tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16820729547285287512024-03-13T03:04:14.721-07:00Donna Smith DesignsDonna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-18993566745134470692016-03-01T11:05:00.005-08:002016-03-01T15:29:01.496-08:00I've Moved! (Online that is)My blog has moved! It is now linked directly to the front page of my website <a href="http://www.donnasmithdesigns.co.uk/">http://www.donnasmithdesigns.co.uk</a><br />
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<i><b>Hope to see you there!</b></i>Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-74319176459649671242016-02-16T06:00:00.005-08:002016-02-16T06:00:38.510-08:00Maggie's GlovesFor Shetland Wool Week last year, I wrote a pattern for Fair Isle gloves based on ones that my Grandmother, Maggie used to make. The annual has sold out but the pattern is now available to purchase and download from Ravelry <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/maggies-gloves">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-85937147112716523332016-02-15T06:31:00.005-08:002016-02-15T06:31:40.518-08:00Tales from New York CityIn my last post I mentioned I was going to Vogue Knitting Live (VKL) in New York to represent Shetland Wool Week. We have been back for three weeks now (the jetlag always affects me coming back and then I had a bout of the flu) and I am happy to say the event was extremely successful. We spoke to what seemed a huge number of people and handed out all the leaflets about Shetland Wool Week we had taken with us.<br />
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It took place in the Marriott Hotel in Time's Square, so we couldn't have been more central. <br />
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Before the market began, I took part in a lecture on knitting in Shetland with June Hemmons Hiatt (author of Principles of Knitting and who is producing her own knitting belts) and Hazel Tindall (fastest knitter in the world and authority on all things Fair Isle)</div>
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Misa and Kirty who worked really hard to get us there and were real trooper over the whole event. Thank you lasses!</div>
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Thank you so much to everyone who spoke to us and took time to show us their work. I certainly hope to come back again some day!<br />
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(I went there without my camera and my phone battery kept going flat so many of these photos were taken by Kirsty - thank you!)<br />
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<br />Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-57242142984474084902016-01-10T02:05:00.000-08:002016-01-10T02:05:31.954-08:00Looking Backwards and ForwardsI am not big on making New Years Resolutions, to be honest, I find New Year a bit of a strange time. There is so much hype, it is almost portrayed as if after the bells we will be launched into a brand new time, when really its just another day. However, I have been thinking quite a lot lately thought about my textile work, how I should manage my time and what I should concentrate on. I would like to be more efficient with the time I have and learn not to be too hard on myself when I don't achieve much. I still work part time in my "real job" as a Science Technician for the High Schools in Shetland and in the afternoons I have a very active four year old to keep entertained. He will be at school next year, then I will have some more time to myself. I don't want to spend this short time working.<br />
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I had a really busy but exciting time last year as Patron of <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/">Shetland Wool Week</a>, in fact my<a href="http://donnasmithdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/shetland-wool-week-2015-days-8-9.html"> last blog post was at the end of that week</a>! Somebody stated that they suffered from Jet lag after the event and I certainly think that was the case with me. I had a bit of time off with health issues (which are now more or less under control thankfully) and then I spent November working on an exciting project which will be revealed through time. Then it was December, which was....well.....December. <br />
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In October I decided to leave Not On The High Street, I had been thinking about it for a while as I haven't been spending much time making the felt products many of your know me for and to be frank I have become fed up with churning out the same things. I have become much more interested in knitting patterns and designing my own, it is something that has almost come about naturally, and Shetland Wool Week has certainly given me the boost and confidence to do this. I can knit in the evenings when I am too tried to do anything else, I can knit while I am doing things like waiting for bath time to be over, it fits far better into my lifestyle and it is something I really love doing.<br />
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Early last year I designed the<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baa-ble-hat"> Baable hat</a> as the official pattern for Shetland Wool Week 2016 which had an amazing response. It was declared the most queued pattern on Ravelry in 2015 and at the time of writing this post it had 3201 projects on Ravelry!<br />
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The Annual has now sold out but the pattern will be available to purchase through Ravelry very soon, I just have to finally check it over. <br />
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I also would like to get outside more this year, but the weather hasn't been suitable for taking a young child out without blowing away! If it has been good weather we have been to busy. I know we can wrap up and drive to the town where it is more sheltered but once we get home where it is cosy, if we don't have anything else to do its a struggle to feel inspired to get out, and it gets dark around 3.30p.m. at the moment. This is something I am definitely going to have to work on.<br />
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I managed to get out one day between Christmas and New Year, I walked around the shore from our house to Hamnavoe watching the waves as I went. And it reminded me how much I miss being able just to walk where I want when I want.<br />
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There are a few exciting things happening in the next few months, I will be travelling to<a href="http://www.vogueknittinglive.com/ehome/nyc2016/home/"> Vogue Knitting Live</a> in New York with the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/">Shetland Wool Week</a> team to help out on their stand. I will also be taking part in a lecture on Friday 15th January from 2-3 p.m. on Shetland Knitting: Past and Present, with <a href="http://www.principlesofknitting.com/">June Hiatt</a> (author of the highly acclaimed book the Principles of Knitting) and<a href="http://www.hazeltindall.com/"> Hazel Tindall</a> (fastest knitter in the world, fantastic knitwear designer and fount of all knowledge when if come to Fair Isle knitting). There are still spaces available for this event so if you are going to be in New York at the time, it would be great to see you! <br />
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I am also teaching a night class in Fair Isle knitting for the first time this year in our local Primary School which I am really looking forward to, so its going to be fairly busy for a while and I need to figure out how to find time to work on the ideas in my head!<br />
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I will be back soon with tales from New York!<br />
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On Saturday my class was in Knitted Christmas Baubles, there were a choice of two different Fair Isle patterns - or sheep!</div>
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There was also a Maker's Market in Room 16 of Isleburgh Community Centre where my class was taking place. I managed to nip out for a quick look during our lunchbreak. There were knitted items, patterns, yarn and jewellery. You could also purchase tea and coffee, sandwiches and homebakes in the hall and the room was set out with tables with vintage cloths. It had a lovely atmosphere - and it was incredibly busy! Unfortunately my camera's battery was exhausted (a bit like a lot of us!) so I only managed to get two photos of the market. </div>
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Saturday was the last official day of Shetland Wool Week, but on Sunday I went to the famous Sunday teas in the Tingwall Hall organised by the Shetland Guild of Weavers, Spinners, Dyers and Knitters.</div>
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There were tea and coffee and abundant sandwiches and homebakes. All you could eat for £4!</div>
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The Guild also have demonstrations and finished items on display. There were beautiful Fair Isle hats and gloves: </div>
