Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Very Excited!!

I have been trying not very sucessfully to be patient while waiting for this awesome book to arrive from Scotland. It is called Colors Of Shetland by Kate Davies and I was not dissapointed. It is a beautiful book that combines my love of knitting and history and much more, beautiful patterns, most of them beyond my capabilities I think, but I am going to try one or two! Problem is the wool used is from Jamieson and Smiths in the Shetland Isles which makes it quite expensive with the postage. The colours are so lovely and this place has been going for years. One day I would love to visit...... oh well we can all dream!!!!
This is a fantastic Christmas present to myself and would be for anyone interested in knitting, patterns and history of the Shetlands.

3 comments:

  1. Ooh, hopefully mine won't be too far away then. I've ordered yarn from Jamieson & Smith before now and from memory the post was less than I'd expected. I will order again when I can afford to, love their Shetland yarns, made a wonderful pair of colourwork mittens for youngest.

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  2. I hope you get yours soon. Yes probably after Christmas will look at ordering some for the Scatness Tam, might manage that one. I love the autumn colours. Just looking at your blog and I made some socks out of mandorla VP and they are still going strong after hundreds of washes.

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  3. It looks like a gorgeous book, good to hear it is as lovely as you expected!

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