individual parts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A Lace Jacket is not for everyone so I made a shawl to match the Jacket. I think I almost like the shawl more than the Jacket.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrFqKXuyx9O2ae_57iEpjqnf5HQikPRBVNXz2LVPKPfU-dSkiTBwdokbnLtCXjsnxpXDKuVkuNLL5x0XzhZX0ax_XMqLrQjujHyB6bSzjGpUcd1zYP7YtAdV3HOiaJPFiLYmNRZiRnZrl/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrFqKXuyx9O2ae_57iEpjqnf5HQikPRBVNXz2LVPKPfU-dSkiTBwdokbnLtCXjsnxpXDKuVkuNLL5x0XzhZX0ax_XMqLrQjujHyB6bSzjGpUcd1zYP7YtAdV3HOiaJPFiLYmNRZiRnZrl/w388-h400/image.png" width="388" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Jacket in the photo is knitted in my handspun lace yarn. The layers are spun from natural coloured </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Shetland </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">fleece. The yarn in the sleeves and the top of the jacket are a tussah silk single plyed with a Shetland wool single. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The shawl is knitted with Jamiesons of Shetland Ultra, their lace weight yarn.</span></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-61704785791806630742021-10-01T04:34:00.002-07:002021-10-03T03:35:34.197-07:00KITS and PATTERNS<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For Shetland Wool Week Makers Market</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> I have a limited number of Da Crofters Kep Kits,</span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> in my handspun yarn,</span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> prepared especially for SWW.</span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC0EdFM5eC9EaNEoYFkEBRa-rhwyQTJ0BQXWCoypedLMwfjeQ3PpnapGkWeu4pzAnlJW2ZurxBNVRVT67-CgDE_ZMtPN9jWNRb6iC0WE12DISex5Ai49IQUNWmYGVWa2kiY3_T65ypIXP/s2048/shetland+handspun+kep+kit.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC0EdFM5eC9EaNEoYFkEBRa-rhwyQTJ0BQXWCoypedLMwfjeQ3PpnapGkWeu4pzAnlJW2ZurxBNVRVT67-CgDE_ZMtPN9jWNRb6iC0WE12DISex5Ai49IQUNWmYGVWa2kiY3_T65ypIXP/s320/shetland+handspun+kep+kit.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The kit price, in my handspun yarn, is £60 </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">plus postage, </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">£4 to the UK, £10 to the EU, and £14 elsewhere.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span>Email me - shetlandhandspun@btinternet.com -to buy a kit.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">KITS ARE SOLD OUT</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also, posting on Ravelry,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My series of NJUGGLE accessories patterns</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJptCZYSWO7UiP6sge5Q-f2HFTkYM_IVMBBrczNj7k7R233MM6snLR0wrjv881U6vqhfU_PN0D6IBp5KK3lnZj9JlO0EuRqSfhPTmDdXNM5b4kpWNd8EVaXrf_szl-Lq8q6WiC5YL6xP54/s2048/shetland+handspun+njuggle+hat1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJptCZYSWO7UiP6sge5Q-f2HFTkYM_IVMBBrczNj7k7R233MM6snLR0wrjv881U6vqhfU_PN0D6IBp5KK3lnZj9JlO0EuRqSfhPTmDdXNM5b4kpWNd8EVaXrf_szl-Lq8q6WiC5YL6xP54/s320/shetland+handspun+njuggle+hat1.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toorie Version 1</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /><br /><span> </span></span><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjRoT6o1AFsyooPdmuAmEkGunZvUaC9SOkJmkhPIp-ScklHYHKHDvP8ASGQWlMSNd30BRYhx_aj9YmH_ErLLqMPWXEUShJK25HMuFoGaS8lYdgOaXSiGwiGrvkfM5eh1XWtLdnaWHTNHH/s2048/shetland+handspun+njuggle+hat2.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjRoT6o1AFsyooPdmuAmEkGunZvUaC9SOkJmkhPIp-ScklHYHKHDvP8ASGQWlMSNd30BRYhx_aj9YmH_ErLLqMPWXEUShJK25HMuFoGaS8lYdgOaXSiGwiGrvkfM5eh1XWtLdnaWHTNHH/s320/shetland+handspun+njuggle+hat2.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Toorie Version 2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAsmjVLG-neFiZLmDCBactBFG2P8yZqELnr1OOWUaWCnsdUFNsiCRSXU-0eeFnit3_Uld1OAi8R41ybQqPonZdwe9UenrDn_gzc-UmcKFwLeT8-Er6tAlPCH3fxf0gI9t7OSIn73GoYGS/s2048/shetland+handspun+Njuggle+square+hat+NJG4.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAsmjVLG-neFiZLmDCBactBFG2P8yZqELnr1OOWUaWCnsdUFNsiCRSXU-0eeFnit3_Uld1OAi8R41ybQqPonZdwe9UenrDn_gzc-UmcKFwLeT8-Er6tAlPCH3fxf0gI9t7OSIn73GoYGS/s320/shetland+handspun+Njuggle+square+hat+NJG4.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Square Hat</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsu705ny_0tuIkc94FoTPboV8srSnsfukByjBMz0dhIjmR6FT4OHtraWv6pMc1YwnzGjiR6lkdl_pZ4QWiGW6xoo7_H16-oM4CqijuHeeJBGOwfM4KcQuw1dgkYSe2DxO87iynA0UCIUi_/s2048/shetland+handspun+njuggle+gloves.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsu705ny_0tuIkc94FoTPboV8srSnsfukByjBMz0dhIjmR6FT4OHtraWv6pMc1YwnzGjiR6lkdl_pZ4QWiGW6xoo7_H16-oM4CqijuHeeJBGOwfM4KcQuw1dgkYSe2DxO87iynA0UCIUi_/s320/shetland+handspun+njuggle+gloves.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The mitts, or Dags as we call them in Shetland.<br />2 which match the Toories, <br />1 with a long 2-coloured rib,<br />and a long pair.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvzgufcvjvCTj_ssDLdMzR2EYSA3dGv0HDlKF16iwv5dGwbHI01SSHOPEwy9vres7gDtyMne7vImPMMtPg_abUB3iYkXNaYDt7PHU_5_inKyNk7wThkKSeNIFvNJAKEjpiqnqHPEK890Y/s2048/shetland+handspun+njuggle+pattern.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvzgufcvjvCTj_ssDLdMzR2EYSA3dGv0HDlKF16iwv5dGwbHI01SSHOPEwy9vres7gDtyMne7vImPMMtPg_abUB3iYkXNaYDt7PHU_5_inKyNk7wThkKSeNIFvNJAKEjpiqnqHPEK890Y/s320/shetland+handspun+njuggle+pattern.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">... and then a cushion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All are knitted in natural Shetland colours, with yarn from Jamieson & Smith. I do occasionally have kits made up with my handspun yarn.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif">The motifs are