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Lace and Fair Isle Items by <a href="http://www.hazeltindall.com/">Hazel Tindall</a>:</div>
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Amazing lace by Kathleen Anderson:</div>
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Unusual knitted garments such as this lace jumper by Pearl Johnson. Felicity Ford and I stood for a while trying to figure out it's construction:<br />
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I think my favourite garment on display was this Fair Isle allover also knitted by Pearl. I just couldn't stop looking at it. The pattern and colours are so cleverly put together it almost has a 3D quality about it:</div>
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And then that was it. I felt quite sad when it was all over, I have had a great time and have made lots of new friends and enjoyed spending time with old friends. It was a beautiful night on Sunday with what seemed a very appropriate sunset. We had a wander down to the Meal beach (in an attempt to burn off some sugar from the homebakes earlier in the day!) </div>
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I would like to thank everyone who was involved in organising<a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/"> Shetland Wool Week</a>, it really is a fantastic event. I would also like to thank everyone for coming as if there were no visitors there would be no event! </div>
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Of course, my pictures only show a small part of what is happening during the week, there is so much going on all over Shetland.</div>
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<em>Roll on Shetland Wool Week 2016!</em></div>
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Friday afternoon was really the first chance I have had to go out and about, I went to visit the girls at <a href="http://www.ninianshetland.co.uk/index.php">Ninian </a>- they have such a beautiful range of yarn colours in the studio.</div>
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While I was there I knitted a coiple of rows on the Muckle Gravit (great big scarf), which was started by <a href="http://shetlandartsandcrafts.co.uk/">Shetland Arts and Crafts Association</a> over ten years ago.<br />
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Empty shelves at <a href="http://www.jamiesonsofshetland.co.uk/">Jamieson's of Shetland</a> shows evidence that Lerwick has been invaded by knitters.</div>
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Fair Isle garments for sale at Jamieson's of Shetland:</div>
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Over at Vaila Fine Art <a href="http://www.shetlandorganics.com/">Shetland Organics</a> have once again put on a beautiful display of a variety of work made mainly be local makers.<br />
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There I met Alicja Tyburska from Poland, she has been based at <a href="http://www.vailafineart.co.uk/">Vaila Fine Art</a> during Wool Week and is demonstrating weaving traditional Polish doubleweave cloth on an antique loom. Examples of double weave cloth can be seen behind Alicja.<br />
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Wool Week wouldn't be wool week without a trip to <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/">Jamieson and Smith</a> - I dropped in on my way home, the shop was really busy and Deborah Gray had just finished a class on drop spindle techniques. My camera card was full so I had to resort to taking photos with the iPad, so the quality is not very good.</div>
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It is now Sunday night as I write this and its all over - I am feeling quite emotional, very tired and looking forward to getting back to normal but also sad as I will really miss it. </div>
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On Tuesday I spent the day in the hub helping at the information desk and chatting to people. There were classes going on during the day:<br />
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Deborah Gray was teaching a class on Shetland Colours: Blending fibres. Students were provided with a photograph of a Shetland scene and provided with fleece in primary colours and white. The range of colours created were amazing. <br />
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<a href="http://icelandicknitter.com/">Helene Magnusson</a> gave a class on the Icelandic lace dress with the help of her woolly assistant Henrietta!<br />
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It has been really good to see the baa-ble hats but also really good to see other garments inspired by the hat. These mitts were made by Amanda Richmond from NSW Australia. You can see the project on Ravelry<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/taughtbygrandma/baa-ble-hat"> here</a>.</div>
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On Wednesday I taught "Introduction to Fair Isle Knitting" to a lovely group of ladies. <br />
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In the evening I went to the Shetland Library, they were holding an informal knitting session (Stitches From the Stacks), the extensive textile selection of books were unearthed and knitters could browse through the books while enjoying a cup of tea and homebakes.</div>
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We were very happy that Felicity found her book <a href="http://www.knitsonik.com/knitsonik-stranded-colourwork-sourcebook/">Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook</a> in the display! (Have you noticed she has appeared in every blog post this week?!)<br />
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Today we had a visit from the knitting group from Whalsay school, this group is run by a group of volunteers and their knitting skills are amazing. Its so good to see the younger generation so enthusiastic about traditional knitting. They were all so lovely too.</div>
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We made some felt jewellery, they all ended up with a necklace an some felt "beads" they could make into a bracelet.</div>
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Their presence was a big hit - here they are getting interviewed for Radio Shetland:</div>
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I had no classes today so this morning on my way to Lerwick I stopped at the Scalloway museum. They are open all week and have a display of knitwear in the centre of the exhibition with a small selection of knitwear through the years.</div>
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Its not everyday you see a pair of Fair Isle underpants on top of a tattit rug (and before anyone asks these are not a serious item and were made for a joke!)<br />
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They have a small café with tables which makes an ideal place to knit a while and knit while enjoying a view of the Scalloway castle.</div>
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There was tea, bannocks, rhubarb jam and buttered oatcakes, all made by my Great Aunt Emma this morning.</div>
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Here she is - an amazing lady who at the age of 94 can do anything!</div>
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She is an expert at Shetland lace knitting:</div>
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The museum is open everyday during Shetland Wool Week from 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., there will be locals there everyday demonstrating either knitting or spinning.</div>
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I spent the afternoon in the hub at Isleburgh, it was mostly chatting and not much knitting!</div>
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In the evening I had the pleasure of spending a wonderful evening at the museum lecture theatre where <a href="https://ellagordon.wordpress.com/">Ella Gordon</a> and <a href="http://katedaviesdesigns.com/">Kate Davies</a> gave a very interesting talk on their collections of vintage knitwear.</div>
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<a href="http://www.knitsonik.com/">Felicity</a> (who introduced the speakers), Ella and Kate:</div>
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Some of Ella's extensive collection:</div>
