Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor ...

The Mitten Handbook (Abrams Books, 2017) acts as an instructional manual for knitting custom mittens. Author Mary Scott Huff encourages knitters to create their own unique mittens by combining ...

A DESIGNER who is keeping the ancient Fair Isle knitting tradition alive on the UK’s remotest inhabited island has been awarded more than £40,000 to expand her business. Marie Bruhat was inspired to ...

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Shetland, UK - Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Wool Brokers LTD), a trusted name in Shetland's wool industry, is proud to unveil a new celebration of traditional craftsmanship: a ...

Fair Isle is famous for its knitting, but is it a dying tradition? Moira Hickey travels there to find out how important it is to island life. Show more Moira Hickey visits Fair Isle, famous around the ...

Which fashion item is as beloved by members of the royal family as it is by JLo? Or as relevant on the runways of 2024 as in the knitting catalogs of 1960? The answer is surprisingly festive. The Fair ...

“In the 1920s, Fair Isle knitting became very high fashion, thanks to the Prince of Wales, who was sent a jumper” — that’s queen’s English for “sweater” — “by a local woman here,” said Carol A.

TRADITIONAL knitting is alive and well on Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited spot in the UK. Thanks to Mati Ventrillion, the intricate patterns made famous by the Prince of Wales in the 1920s are ...

Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on ...