all similar to those found in antiquity, some from ancient Greece, especially the Greek key and the small flower. Hearts and crosses are both very old, and because of the association with the sea, an anchor and a chain is included.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif">The design is
named Njuggle after a mythical Shetland horse which was purported to live in
streams and the sea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif">The Njuggle
collection includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif">Dags version 1
& 2, Toorie Hats version 1 & 2, Rib Dags, Long Dags, a Square Hat and a
Cushion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif">Search for SHETLAND HANDSPUN on Ravelry to find all the patterns.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif">I hope you have all enjoyed the Virtual Shetland Wool Week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif"><br /></span></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-30392714240515992422021-07-05T07:59:00.003-07:002021-10-03T03:31:29.706-07:00Da Crofters Kep - SWW 2021<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Wow, its July already, what happened! This year is going by fast! It doesnt seem very long since the 2021 Crofters Kep was launched, and that was back in April.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Wilma did her usual and created a beautiful hat pattern in 5 different yarns each in a different colourway, and she used my handspun yarn for one again. I was honoured. But that also meant that I had to spin and dye the yarn for kits. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I decided to set the number of kits to 50, and should have put that information out, but before that happened the enquiries came in fast and they were booked up in a few days. I am only getting back to doing a blog now!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My appologies to those of you who have missed out on my handspun yarns for this years kep. I just could not fit in any more time to spin for the hat this year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Wilma and I did look at alternative yarns to substitute for my handspun yarn and these are detailed below. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE_tBnn8r5RsVTZ-plN_uddeFfP8Qoo0Jv71YWgn4aYgct7dhiV9lrcxY1c4VNIe_HSGyQAoPTMKhuIJRhltQN2y8IRV6rXr3D49sv1HXFjCg3onUHceyPDeRlv5Eo-QRa73uvi5ZxNu0/s2048/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep+Shetland+Handspun+yarn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE_tBnn8r5RsVTZ-plN_uddeFfP8Qoo0Jv71YWgn4aYgct7dhiV9lrcxY1c4VNIe_HSGyQAoPTMKhuIJRhltQN2y8IRV6rXr3D49sv1HXFjCg3onUHceyPDeRlv5Eo-QRa73uvi5ZxNu0/w480-h640/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep+Shetland+Handspun+yarn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVM2Z7BiiDx0E-9W-9TN5_CekuysLXer2PokB7FtVvLQOew7zsz9zNUcu5VpGEhhvtbBqtJnPYVPUIu6f_GsP9w5NPQszZiOQ5vpdlXwcz8XyvDgiZ-nmguIyeTzqoNxJbCuedDMroxIC9/s2048/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep+Shetland+Handspun+yarn+crown+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVM2Z7BiiDx0E-9W-9TN5_CekuysLXer2PokB7FtVvLQOew7zsz9zNUcu5VpGEhhvtbBqtJnPYVPUIu6f_GsP9w5NPQszZiOQ5vpdlXwcz8XyvDgiZ-nmguIyeTzqoNxJbCuedDMroxIC9/w300-h400/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep+Shetland+Handspun+yarn+crown+view.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I loved the colours Wilma chose from my yarns. They reminded me of colour combinations we used to work with when I was young, so really an old type of colourway, but still looks good today.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This Crofters Kep is for me, knitted in the colours Wilma chose.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have included 2 photos. A front view and a view of the crown.<br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I usually name the yarns by their natural colours and by the natural dyes I have used on them. For this pattern I decided to give the yarns 'names'. So the background colours I named those Silver and Cloud, 2 narural greys. The 4 pattern colours were all dyed. Rouge was dyed with cochineal and onion. Wine was dyed first with a little onion then with cochineal, Maroon was dyed with cochineal then overdyed with logwood. The last colour, a dark blue, Midnight, was dyed in logwood.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I did love Wilma's choice of colours, but I thought I wanted a Crofters Kep on a dark background. I thought I would see if I could just take the colours and rearrange them to knit a kep that was more ME - and by ME I really mean more blue.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiAeNnZ9DQ-9rCihCxYHtl-VPRvJLYia-z_6wCIXhGp8bRPL8ulJTvyWtCWmWrNX72Nh1irbCDV5ZqT9YB1Ojb3-EImq6tOTn3jWeRskNi7vxJTQaBBzYo-19Vxxy66XQoJl0-8cZK7Mr/s2048/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep+Shetland+Handspun+yarn+dark++background.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiAeNnZ9DQ-9rCihCxYHtl-VPRvJLYia-z_6wCIXhGp8bRPL8ulJTvyWtCWmWrNX72Nh1irbCDV5ZqT9YB1Ojb3-EImq6tOTn3jWeRskNi7vxJTQaBBzYo-19Vxxy66XQoJl0-8cZK7Mr/w480-h640/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep+Shetland+Handspun+yarn+dark++background.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtzRuZo1jtbYo5sblVPEWGHN8gW_5F3xY0-DHHnv84CxQq199lFzjGV00Ib_EkWwQHZ9R3MxIj8UaJpoP-igx1cgCHhzZ-KLyMTE8itHXGslHyWZHoCSb0O0I4_N-uv7epQHt9rRbVYwM/s2048/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep+Shetland+Handspun+yarn+dark+grund+croon+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtzRuZo1jtbYo5sblVPEWGHN8gW_5F3xY0-DHHnv84CxQq199lFzjGV00Ib_EkWwQHZ9R3MxIj8UaJpoP-igx1cgCHhzZ-KLyMTE8itHXGslHyWZHoCSb0O0I4_N-uv7epQHt9rRbVYwM/w300-h400/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep+Shetland+Handspun+yarn+dark+grund+croon+view.