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And I am still finding it a bit surreal seeing all the Baa-ble hats!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Knitters gathering at the hub at Isleburgh Community Centre</span>:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> The opening ceremony about to start:</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShetlandFiddlersREMT"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hjaltibonhoga</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Fiddlers opened the ceremony. They are wearing outfits designed and made by Shetland based <a href="http://www.nielanell.com/">Niela Nell Designs</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Beautiful (and tasty) Shetland Wool Week cakes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cutting the cake....I am wearing a tank top in ShetlandWool I made to wear at the opening - I will blog about it once Wool Week is out of the way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">After the speeches and Q & A speeches we were entertained by the brilliant Felicity Ford AKA Knitsonik, who wrote</span><a href="https://youtu.be/c2NgzF09fNw"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> this song</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> about Shetland last year</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And then she was joined on stage by Louise Scollay (who many of you will know from the </span><a href="http://www.knitbritish.net/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Knitbritish</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> podcast), who became Knitting Pundits - what would it would be like is knitting became as popular as football and was reported on the news? Hilarious and very entertaining!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The evening was rounded off by the lovely Claire White, who was our compare for the evening, she sang a beautiful song she had written about the tale of Betty Mouat, who in 1886, set off to sail from the south end of Shetland to sell her knitwear in Lerwick. A storm came up and the crew were lost. She drifted for 9 days before she hit dry land - this expedition made her a bit of a celebrity. You can read more about her <a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/m/bettymouat.html">here</a> or by reading the essay about her in the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/annual/">Shetland Wool Week Annual Volume One.</a></span></div>
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There will be more pictures from today later on!Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-80026440188348704642015-09-26T15:22:00.000-07:002015-09-26T15:22:39.336-07:00Shetland Wool Week Day One<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today was the first day of Shetland Wool Week 2015! This year, many of the classes take place in the Wool Week Hub, Isleburgh Community Centre and it is also a place to sit and knit, drink tea and coffee and to meet other knitters.</div>
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Visitors are arriving from all over the world:</div>
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Project bags designed by the fabulous Felicity Ford AKA <a href="http://www.knitsonik.com/">Knitsonik:</a></div>
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I spent most of my day teaching a group of lovely ladies a class on designing their own "toorie hat" or beanie:</div>
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Some of my hats with Felicity's one in the front:</div>
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The first Shetland Wool Week annual has been published and I am honoured to be part of it. It is a beautiful magazine, well laid out with a very contemporary feel. I feel privileged to be featured in it beside my most admired knitwear designers and writers. There are eight patterns (all using Shetland wool of course) by Hazel Tindall, Ella Gordon, Gudrun Johnston, Outi Kater, and myself, essays by Kate Davies, Laurie Goodlad and Carol Christiansen and interviews with the designers.<br />
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The annual is currently available by mail order online through the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/">Shetland Wool Week website</a> and will be available to purchase at the Wool Week hub at Isleburgh Community Centre during the event. I have been told that they are selling really quickly, so if you want one you better hurry! They can be ordered <a href="http://www.shetland.org/publications/shetland-wool-week-annual-2015/">here.</a></div>
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They use a traditional Norwegian star pattern on the back of the hand. Granny almost always used natural colours (I remember she always had a lot of fawn) but I have updated them using blocks of brighter colours. I used to always find that the little finger was too long, I have hopefully solved that by adding in a few more rows. </div>
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In the pattern I include instructions for how to make sure there are no holes between the fingers - this can be a frustrating problem when making gloves!</div>
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I was very excited to see this years project bag - it has been designed by Felicity Ford AKA <a href="http://www.knitsonik.com/" target="_blank">Knitsonik</a> and she has done an amazing job! Felicity was patron of Shetland Wool Week two years ago and will be teaching classes again this year with a Shetland Theme.</div>
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Over on Instagram you can also join in with #shetlandfauxweek , the brainchild of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/AtelierMeg" target="_blank">Atelier Meg</a> who visited from Australia last year, as well as that you can join in with a <a href="http://donnasmithdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/introducingthe-baa-ble-hat.html?m=1">Baa-ble ha</a>t Knit Along (KAL) over on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/shetland-wool-week-kal" target="_blank">Ravelry</a>. This is being co-ordinated by Melody of <a href="http://www.bmandarines.squarespace.com/">www.bmandarines.squarespace.com</a> and there are prizes! Melody lives in Latvia where she is extremely passionate about yarn and textiles and takes beautiful photos. If you haven't seen her work you should check out her website.</div>
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I get asked often how to convert the Baa-ble hat pattern for bairns, you can either knit the pattern in a thinner yarn as I did in the <a href="http://donnasmithdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/peerie-baa-ble-hat.html" target="_blank">Peerie Baa-ble hat</a> or you can resize the original as I will show you in this post using Aran weight yarn. I have given details for two smaller sizes which I will call small and extra small.<br />
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The small should fit an older child or a small adult head and the extra small should fit a younger child (age 3 - 5). The models here are both 4 but there is a big difference in their head size!<br />
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<strong>Size small:</strong> Circumference: approx. 46 cm / 19.4 inches; Height from edge of hat when turned up: 20cm / 7.35 inches.<br />
<strong>Size extra small:</strong> Circumference: approx 41cm / 16.25 inches; Height from edge of brim when turned up: approx. 17cm / 6.75 inches.<br />
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Firstly download the Baa-ble hat pattern from the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/" target="_blank">Shetland Wool Week website</a>, if you haven't already! I have only given details on stitch numbers etc. in this post so for more details (and the chart of course) you will have to use the original pattern.<br />
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With Aran weight yarn and size 4.0mm needles cast on 84 stitches. Work 20 rows of 2x2 rib. <br />
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Next row: Keeping the rib correct increase one stitch after 4 stitches and then after 3 stitches. Repeat this for the remainder of the round. (This means you increase 2 stitches for every 7). (24 stitches increased making a total of 108 stitches)<br />
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Switch to size 4.5mm needles. <br />
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This is when you start following the chart with the sheep motifs. As the hat crown decreases are in multiples of 12 you will need to remove 12 stitches from one repeat of the chart. You need to remove the last sheep (the large sheep), except for the first stitch of the sheep. This stitch should be black instead, or whatever colour you are using between the sheep.<br />
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An easier way to do it is to knit to the end of the round, you will be left with one stitch where the large sheep would be starting and knit another stitch the same colour as the one you have just knitted. <br />
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Follow the chart to row 20. Do not knit rows 21-25 but jump to row 26 and follow the decreases for the crown. <br />
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This is when you start following the chart with the sheep motifs. As the hat crown decreases are in multiples of 12 you will need to remove 24 stitches from the round (two decrease sections). You need to remove the last sheep (the large sheep) from the chart, except for the first stitch of its fleece. This stitch should be black instead, or whatever colour you are using between the sheep. Your chart will now be a total of 48 stitches, half the number in the round.<br />
