A picture can say a thousand words… needless to say, I’m in paradise.
Sheep, sheep, everywhere you look.
Hand-grading and hand-sorting of Shetland wool at Jamieson and Smith.
Fishing boats in Lerwick.
Laceweight Shetland wool on a sunny windowsill in the Textile Museum.
Stone boat houses.
Robert Williamson‘s original hand drawn notebooks
Fair Isle stocking cap from the Shetland Museum archive.
Flowers cling to cliffs.
Sunset near Sandness.
Be still my heart.
Beautiful pictures. That cap is wonderful.
Gorgeous pics! I’m so jealous. I’d get weak in the knees smelling all that raw wool.
If it really is as beautiful as in your photos, then it must be paradise!
Yes, but did you get to wear your hand knits?
Wow.. Amazing. I am making my first Jamieson Fair Isle sweater now. I’d love to visit this heavenly place. Thank you for the photo shoot.
Wish I was there…
I’ve always felt I lived in Scotland in my previous life ; )
No wonder, being a redhead…
I would love to know if you are selling prints of any of the photographs. They are absolutely stunning. It doesn’t hurt that some of them relate to a love of knitted things.
thank you for the most serene 1 minute vacation.
the notebook-I find fascinating
Did you meet my friend Carol C. at the museum? I believe she is the curator of the textile collection now. It’s been 10 years since I was there and your pictures bring back fond memories.
Beautiful photos – very soft and evocative. I am uber-jealous! Glad you had a great time.
I love Shetland, I was there a couple of years ago and thought it was heavenly. I would love to go back and see the museum. Gorgeous images!
I wish I were back in Scotland again! Amazing notebook. It’s so beautifully done!!
I have been considering a yarn/wool focused trip to Scotland with my mother and sister. I am now officially planning for summer 2011. I’m sure the weather there is phenomenal compared to what we’ve been treated to in Brooklyn this summer. Thank you for the photos and inspiration!
Beautiful pictures, I love how you play with depth of field, and composition.
But I have to admit I’m a bit disappointed. Where’s the haggis???
Love.
Very beautiful pictures. I love it.
Enjoyed the photos so very much, it was a wonderful dose of soul food for the body,
Oh, absolutely gorgeous!
I wasn’t a knitter when I went to Great Britain. Now I can’t wait to get back.
An interesting note about most of the older Fair Isle jumpers in the Shetland Museum archives (you’ll have to get permission to go off-site to see them) is that the colors repeat regularly throughout the sweater, but the patterns, although on the same scale, are all or mostly different. It makes each jumper truly unique. In our commercial patterns, we make all the repeats the same for easier pattern charting, but it’s a fun exercise for a one-off tour de force piece.
heavenly…….
I have spent many beautiful days and nights in Shetland and have brought their music state side well as a lot of sweaters and wool…the most beautiful place in the world