Three women from this part of the world representing the knitting guild in Lerwick shared their lace knitting expertise and showed some of their beautiful shawls and scarves made from one ply wool.
The knitter above, Kathleen Anderson, can make something the size she shows below in about six weeks.
Close ups of lace:
Sandra Manson was commissioned to knit the Royal Baby's Christening Shawl. This quote is from The Shetland News:
The robe was made of Shetland supreme one-ply worsted spun yarn, which is the nearest to homespun it is possible to get. Although the full-length garment only took two weeks to make, it took six weeks to plan.
This was our supplied yarn