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Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-36175197388227024822015-08-31T05:43:00.001-07:002015-08-31T05:43:07.078-07:00Wool Holiday WorkshopsSorry for the lack of blog posts of late - it has been a busy few weeks with holiday things, other work and some deadlines. Shetland Wool Week ran two holidays during the summer, one inJuly and one in August. The holidays consist of 5 packed days of sightseeing, workshops on Fair Isle knitting, lace knitting, spinning and visits to woolly places and I had the pleasure of giving the lovely ladies a couple of workshops.<br />
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Hazel Tindall ran the first workshop of the holidays, she did an introduction to Fair Isle knitting. The class made "Mug Haps" or mug cosies (so called as in Shetland a hap is a large shawl you can wrap up warm in), and I did the second part of this where we looked at steeking, and finishing methods.<br />
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The class I took was held in the long room at Busta House in Brae, a lovely setting for a relaxing afternoon knitting.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>These are the lovely ladies in the July class, we had a surprise visit from </em><a href="http://www.susancrawfordvintage.com/Home.html" target="_blank"><em>Susan </em><em>Crawford</em></a><em> (of the </em><a href="http://donnasmithdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/vintage-shetland-project-blog-tour.html" target="_blank"><em>Vintage Shetland Project</em></a><em>), Ella Gordon of </em><a href="http://www.ellagordondesigns.co.uk/" target="_blank"><em>Ella Gordon Designs</em></a><em> and Louise Scollay (AKA <a href="http://www.knitbritish.net/" target="_blank">KnitBritish</a>) <a href="http://www.hazeltindall.com/" target="_blank">Hazel Tindall</a> also popped in to see how the group were doing.</em></span></div>
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In the evening after both classes I ran a workshop of basic wet felting techniques, it was a short workshop since one half of the group did some spinning and the other half did felting and then they swapped over half way through. There is so much that can be done with felting and this was very much a taster session, I think many of the ladies were keen to try it again they found it quite therapeutic!<br />
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The next wool holiday is planned for Thursday 19th November - Wednesday 25th November and again in March (dates to be confirmed) - this would be a perfect way to break up the autumn months before Christmas. For details see the holiday page on the Shetland Wool Week website by clicking<a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/holidays/" target="_blank"> here</a>. <br />
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I quite fancy going on it myself!Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-20150397810027335532015-08-05T23:52:00.000-07:002015-08-05T23:52:04.410-07:00Vintage Shetland Project - Blog TourI first met <a href="http://www.susancrawfordvintage.com/Home.html" target="_blank">Susan Crawford</a> at the makers market during Shetland Wool Week in 2013. I recognised her as the author of the vintage knitting books A Stitch In Time volumes 1 and 2 and there was that moment when you feel you know someone as you have seen their picture online but they don't know you! She was lovely and very easy to speak to - she bought a brooch from me and we had a fascinating discussion on knitted swimsuits! <br />
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Susan has been travelling back and forth to Shetland for several years to the <a href="http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/" target="_blank">Shetland Museum</a> to work on creating patterns for several knitted garments that are in the museum's collection. With the support and help of Dr Carol Christiansen (whose knowledge of textile history is enviable) she has painstakingly looked at and documented each garment stitch by stitch, while looking at the construction, which was quite puzzling in some of the pieces.</div>
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Susan examining a Fair Isle jumper in the museum collection</span></em></div>
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This work will be published by Susan as a book later this year, with details on the history of 25 pieces (which I am really looking forward to reading), multi sized patterns for each garment as well as a chapter on the work involved in the research. Additionally the samples will be photographed in Shetland using local models. This blog post is the last in a series of posts of a Blog Tour, "To Shetland and Back" to help promote this project. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/museumCollections/textiles/" target="_blank">Shetland museum</a> holds a huge collection of amazing knitwear, most of which have been knitted by what might be said to be "ordinary folk" and have been donated. At one time almost all women in Shetland spent much of their time hand knitting, mostly to sell. Very often patterns and colours were stipulated by the buyer or agent but Fair Isle knitting lends itself to experimentation and self expression and many pieces can be described as a work of art.<br />
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Generally in Fair Isle patterns weren't used (and still aren't - I have heard many knitters say they just lay on loops (cast on stitches) and see what happens!), there might be a garment or sample piece to follow if it was for a specific order and techniques were passed down through word of mouth.<br />
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We can learn so much from the past, and although it's a bit of a cliche, these textile pieces are a way of connecting us to the past. I am glad I have several of the garments my Mam made, and I can remember seeing the knitting process in most of them. There is so much more sentiment in those handmade items than there are in any of her other clothes. <br />
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It is vitally important that these details are written down, knitting doesn't feature so prominently in our lives here anymore so we must find ways of holding on to these traditions. <br />
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As part of the blog tour we were asked to choose an item from the collection and show it in our posts. I have seen the garments that have been chosen for the book and I love them all, each one brings something different. However, I particularly love these gloves.<br />
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These gloves were knitted by Theodora Coutts who was a leading Shetland knitwear designer and ran her own business designing, making and selling knitwear in Lerwick. These gloves are more unusual than the older more traditional Shetland knitwear as they were knitted in just two colours. This and the star-like patterns on the fingers show how Norwegian influences affected Shetland knitwear. <br />
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The strong connection with Norway began in the 1940s due to a rise in the number of Norwegians coming to Shetland during the second world war. When Germany invaded Norway, several thousand people fled Norway, most of whom were transported to Shetland through the <a href="http://www.shetlandbus.com/" target="_blank">Shetland Bus</a>, a system of boats that transported refugees out of Norway to Shetland. Many of these people settled in Shetland and this influence could be seen up in the knitwear in the 1950s and 1960s and still can be seen in many designs today. <br />
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The gloves show a modified star, almost like a rose which is softer than the traditional spiky star, I think they are as contemporary today as they would have been back them, I definitely want to make a pair for myself!<br />
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To help Susan pay for printed copies of the book she has set up a Crowdfunder campaign through the platform <a href="https://pubslush.com/project/7016" target="_blank">Pubslush</a> and to raise money. Other costs that will be covered include photography, model's fees, technical editing etc. - basically, <em>lots </em>of things need to be paid for when publishing a book. Initially Susan set out to raise £12,000 to cover these costs, but amazingly she reached this target within 48hours! Tonight the total has reached just over double that figure - Susan says the extra money will be used to pay for more photography, more licence fees, etc. You can read more about this over on the Pubslush page <a href="https://pubslush.com/project/7016" target="_blank">here.</a> Basically its a way of pre-ordering a copy of the book but helping with the production costs at the same time. But hurry - there's only 2 days left!<br />
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Susan will be having a trunk show during Shetland Wool Week 2015 on Thursday 1st October in the learning room at the Shetland Museum and Archives from 1p.m. - 4p.m. There will be several of the recreated garments on show and you will get a chance to speak to Susan. This event doesn't require tickets or booking and it is free entry, so its a good way to spend part of an afternoon.<br />
