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| Natural Undyed Fair Isle Wool - Hand Spun - Hand Knit on Fair Isle |
The Fair Isle Textile Workshop
Display in the Fair Isle Hall on view for visitors.
Kathy's textiles looked so lovely today, she didn't mind that I took some photos to share with the world.
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I have seen Kathy's Fair Isle Textile Workshop guests around the island and on her croft. Usually a half dozen women at a time who are a bit surprised when they often start by clipping their own sheep! There is a bit more to learn before they just start spinning, knitting and weaving but everyone really seems to love it. They take away a lot more than just some knitwear but some insight into Fair Isle's fabric of life. |
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| Hand Spun Shetland Lace - Hand Knit Natural Colour Fair Isle Knitwear - Hand Woven Wrap The amount of time and labour in these 3 textiles seems just staggering to think of. Truly amazing! Especially when the starting point is raising a lamb, it's over a year old before it's clipped for the first time. |
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| Shetland Arts & Craft Trail - info: http://www.shetlandarts.org/shetland-craft-trail/ |
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| Home Grown Fair Isle Wool from Fair Isle's (Shetland breed) sheep. |
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| Demonstrating spinning technique next to the display. |
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| The Fair Isle Textile Workshop is a Registered - Scottish Crofting Producer http://www.crofting.org/index.php/scpbrand |
If you Knit or are interested in Textiles you really should think about taking a workshop with Kathy! You will have to wait till next year though, as she is quite busy... where does she find the time? Cheers. http://www.kathycoull.com/
Here is a link to a BBC Radio story on Fair Isle Knitting
A great bit of well-earned publicity, Kathy!
ReplyDeleteron mcmillan