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here is the result. It is definitely more blue. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The blue background is a darker blue more of a blue/black, still dyed in logwood. The second background is a pale blue from an exhaust logwood bath.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The other colours were Rouge, Wine and Madder but as I had used a colour almost the same as Midnight for the background, I used a colour similar to Wine as a substitute but a shade or 2 lighter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The result was dark but it works - just, and is very ME.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPklgAoHZPSAkEGYGZ9QXilgF11SjYFtts4nBERe_TAY4XHiTew-Mnx-CFG5hMbYJ4lXXx8-wpoAVcsS4TzZH31B8mG3kJ3i8TLl_hSdisF96EQkC411MYRUaYyzlMXz_7ztynYkD3LmsU/s2048/SWW+2021+da+crofter+kep%2527s+in+Shetland+Handspun+yarn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a> </div><p></p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Substitute colours for my handspun yarn colours from Jamiesons of Shetland:</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colour A - 105 Eesit<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colour B - 526 Spice<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colour C - 293 Port Wine<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colour D - 187 Sunrise<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colour E - 343 Ivory<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colour F - 150 Atlantic</span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-79707879192599059442020-09-26T01:44:00.000-07:002020-09-26T01:44:28.557-07:00Yarn Kits - Mirknen Dags and Leg Warmers<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are my Mirknen Dags and Leg Warmers, the pattern is in the 2020 Shetland Wool week Annual. The yarns suggested are Jamieson & Smith jumper weight yarn and Jamiesons of Shetland's Spindrift, and ..... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">my Handspun yarn is available in a kit.</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1 kit will knit the medium sized dags, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2 kits will kit the small dags and the small legwarmers.</span> </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH3CRpA5BT6yVcIrUbXG_I5R366rilbEnN-oNnoMwSZsRA5hiCyuuBtt8_0O5Wbncy9Cw3pBAsqtkj7P_-AQa6D1XqDtLNNl8bzA0i_-gBh-9bRKPs1RkjQxg7p8WO8xkcO3ec__NlpkU/s2048/Shetland+Handspun+Mirknen+Design+dark+colourway.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH3CRpA5BT6yVcIrUbXG_I5R366rilbEnN-oNnoMwSZsRA5hiCyuuBtt8_0O5Wbncy9Cw3pBAsqtkj7P_-AQa6D1XqDtLNNl8bzA0i_-gBh-9bRKPs1RkjQxg7p8WO8xkcO3ec__NlpkU/s2048/Shetland+Handspun+Mirknen+Design+dark+colourway.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1927" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH3CRpA5BT6yVcIrUbXG_I5R366rilbEnN-oNnoMwSZsRA5hiCyuuBtt8_0O5Wbncy9Cw3pBAsqtkj7P_-AQa6D1XqDtLNNl8bzA0i_-gBh-9bRKPs1RkjQxg7p8WO8xkcO3ec__NlpkU/s320/Shetland+Handspun+Mirknen+Design+dark+colourway.jpg" width="320" /></a> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kits have either more of the dark background ..... and will knit up as in this photo of the medium dags .......</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">OR ............</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOWO8Csb7JBxHapMILF22c3dcPso42HbNup7LNz8tEpshkGUG8hFtIaWSScxd8HNq70l53LdG9pBQNC4Jgd4aHQQJ_LfeRpsJopmxD10KofTNZbzSnWGDXInkqDsYg1teca7_vL2n9IpZ/s2048/Shetland+Handspun+Mirknen+Design+fawn+colourway.jpg" style="clear: right; 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font-size: medium;">Price - £55 + shipping, payment by PayPal or online banking.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To book a kit - email me at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: OpenSans-webfont; white-space: nowrap;">shetlandhandspun@btinternet.com </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Title your email MIRKNEN KIT. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">S</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ay </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">if you want more of the dark background colour or</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">more of the light background colour.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Include your shipping address and your preferred method of payment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kits will be shipped out from the 5th of October.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I will cover any spinning, Fair Isle and Lace subjects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hadewych can cover a variety of subjects. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some subject she has suggested are: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To book or for more information email me, Elizabeth at shetlandhandspun@btinternet.com</span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-72790414671500396082018-06-28T16:09:00.000-07:002018-06-28T16:09:23.004-07:00Back home and spinning again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am back home after a wonderful trip to the US. My travels included - Interweave Knit Fest in Loveland, Colorado; John C Campbell Folk School, NC; Maryland Sheep & Wool; a visit with Judith MacKenzie; visits to guilds in Denver and Boulder, CO; and Shuttles, Spindles and Skiens, Boulder, CO; and lastly the Marshfield School of Weaving, Vermont.</div>
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I was travelling with my friend Martha Owen and we had such a great trip, meeting lots of old friends and making new ones, and visiting parts of the US that at least I had not been before.<br />