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This is the last stop of the blog tour, we started in Shetland with <a href="http://www.knitbritish.net/vintage-shetland-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Knitbritish</a> and we have ended up back in Shetland and its over to Susan's <a href="http://justcallmeruby.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">blog</a> tomorrow. Have a look through the blog posts in the tour - you will get a glimpse of some of the garments that will be featured in the book, and there are some beauties!.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The Full Tour Schedule</span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> Thursday 9th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.knitbritish.net/" target="_blank">KnitBritish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sunday 12th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://bygumbygolly.com/2015/07/vintage-shetland-blog-tour-stop-help-the-project-pre-order-the-book-more/" target="_blank">Tasha By Gum By Golly</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Monday 13th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.hazeltindall.com/a-new-book-from-susan-crawford#.VcKLqpVRHIU" target="_blank">Hazel Tindall</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Wednesday 15th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://ellagordon.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ella Gordon</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Friday 17th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.gingertwiststudios.com/blog" target="_blank">Jess James</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.jenacknitwear.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jen Arnall-Culliford</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sunday 19th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://husmorsskolan.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Maja Karrlson</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Monday 20th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.kariebookish.net/" target="_blank">Karie Westermann</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Tuesday 21st July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://http//www.mylifeinknitwear.com" target="_blank">Rachel Atkinson</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Wednesday 22nd July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.woollywormhead.com/blog" target="_blank">Woolly Wormhead</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.independentstitch.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Deb Robson</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Saturday 25th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.woollenflower.com/" target="_blank">Julia Billings </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sunday 26th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://icelandicknitter.com/" target="_blank">Helen Magnusson</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Monday 27th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://tomofholland.com/" target="_blank">Tom Van Deijnen</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Wednesday 29th July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://kateatherley.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Kate Atherley</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Friday 31st July</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://jamiesonandsmith.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jamieson & Smith</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sunday 2nd August</span><br />
<a href="http://sheeptoshawl.com/" style="font-family: Helvetica;" target="_blank">Donna Druchunas</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Monday 3rd August</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://thedomesticsoundscape.com/wordpress/" target="_blank">Felix Ford</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Thursday 6th August</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.donnasmithdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Donna Smith</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Friday 7th August</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://justcallmeruby.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Susan Crawford</a></span></div>
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This is traditionally the time of year on crofts around Shetland, when the sheep have to be clipped, including these sheep on Dad's croft. The weather this summer has been particularly wet and cold, and we started to wonder if it wold ever be good enough weather to do it.</div>
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After a very rainy start to Saturday, the sun came out and shone enough to dry up the sheep's fleeces and after a lot of running so we got the sheep in the cro (the pens where they are clipped). Tib the sheep dog seems to think she is a sheep so we have to do all the work while she runs around with them. She is also very camera shy so I didn't get any photos of her!</div>
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The wool (or oo in Shetland dialect) will be delivered to the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/Yarns" target="_blank">Woolbrokers (Jamieson and Smith)</a> in Lerwick soon where is begins its journey to become yarn. You can read what happens to the wool in their store and how they sort it in their blog post <a href="https://jamiesonandsmith.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/real-shetland-wool-part-3/" target="_blank">here.</a> They have a series of very interesting posts on their various weights of yarn which you will find by clicking through the post.</div>
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<br />Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-50586201798816088182015-06-28T10:50:00.002-07:002015-06-28T10:50:56.634-07:00Taatit Rugs - An ExhibitionThe latest exhibition at the <a href="http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/exhibitions/052315_TaatitRugs.html" target="_blank">Gadderie in the Shetland Museum and Archives</a> focusses on Taatit rugs that were once made and used in Shetland for bedcoverings. It is the outcome of two years of extensive research by Dr Carol Christiansen and covers items from the 18th to the 20th centuries. It is very exciting to see a textile based exhibition and I spent some time there a couple of weeks ago.<br />
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Taatit rugs are made by sewing wool yarn through a woven base, or ground, to form long loops and then cut to create the pile. Usually the coarser wool which wasn't suitable for knitting was used. The wool used was usually dyed, using natural plant dyes and later using synthetic dyes and patterns were created using the colours, that were often symbolic and had superstitious meanings, such as Nordic symbols were often thought to ward off evil while a person was asleep.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">A taatit rug with geometric symbols</span></em></div>
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They were used as bedcovers and it is thought that the pile was often placed facing downwards on the bed to trap air and presumably make a warmer covering although this is difficult to prove as any photographs are too dark to make out the details. A typical bed would be a box bed - basically a wood box to sleep in which would have helped keep out draughts. I always remember wishing I had one when was little, in fact I would still quite like one!<br />
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The rugs were often made as wedding presents and would be used for the rest of their married lives. It was thought it give them protection from unwelcome guests such as <a href="http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandsstories/mallieandthetrow/index.asp" target="_blank">trows</a> that could take the soul of a woman during childbirth to look after one of their own babies. <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">A tattit rug given as a wedding gift to a couple in Houss, Burra Isle in 1871. </span></em></div>
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Carol works for the Shetland museum and is an expert in textiles. I asked her a few questions about the exhibitions and the rugs.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was originally thought that taatit rugs were unique to
Shetland. You recently have found that a similar thing is also found in
Scandinavian countries. Can you tell me how you discovered that and a bit
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<span style="color: #0000cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Taatit rugs are unique to
Shetland, but they are related to pile bedcovers that have been made across the
Nordic world and Ireland for centuries. I have known about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rya_(rug)" target="_blank">rya rugs</a> for a
long time – I remember when they were popular wall hangings in the 1960s!
