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Fair Isle North Lighthouse (1892) stands on a promontory at the north end of Fair Isle between the Orkney and Shetland islands, Scotland. The 65-meter cliffs allow the light be be seen 41 km out to sea.
Sample Anchors. Need to sew up and might shift the placement of the anchors next time - bit too close together.
In spring and early summer the cliffs of Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, are a popular nesting site for guillemots and gannets. Over 345 species of birds have been recorded on Fair Isle, more than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
Only 60 people live yearround on Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland. High seas can make landing a challenge.
She brought them to The Shetland Museum during her Fair Isle knitting demonstration during Shetland Wool Week
Have just finished my mittens from Kate Davies's wonderful pattern:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/peerie-flooers-mittens
I love this pattern
Still using Becky Colvin's written pattern but adding in my own pattern for the yoke. Anchor taken from Sheila McGregor's Fair Isle book.
knitted myself a new pair of cosy wristwarmers ready for the colder autumn days. Have written it up as a free pattern which you can download if you'd like to make some. See my profile for a link to my blog where there's info about downloading the pdf file.
Finished knitting the hearts sweater and started another Dollswest fairisle but in Knit Picks Palette.
I started these fairisle gloves back in 2007, knitted the 1st glove up to the fingers then was waiting for shorter needles. The needles arrived but I was knitting other stuff. I finally finished the 1st glove in 2016 and did the cuff for the second. Another long gap. I picked these up again on Friday and now they are completed! And I love them.
I love knitted fairisle work that uses a solid colour with a self-striping yarn, so I wanted to see if I could create a similar effect with cross stitch using a solid colour and a variegated floss. But what to stitch? π, one of my favourite numbers, seemed as good a subject as any.
knitted myself a new pair of cosy wristwarmers ready for the colder autumn days. Have written it up as a free pattern which you can download if you'd like to make some. See my profile for a link to my blog where there's info about downloading the pdf file.