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But now I am back home and back to much needed spinning. My stock of yarn was very low after Edinburgh Yarn Fest so now it is back to the grind stone for me.<br />
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I have spun some since I got back....<br />
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But here are a few photos of my adventures ... well, a lot actually.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella, hanging out in the shade in North Carolina</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the results of the FI class at John C Campbell Folk School</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The natural dye class <br />at Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins<br />in Boulder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The results from the dye class <br />..... all ready for blending and carding</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">..... and the rolags ready for spinning</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">leaving Boulder, heading south to Santa Fe<br />the plateau goes on forever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stunning mountains, and yes, there was hail in those clouds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and that stunning landscape just goes on and on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa Fe, and I did buy jewellery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning views on the drive up to Mesa Verde</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cliff house at Mesa Verde - absolutely stunning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Grand Canyon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">..... an incredible place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... atmospheric as the sun starts to set</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... changing colours as the sun sinks in the west.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning results from the dye class at the Marshfield School of Weaving</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">We took the carding outside in beautiful Vermont sunshine,<br /> - but we did stay in the shade.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The last class. Great results in the samples with the first colour choices,<br />but with a few changes the next knitted samples were even better. <br />Very proud of everyone in this class.<br /><br /><br />Then Martha and I headed back to the airport to get our separate planes home <br />- me to Shetland and Martha to North Carolina.<br /><br />Till next time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-24011614812536976622018-02-22T03:19:00.000-08:002018-02-22T06:48:14.036-08:00A Shawl for a Christmas baby<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Where has the winter gone! Well, when you are busy time does fly by!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One big event in our family did fill up Christmas time, a new baby, and he needed a handspun, handknitted shawl from his granny. He has 4 siblings each with their own baby shawl so no question, he needed his shawl as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With 4 other shawls in the family I needed a different colour combination for this one. So the thinking hat was on, trying to decide what colour to dye for the border, or maybe the main colour? A search for the fleece inspired the design, it came from the fleece - a soft grey 'fleckit' fleece - just perfect for a simple grey shaded border. Not my usual colouring for the border, but a bit special as it is spun from one fleece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A picture of the fleece just did not happen, I was in too much of a hurry to spin the yarn - I had a deadline, babys arrive whether the shawl is ready or not. But a photo of this fleckit fleece would just have looked like a grey fleece. Separating the fleece for different shades of grey was a little tricky, and you never know how successful you have been until the spinning is done and the yarn is washed and the hanks are dry. That done, it was a relief to have 5 shades of grey! and knitting could start.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The shawl was finished when the new little baby boy was a week old, so he used his older brothers shawl till his was ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The new shawl added to the family collection, each with a very different coloured design. Hope they like them when they grow up and might need a shawl for their own family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The newest at the bottom, then 2 for the big sisters, an indigo blue for one brother, a multi coloured shawl for brother number 2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the top shawl I used small amounts of leftover yarn from each of the other shawls. Love that one.</span><br />