I also knew that the way they are made is different from taatit
rugs. But what surprised me was how the designs in some of the Nordic
rugs are so similar to taatit rug designs. While it is possible that rug
designs developed independently, I now believe there was cultural contact and
exchange of rugs or rug designs between Shetlanders and Norwegians, Swedes and
Finns in the 18<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> century. The same thing happened in knitwear
design – it’s similar to colours and patterns seen across the Baltic, but at
the same time has a ‘Shetland’ look all its own.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have not made a taatit rug,
and while it does interest me, I have a lot of other things that are higher on
my ‘to do’ list.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When you first started this project you had 34 samples in
the museum. I remember hearing a call on Radio Shetland for people to
come forward with any rugs they might have. Did you get a good response
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<span style="color: #0000cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I got an excellent response to
this, so much so that the project was extended a year and there are twice as
many rugs in the publication catalogue than previously envisioned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The publication will cover the
main themes of the research – how taatit rugs were made, their relationship to
Nordic rugs, their social importance as marriage rugs and heirlooms, taatit rug
design and motifs and their relationship with folklore, colour in rugs and the
use of natural dyes, and a chapter on taatit floor rugs. There will also
be a catalogue showing over 80 rugs and grounds with full-colour images.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes, the rugs in our collection
are stored rolled. We get large cardboard tubes from carpet suppliers,
which we cover with foil and tissue to encase the nasty acids in
cardboard. Then the rugs are rolled around the tube with more acid-free
tissue and the whole thing is covered in an inert fabric and tied with fabric
tape. The rolls are labelled and suspended on a racking system.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes, but it is not one in our
collection. I fell in love with a rug owned privately because of the
amazing colour work in the design. Unusually, the colours are pastels –
yellows and corals. The maker had dyed natural colours like grey and fawn
to create additional shades. These were sewn next to white yarns dyed the
same colours to create subtle changes in colour throughout the rug. The
whole effect is rich, luxurious and very sophisticated – made in Yell in about
1870! If I were to make a rug, I would do so with these design principles
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Thank you Carol! </em></span><br />
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The exhibition runs until Sunday 19th July and is definitely worth a look. Carol will also be giving talks about the rugs in the museum on Friday 3rd July at 3.00pm and Sunday 12th July at 2.00pm.<br />
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I will keep you updated on when the publication is out!<br />
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Further reading:<br />
CHRISTIANSEN, CAROL (2013). Taatit Rugs. <em>Shetland Textiles 800 BC To The Present </em>(Shetland Heritage Publications)<br />
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Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-26008725572460590832015-06-14T08:51:00.001-07:002015-06-14T08:51:50.354-07:00Charity Shop Fair Isle CardiganWe are very lucky here in Shetland to be able to find some fantastic knitwear in our charity shops. I must admit I am not an avid charity shop hunter (I get overwhelmed by too much <em>stuff</em>) but my Mother in Law works in one one day a week and occasionally she comes home with some real gems.<br />
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This cardigan she bought last week has been hand knitted in natural coloured Shetland yarn.<br />
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The design is made up of a series of 25 stitch stars, each of which is different and panels with peerie patterns.</div>
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The cardigan has been made in the round, extra stitches made for the steek and then it has been cut up the centre to form the cardigan opening. No reinforcing has been done before the work was cut but the extra fabric has been folded back and stitched down using the background yarn.</div>
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In my opinion is it a beautiful cardigan which has been well thought out and is, like so many Fair Isle garments, a wearable piece of art. We can learn so much from looking at knitwear and studying the stitches and finishing, its actually a privilege to be able to actually touch and study a garment like this closely. <br />
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<em>Enjoy what's left of the weekend!</em><br />
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Draw two circles with circles inside onto card - for the the Baa-ble hat pom pom the outer circle should be 7cm diameter and the inner circle should be 2.5cm diamater. I used a compass but you could draw around objects that are more or less those sizes. I used the box from cat food pouches but a thinner card (from a birthday card) is a bit easier, I found the thicker layers of card got in the way a bit when cutting the pom pom.<br />
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Cut them out - but instead of leaving them as a complete circle cut a section out of it about one fifth of the circumference. Think about taking a slice out of a donut!</div>
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Wrap until the "centre" is more or less full - it reminds me a bit of a woolly croissant.</div>
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Cut a fairly long length of yarn (approximately 50cm) in the main colour of the "sky" part of the hat as this piece is yarn is used to attach the pom pom on top. Place the yarn between the two layers of card and pull tight (but not so tight that you break the yarn). I tend to do this as I go along when I am cutting it. If the yarn you are using isn't very strong you might want to use an alternative yarn.</div>
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All it needs now is a good trim, but make sure you don't snip the yarn holding the pom pom together, this will be used to fix the pom pom to the hat. I find it easiest to hold the long pieces of yarn while I am trimming.</div>
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Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-57305934058015239832015-05-25T02:22:00.002-07:002015-05-25T02:22:33.771-07:00Shetland Wool Week 2015 ProgrammeExciting news - the Shetland Wool Week 2015 programme is now available to see online! (although if you signed up for a membership you will already have seen the programme so you know how good it is!). There is also a shiny new website, which I think looks great!<br />
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Go to <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/">www.shetlandwoolweek.com</a> and click on Events - this will take you to the programme. There are a huge number of events this year, it will be very hard to choose!<br />
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You will be able to book from 9 o clock tomorrow morning (Tuesday 26th May) through <a href="http://www.shetlandboxoffice.com/">www.shetlandboxoffice.com</a><br />
