Knitting · Shetland
Fair Isle Knitting
01 · Origin
What Fair Isle Knitting is
Fair Isle is a stranded colourwork knitting technique from the Shetland Islands, using just two colours per row to build intricate banded patterns. Named for the tiny island where it developed among crofting families.
02 · Region & map
Where it lives
Shetland — Scotland
03 · From the field
A story from the makers
Iona Sinclair learned Fair Isle on her grandmother's knee in Shetland.
04 · Learn it
The hands still teaching
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