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-52215031638055525932017-09-05T08:21:00.001-07:002017-09-05T08:21:21.981-07:00Shetland Wool Week 2017<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We are almost there!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The final preparations are well under way. Niela and myself, as </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hoswick Wool Week, have almost everything ready for our classes, and look forward to meeting old friends and making new ones. I am especially excited to have good friends coming from Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands, and the USA, as well as lots of you from the UK.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Hadewych</b>, our returning tutor from the Netherlands, is teaching 4 classes, and all are booked except for 3 spaces in her<b> Norwegian Challenge</b> class. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She studied knitting in Norway for a full year, and brings the Norwegian style of stranded knitting. An expert teacher praised by many of her students last year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Bonnie Lefebre</b>, check out her website www.dk-dydeeknits.com</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> , is a creative knitwear designer who takes inspiration from landscapes and seasonal elements, as well as architecture, fashion and history. Vibrant colour, unique textures and lace are key features in her designs, using hand-dyed, handspun and ethically produced yarns. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our final class which is still not fully booked is <b>Austin Taylor</b>'s - <b>The Perfect Picture</b>. Austin is a professional photogragher in Shetland and a wonderful teacher. He will lead you through taking photos on phone, ipad or camera, giving you knowledge and confidence to take better photos, perhaps, especially of your textiles.</span><br />
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-24050665376565623712017-08-27T14:11:00.000-07:002017-08-27T14:11:12.070-07:00DVD Launch - 50 TIPS from SHETLAND KNITTERS<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A new knitting DVD is launching at the Shetland Textile Museum on 31st August.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hazel Tindall had the idea to make a DVD of knitting tips, and now it is ready, and full of information that will just help with any knitting project. It was hard to keep the number to 50 tips, there was a lot more we could have included - maybe next time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are simple tips and more intricate ones. We hope they will address some of your knitting problems, but mostly we hope it makes your knitting easier and more enjoyable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those of you coming to Wool Week - you will find the DVD and Hazel and myself if you want it signed.</span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-81697317672228291832017-04-24T08:13:00.001-07:002017-05-10T06:18:21.866-07:00Another Shetland Ooie Weekend - Dyeing, Spinning and Knitting Workshops<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After our first ooie weekend we asked for feedback and mostly the reply was - more of the same. We have mixed things up a little, but leaving Anne's classes the same and Hazel's 'Swatching with a Purpose' stays as well. We are adding short classes on Friday night, just for hour, then having an 'in about da night' - always good to have a get together wi wir 'sock'.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturdays dye class - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">£15 extra for materials</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friday night mini classes - small donation please.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Phone: Elizabeth on 01950 460551</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or come join us for an <b>'In About da Night'</b> from 7 - 9pm. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bring your sock and join us for some makin an yakin.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>FIRST STEPS IN CROCHET</b> with Hazel Tindall 6 - 7pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Learn how to make basic crochet stitches which will get you started on many crochet projects. Bring a crochet hook – 3.5 mm OR 4.00 mm, double knitting wool in two colours.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shetland Bannocks are the best - you have to agree! Anne makes bannocks that are just perfect. Come learn her secrets to make those perfect bannocks. Ingredients provided, but maybe bring a peenie (apron).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>AN INSIGHT INTO NATURAL DYEING</b> with Elizabeth Johnston 6 - 7pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Come see the dye pots being set up for the dye class on Saturday. See the dye stuffs and the preparations needed before dyeing. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Discover the beauty of natural dye where each colour
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ways to comb, hand and drum carding, - or not, as well as exploring methods of
manipulating tops. Then test spin. Finish with different plying methods for - 2-ply, 3-ply 5-ply - and wash to see the results. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have chosen a wonderful building in a really beautiful spot - the Bridge End outdoor Centre in Burra. Deciding on the classes we would offer was not too hard, Spinning, Lace, Fair Isle, and a knitting and finishing class. You can book for 1 day or both days, the class and contact details are below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Classes 9.30 - 4.30 each day</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">includes lunch and some materials</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phone: Elizabeth on 01950 460551</span><br />
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the pieces are knitted and then grafted together. Once armed with these skills,
you will then be able to knit any size of hap you desire in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Practice a sample piece to understand how a yoke is shaped. Lots of examples to examine and get inspiration from.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>with Elizabeth Johnston</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this class we will look at ways to improve
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Techniques covered. Grafting together stocking