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Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-74917350791812106252015-05-22T04:59:00.002-07:002015-05-22T04:59:40.098-07:00Peerie Baa-ble HatFor those of you who don't know "Peerie" is a Shetland word meaning "little". I recently knitted a peerie version of the Baa-ble hat, the official free Shetland Wool Week pattern (you can get the pattern from <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/freepattern" target="_blank">here</a>). I basically followed the pattern using Shetland jumper weight yarn from ten different colours from my stash (which is equivalent to fingering weight), except I only knitted 10 rows of rib using two colours rather than the turned up brim.<br />
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I originally thought it would fit my 3 year old, but he has an exceptionally large head and actually the adult size fits him pretty good. His cousin is only 9 days younger and was a much better sized model.<br />
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Yarn used: Shetland jumper weight, available from <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrookers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jamieson and Smith</a> OR <a href="http://www.jamiesonsofshetland.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jamieson's of Shetland</a> </div>
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Needle size: 3mm for the entire project<br />
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Gauge obtained: 26 stitches and 34 rows over 10cm.<br />
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Finished size: Around brim: 42.5cm; from brim to centre of crown: 16cm. <br />
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From brim to start of decreases: 11 cm. If you want to make it a bit bigger for an older child, you could add in a few extra rows either above or below (or both) the sheep. <br />
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Knitting it as I have done here would fit a child aged 2-3, although I find it very hard to size childrens' hats as the bairns I have around me are very different in size even though they are the same age! You might be best to get the measuring tape out.<br />
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We are still very much enjoying seeing your finished Baa-ble hats, remember to show us!<br />
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Shetland Wool Week now has a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/shetland-wool-week" target="_blank">Ravelry group</a> where you can post your project (and enter into discussions) - we really would love to see them!<br />
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Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-57394251115064901642015-05-01T04:25:00.005-07:002015-05-01T04:25:54.037-07:00A few Baa-ble hatsIt is wonderful to see lots of you knitting the Baa-ble hat, the free pattern I designed for <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/" target="_blank">Shetland Wool Week 2015.</a><br />
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I love the turquoise sky in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Ribbels/baa-ble-hat" target="_blank">Ribbels' version</a><br />
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I absolutely love the colours <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fidlstix/baa-ble-hat" target="_blank">Fidlstix</a> has used especially the contrasting stripes in the ribbing (she also has several amazing patterns including a Fair Isle hat recipe using Shetland jumper weight yarn - check out her designs <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/lynn-manderville" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ellalc/baa-ble-hat" target="_blank">Ella Gordon</a> has made a grey version, which we often joke is a mutual favourite colour way, I need to make one like this for myself!<br />
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She has made a few adaptations to the patterns to suit her "flat head" (her words not mine!). You can read about it in her blog <a href="http://www.ellagordondesigns.co.uk/" target="_blank">post</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Lunargirl/baa-ble-hat" target="_blank">Lunargirl</a> has gone for a slightly more muted effect with softer colours with a lovely effect.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/nelago/baa-ble-hat" target="_blank">The Winter's Night Baa-ble hat by Nelago</a> uses darker colours very successfully, of course I love the grey sheep!<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/torirot/baa-ble-hat" target="_blank">Torirot</a> has made a gorgeous version using several shades of blue and green - I think it works really well photographed against this wall, the colour just pops out. You can read about her hat on her blog <a href="http://torirotsstitches.blogspot.com/">http://torirotsstitches.blogspot.com/</a> as well as getting a peak at some beautiful cardigans at a Colourwork Cardigan Parade. She is also an amazing knitwear designer, you can see her designs <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tori-seierstad" target="_blank">here</a>, if you aren't familiar with her work you need to see it!<br />
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You can see more projects on the Baa-ble hat project pages on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baa-ble-hat/people" target="_blank">Ravelry</a> and if you haven't already you can download the pattern from the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/" target="_blank">Shetland Wool Week website.</a><br />
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Thank you to the knitters above for allowing me to use their photos.<br />
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Please keep adding your projects to Ravelry, it is so good to see them. Remember if you are posting photos of them on Instagram on Twitter to add the hashtag(s) #baable #baablehat #baablealong and/or tag Shetland Wool Week and/or myself (@shetlandwoolweek and @donnasmithdesigns on Instagram) or tag Shetland Wool Week on Facebook. <br />
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My Dad had a significant birthday last week, what do you give something who has everything? A jumper! In the 1980s and early 90s in Shetland there was quite a high demand for Icelandic style yoked jumpers made of chunky yarn. My Granny (Dad's Mum) used to hand knit them to sell to Anderson and Company in Lerwick who would then sell them through their shop and send them away. I always remember Dad wearing her jumpers, they were very warm and thick and made an excellent garment for wearing when working outside. This is the last jumper she made him, it is in a very good condition other than a bit of fraying around the hem and cuff. This was my template for the Birthday jumper.</div>
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There were several agents in Shetland buying these chunky style jumpers during the 1980s and 90s and many knitters made them to supplement their income. Many Shetland women I spoke to about the Birthday jumper said they used to make them. They knitted up relatively quickly; my Aunt Betty remembers how she would sometimes make two in a week, this was on top of all the other work that had to be done. The knitters would be given written instructions to follow like these below used by Granny's cousin, Aileen. Her instructions were for a "Mens Quick Knit (Scalloway Jupy)" (Jupy being a jumper) for an agent in Scalloway. The instructions were quite basic sometimes only with numbers giving the quantity of stitches and rows, assuming that the knitter had enough experience and knowledge to able to complete the jumper with minimal input from the designer. I obtained a few different versions during my research of the Birthday jumper, all were quite different as different agents would have had their own designs. </div>
