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This is the 8th of the “Travels Down Memory Lane Series”. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been an opportunity for holidays away. So I decided to look at some of the posts I’d planned to write, and for various reasons, I hadn’t.
Nothing is as much fun as walking down memory lane and revisiting and sharing the photographs and journals from our travels.[Read More]
This is the sixth of the “Travels Down Memory Lane Series”. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been an opportunity for holidays away. So I decided to look at some of the posts I’d planned to write, and for various reasons, I hadn’t.
Nothing is as much fun as walking down memory lane and revisiting and sharing the photographs and journals from our travels. A wonderful visit to Jarlshof, Shetland, on my 50th birthday![Read More]
This is the fifth of the “Travels Down Memory Lane Series”. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been an opportunity for holidays away. So I decided to look at some of the posts I’d planned to write, and for various reasons, I hadn’t.
Nothing is as much fun as walking down memory lane and revisiting and sharing the photographs and journals from our travels.[Read More]
A long-held dream of mine is to attend Shetland Wool Week.
Neil and I visited Shetland in 2015 in early September to celebrate our 50th birthdays and our Wedding Anniversary. Gosh, there is so much to love about Shetland, the ponies, the sheep, the amazing scenery, the glorious colours of wool and the most delicious Fish & Chips you will eat anywhere!
It was wonderful and often places we visited were busy gearing up for Shetland Wool Week starting a week or so later… [Read More]
When we visited Shetland in September 2015 we both took a huge number of photos. Since then I’ve been using my photos as colour inspiration for fair isle projects. Normally, I show photos of the finished items when I’m wearing them but the series A Shetland Colour Story will explore how I use my photos to help create a colour palette for the project I want to knit.
I always start by creating a collage of photos that create a sense of place, colour and bring back memories of our visit.[Read More]
After lunch in the Hay’s Dock Cafe, of delicious locally caught fish and chips with salad, we walked around the Shetland Museum for the first time.[Read More]
If like me, you visit Shetland on the trail of fair isle knitting, you won’t want to just look at the beautiful vintage examples in the museums, you’ll also want to see the modern pieces which you will see everywhere. Many of these are inspired by the vintage fair isle knitting traditions but the knitter’s on Shetland have taken the traditional techniques and patterns in new directions.[Read More]
We were lucky to visit the Tangwick Haa Museum on Northmavine when we visited Shetland in the Autumn. The changing exhibition at the Museum for 2015 was ‘The Way We Did It.’[Read More]
Seals were one of the animals we hoped to see when we visited Shetland.
Hello, I'm Nicolette Kernohan. I love sharing unique knitting projects, exploring colour & inspiring your creativity. Knitting Squirrel sells knitting wool & sock yarn in glorious colours & fibres.