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the past 2 weeks I have been working on a few projects: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Helping Hazel Tindall with a new DVD, exciting. It should be ready in the spring, - title still to be decided.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Planning classes for Shetland Wool Week 2017 - classes need to be submitted to the committee by the 31st January. There have been lots of emails and phone calls between Niela and I and our tutors - and we are nearly finished. Work on Wool Week is never ending, it seems to go on all year! But it is worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been working on planning a Shetland Ooie (woolly) Weekend. Planning for that to happen with Hazel Tindall, Anne Eunson and myself as tutors, for 25th and 26th of February. I should have a blog on that done over the weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, how much spinning has been done this year so far? well, I have to admit the answer is none. I will have to rectify that very soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The summer ended with very little yarn or knitwear in the studio, so the priority before Wool Week and the Craft Fair was, as well as keeping up with orders, to spin some yarn at least. I did get yarn spun and even did some dyeing, but also updated my FI Toorie and Dags patterns to included some other Shetland yarn. Photos of those now need to go up on a blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wool Week was wonderful as usual, so good to see so many now familiar faces, and meet some new wookweekers too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new addition this year was a fashion show at the opening. Those taking part needed 4 or 5 pieces each, and I did just find 5 pieces and as you all know, for me they all have to be in my handspun yarn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lunklet - the lace layered jacket </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that I am writing a pattern for, </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was just finished, and a perfect piece. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Layers in different natural moorits </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and fawns with the top in a </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">light moorit and tussah silk yarn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">borrowed a shawl from a customer. It had been her wedding shawl, a fine lace shawl in Tussah silk and Shetland charcoal. So nice to see it again but a bit frightening to have it in case I damaged it. I kept it with me, put it on the model as she went out and took it back as soon as she left the hall. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still had it with me when I was at J&S to teach a lace class through the week, and, one of the girls in the class asked if I had the shawl with me? She had been walking on a beach on the back of Bressay the previous day and had met Maureen, the shawls owner. How the conversation got to the shawl I dont know but it did, and Maureen said - ask her if you can see it. So at the end of the class, out came the shawl for everyone to see. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are always coincidences like that here in Shetland, a small-ish place where lots of people know each other, and we often stop to talk to people, especially on a deserted beach. I still dont have a photo of the shawl though, perhaps I should rectify that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a new shawl of my own. Alpaca, silk, cashmere, white black and indigo blues, spun from a top which had been a gift. Not my normal fibre, but I love it, and it is mine - blue, my favourite colour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a Fair Isle allover to show, colours picked by a customer and luckily ready just in time to be included and then mailed off to its owner, Different colour combinations than I would have chosen, but I did love the result. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My last piece, made new for the show, </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was a design I had wanted to do for </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some time, and would mean I had one </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">garment in stock. I might write a pattern </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for this too, at some point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had enough</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> purple yarn, just enough.It was dyed with cochineal and over-dyed with indigo but leaving spots of the cochineal pink showing through. I knitted the</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> plain part on the knitting machine and handknitted the Fair Isle. The FI detail round the collar which extended down the fronts had a stripped backing in all the colours used. The small Fair Isle accent at the corner of the ribbing an added little extra.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That started off a great Wool Week and the rest of the week seemed to go so quickly, somehow it always does, probably because I plan too many workshops for myself. I always try to keep some free time but often that just gets used up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My last big event last year was the launch of our book - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a link for more information on the book -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a collaboration between 3 weavers, Hildur from Iceland, Marta from Norway and myself (I weave a little, and love this loom), and Osteroy Museum in Norway. The book offers a history of the loom in Iceland, Norway and Shetland, but most importantly instructions on weaving on the loom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to Randi and Atle for all the editing, and to the <span style="background-color: white;">Ingvild Øye, </span>Michèle Hayeur Smith, Katherine Larson, Carol Christiansen, Lena Hammarlund and Sigridur Sigurdardottir for their contributions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The launch was in Bergen on 15th December, an exciting and enjoyable 3 days, to finish our 5 years journey together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That ended 2016, a year full of woolly adventures. Now I am working on making 2017 just as good. Hope to see some of you through the year.</span><br />