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The jumpers were made in the round, making the body and sleeves first and then joining it up for the yoke. Interestingly, in Fair Isle knitting a general rule is that only two colours are used in any particular row, in Icelandic knitting often three colours are used in a row. This gives a very thick fabric particularly useful around the shoulders which provides an excellent barrier to the weather.</div>
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I found some old patterns among my Mum's things - the yoke of this pattern below is almost the same as the yoke of the Birthday jumper but the pattern around the sleeves and the waist is different.<br />
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The photos and colours of these patterns make the jumpers look very dated, but they are very fashionable again, there are several updated patterns available now such as the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/asta-sollilja" target="_blank">Asta Sollilja</a> by Kate Davies in her latest book "Yokes", <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/strokkur-3" target="_blank">Strokkur</a> by Ysolda Teague, the Icelandic designer Vedis Jonsdotter has a huge range including this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/afmli---20-year-anniversary-sweater" target="_blank">free pattern for a yoked jumper</a>. A search for "Icelandic yokes" on Ravelry will give you a huge range to choose from.<br />
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This jumper almost became the "Belated Birthday Jumper" but I managed to get it washed and on the jumper board at 9 o clock the night before! It was a close one though!<br />
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You can see details of the Birthday jumper on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Peeriedonna/birthday-jumper" target="_blank">Ravelry</a>.<br />
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Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-16866875969416337752015-04-17T06:36:00.000-07:002015-04-22T09:08:00.173-07:00The Baa-ble hat is here!I am very pleased to announce that the pattern for the Baa-ble hat, the hat I designed for Shetland Wool Week, is now available to download! If you go to<a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/freepattern" target="_blank"> www.shetlandwoolweek.com/freepattern</a> you will be able to download it.<br />
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I have really enjoyed seeing your projects so far and am really looking forward to seeing your finished hats! Even if you are not attending wool week this year, you can join us in spirit by making the hat, and if you are coming to Wool Week it will be fantastic to see baa-ble hats in the flesh so to speak! </div>
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Donna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385927462086001775noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682072954728528751.post-16690754355073713122015-03-31T15:16:00.000-07:002015-03-31T15:16:23.508-07:00Woolly Round Up - MarchFirstly, can I just say <em>Thank You So Much</em> for all the lovely comments on the <a href="http://donnasmithdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/introducingthe-baa-ble-hat.html" target="_blank">Baa-ble hat pattern</a> I designed for <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/" target="_blank">Shetland Wool Week</a>. In particular there was a fantastic response over on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shetlandwoolweek?fref=ts" target="_blank">Shetland Wool Week Facebook page</a> - you really made me happy! I don't always get a chance to reply to each comment, but I do read them so <em>Thank You</em>. Thank You also for your patience in waiting for the pattern to become available online on the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/" target="_blank">Shetland Wool Week website</a>, you won't have much longer to wait.<br />
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March has been a busy month and I thought I would do a round up of the main things that have been happening textile wise and the some of the things I have found inspiring and interesting.<br />
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In the middle of March I travelled to Edinburgh with the lovely people from Shetland Wool Week to attend the fantastic <a href="http://www.edinyarnfest.com/" target="_blank">Edinburgh Yarn Festival</a>. This is the second year of the festival, although this time is was much bigger and it was a roaring success. Shetland Wool Week had a stand over the weekend, there was a constant stream of people going past I think we spoke constantly. It was much busier than any show I have done before.<br />
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While I was away at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival I was vexed to miss an exhibition of Knitting and Spinning in the Ollaberry Hall, which is in the North mainland of Shetland. Fortunately though, Ella Gordon went along, and wrote a<a href="https://ellagordon.wordpress.com/2015/03/15/a-good-saturday/" target="_blank"> blog post</a> about it. She takes beautiful photos and although I missed it I felt I had been there.</div>
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The Knitbritish Hap-Along starts on April 10th, but I have started early while Aunty Emma's instructions were fresh in my mind. I quickly picked up the edging pattern and really enjoyed making this part. I have chosen to make it in light grey lambswool, mainly as I have a few cones of it left over from some scarves I used to make to sell. </div>
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You might have seen it if you are on Facebook or Instagram. I made this Baa-ble for the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/" target="_blank">Shetland Wool Week</a> team as part of a project to adorn the Christmas tree in the centre of Lerwick with woolly baubles, there was a very good response to the Baa-ble so the good people at Shetland Wool Week asked me if I could design a hat based on it - and here it is!<br />
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I have made two versions - this one in <a href="http://www.jamiesonsofshetland.co.uk/shetland-heather-and-marl-2-c.asp">Jamiesons of Shetland Heather Aran</a>....<br />
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And this one in <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Products/%22Yarn%20-%20Shetland%20Aran%20Worsted%22">Jamieson and Smith's Worsted Aran</a>.....</div>
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The pattern will be available to download as a free pdf document on the Home Page of the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/">Shetland Wool Week</a> website, they are working very hard to get it online as soon as possible. To make sure you don't miss the pattern release, you could subscribe to the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/" target="_blank">Shetland Wool Week newsletter</a> by signing up to their mailing list, and/or you could sign up to this blog (in the box at the top right hand side of this page) and you will receive new posts straight into your inbox (I promise I won't inundate you with emails!).<br />
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<strong>Colours used:</strong> <br />
Jamieson's of Shetland: Aran (50g balls): 1 x Autumn, 1 x Highland Mist, 1 x Natural White & 1 x Natural Black<br />
Jamieson and Smith (Shetland Wool Brokers) Worsted Aran (50g balls); 2 x Peat, 1 x Snaa White, 1 x Coll Black, 1 x Silver Grey<br />
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P.S. Many thanks to Felicity Ford of <a href="http://www.knitsonik.com/" target="_blank">Knitsonik</a> for the name Baa-ble!<br />
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