knitting a genuine fair isle pattern while travelling scotland · the history of knitting

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I hope you all enjoy watching me knitting a Scottish heritage piece whilst travelling around Scotland. It is the perfect souvenir of my trip which I will wear with fond memories. See below for what I talked about in this video 🤍

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:02 Scottish heritage knitting styles
02:09 Fair isle history
04:34 Pattern inspiration
06:34 Da Hömin cowl
10:27 Mid project
19:27 Finished project
28:39 Outro

Accreditation:
Sanquhar gloves
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Shetland lace
Teresacurl / Completed lace knit tablecloth based on the pattern "Lyra" by Herbert Niebling. Knit by Teresa Galloway / https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Fisherman’s gansey
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Fair isle jumpers
Julian Paren / Fair Isle knitwear in the Shetland Museum / https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Pictures of fair isle location
Neil Fairbrother / Fair Isle, located between the Shetland and Orkney islands, in Scotland. Viewed from aboard a ferry, looking east, in the evening / https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Julian Paren / North Haven, Fair Isle 1974 / CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Madder photo
Carstor / Flowers of Rubia tinctorum at Jena Botanical Garden, Germany / https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Patterns
Hamar slipover by Linda Shearer
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Buggiflooer headband by Alison Rendall
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Da Hömin cowl by Terri Laura
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Yarn
Jamieson and Smith - Mix, Moss, Copper, Dk brown, Mid grey, Grey brown
Jamiesons of Shetland - Tundra, Thyme

Blog posts
Knitting increases https://nimble-needles.com/stitches/k...
Knitting decreases https://nimble-needles.com/stitches/k...

Yarn shops and locations
Portmahomak beach, Scotland
The Meadows, Edinburgh
Victoria Park, Glasgow
The Yarn Cake, Glasgow