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<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-22298336894687745442016-10-14T16:11:00.001-07:002016-10-14T16:11:46.831-07:00I AM GOING TO EDINBURGH YARN FESTIVAL 2017<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So pleased to be going to the Edinburgh Yarn Festival next year (2017). 2016 was my first time at Edinburgh and I really enjoyed it, so I proposed for 2017, and was accepted! I am teaching 2 classes: Improvers' Spinning and Understanding Shetland Lace. Classes go on sale today. Saturday 15th October 2016. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Exciting. Hope to see a few of you there.</span><br />
<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-67176074800730603112016-10-07T04:39:00.000-07:002016-10-07T04:39:39.713-07:00Book Launch: The Warp-Weighted Loom I Oppstadveven I Kljásteinavefstaður<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
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For almost 6 years I have been working with 2 wonderful women, Hildur from Iceland and Marta from Norway, at the Osteroy Museum in Norway.<br />
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Our initial project was to produce an instruction book for the Warp-Weighted Loom. It developed into much more but the main purpose still remains an instruction on how to weave on the loom.<br />
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Our book now includes the history of the loom in each of our own countries - Iceland, Shetland and Norway, and the connections we uncovered are amazing. We have also included several papers on textiles and research relating to the loom.<br />
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Here is a link to more information on the book and how to pre-order.<br />
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-4884270496605651042016-06-29T13:30:00.000-07:002016-06-29T13:30:44.158-07:00FROM INDIANA TO ALASKA<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last two stops on my US trip are in Indiana and Alaska, but on the way to Indiana we stopped off to see some friends in Iowa - who just happened to have some Shetland sheep - just a peerie reminder of home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On to Susan's in Indiana and a big class for dyeing, spinning and knitting, sadly I seemed to forget to take photos of the class, only got one of a load of wheels at lunch time - you can see it was a busy class...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then on to Cordova Alaska.........</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The view from our cabin over Lake Eyak is stunning, even in the rain with cloud covering the mountains and the snow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-39191251253644822322016-06-14T05:58:00.001-07:002016-06-14T05:58:08.752-07:00Knitting class at Vesterheim Museum<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The second class at Vesterheim Museum is done, and we have had a day off, which we spent in the museum viewing not only the exhibits, but also some of the Akle in the store with Laurann. It was wonderful to see those. We did also stay in Java Johns coffee shop much longer than we planned, it was good coffee and we kept finding more friends to talk to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So here are a few photos of the designs which our students created in the class. The yarn was Jamieson & Smith and the colors were dyed during our dye class at Vesterheim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-91364567717834627662016-06-11T06:09:00.001-07:002016-06-11T06:09:28.583-07:00US Tour<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Almost half way through my US trip - it must be time to do a blog. The problem is that I have to find the time to do that, so I am up a little early this morning to get this done and posted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Most of this trip is working with my friend, Martha Owen, spinner, knitter, dyer, storyteller, banjo player and Resident Artist at the John C Campbell folk school where we started with 2 classes, dyeing, spinning and knitting.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Class results at John C Campbell Folk School. Yarn spun and knitted from fleece dyes in the class.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martha found a few dogs to play with on our day off between classes.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Then on to the North House Folkschool for more dyeing, spinning and weaving.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Results of the dyeing class at Noth House Folk School.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> ... and we are now at the Vesterheim Museum, just finished a dye class, and today we start a knitting class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-87745488260443880602016-05-23T05:28:00.000-07:002016-05-23T05:28:00.064-07:00My 2016 Wool Week Hat<div class="MsoNormal">
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Week hat when I was at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival (yes, I went all that way
for the pattern? well not really, but I was there and it was there so I picked
it up), and, I have at last got my hat knitted. It took a while but I found the
time on my flight to the US this past week, on my way to start my US adventure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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usual, changed the colours a little, and used all naturals. What I did change
was one of the rounds of crofthooses (sorry Ella). The idea popped into my head
that it might be nice to have words in it, so I graphed out ‘shetland wool week
croft hoose hat’. It almost fitted the stitches but not quite, so after some
thought, I took out ‘week’ and put in ‘toorie’ (Shetland for ‘hat’) and that
fitted perfectly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the car packed I set off for the ferry, thankfully with good weather. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The only thing I was not looking forward to was the drive into Edinburgh, but it actually turned out to be very easy, such a relief.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday morning and I am ready for the doors to open at the Market, 9am for those going off to classes that morning, and 10am for the public. And wow, they streamed in. There was just a sea of people, everywhere, all morning, then thinned out a bit at lunch time. Luckily I had an assistant, my sister, Margaret, who talked to people non stop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So good to get time to talk to folk m</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">yself in the afternoon and on the Saturday. Talked to many that I had met in Shetland at Shetland </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wool Week, and at workshops while on textile holidays, then some of the girls I had met in Iceland. Not forgetting, of course, the Shetlanders: quite a few had come down to the Festival for shopping and classes who came and said hello, and this being Edinburgh there are lots of Shetlanders who stay now in Edinburgh. Thanks to you all for saying hello. All in all a very enjoyable Market - and sales were good too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are always extra projects that need to be fitted in to the schedule - here is one - testing the Sprigs and Links of Love Cowl in another yarn. This is in Kate Davies new yarn, Buachaille, in Harr, Squall and Ptarmigan, it works in any yarn but just had to try it. This will be mine for next winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next to fit into the workload will be the Ella's Wool Week Crofthoose Hat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-41505616940534035452016-01-29T05:01:00.003-08:002016-01-29T05:01:56.994-08:00Catch up - and what is next?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The winter is supposed to be the time to relax a little after the busy summer, catch up with orders, increase stock levels, but also plan for the coming year. All in all that makes for a busier time than the summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My last blog was after Wool Week with the winner of my Baa-ble hat. With a good wool week behind me and very little stock remaining, and a few weeks to the Craft Fair, I hit the spinning wheel and the dye pots to get yarn and colour. I spun some worsted sock yarn, and jumper weight and lace weight yarns. Then dyed onion yellow, indigo blue and over-dyed for greens, leaving some as natural colours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Myself and Martha are really looking forward to our trip, it is a bit of an epic one, but it is so exciting - hope we dont get lost any where on the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, of course, the classes for 2016 Wool Week have to be organised. That has taken up a lot of time this month but the plans for all the classes that myself and Niela set up in the Hoswick Visitor Centre are almost complete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fit Christmas, New Year and the Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa into the whole scheme of things, and it has been quite a busy winter so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today is a good day to stay inside and work, we have 100 mile an hour justs of wind and a few heavy showers of rain. Hope it passes soon, but it is exciting to watch a storm like this. So far the power is still on, but I am remembering to hit the 'save' button, just in case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One last item - For the past few years I have been working on a book on the Warp Weighted Loom with Hildur from Iceland, Marta from Norway, in conjunction with the </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24.8889px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Osterøy</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Museum in Norway. It is almost finished and should be available by the summer.</span></div>
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900088717356055110.post-42137959733053339792015-10-16T03:41:00.001-07:002015-10-16T03:41:44.417-07:00Baa-ble hat winner<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have a winner for the Baa-ble hat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The winning ticket was drawn at the Maker's Market. Donna was teaching a class next to the Market, so Selina and I gate-crashed quietly and got her to draw the winning ticket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> Congratulations Lynette.</span></b></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04440128443929918927noreply@blogger.com0