Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on ...

Fair Isle is famous for its knitting, but is it a dying tradition? Moira Hickey travels there to find out how important it is to island life. Show more Moira Hickey visits Fair Isle, famous around the ...

Which fashion item is as beloved by members of the royal family as it is by JLo? Or as relevant on the runways of 2024 as in the knitting catalogs of 1960? The answer is surprisingly festive. The Fair ...

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There are classic jumpers, cool sweaters, and then there’s the Fair Isle jumper – the sort of knitwear that evokes an apres-ski, moneyed vibe that never goes out of style. In my book, that’s one sort ...

A Shetland MSP has written to the boss of Channel 4 inviting producers and Tom Daley to visit the island amid claims they ‘misrepresented’ traditional knitting techniques on a new reality show. The ...

Nothing signals the start of winter quite like the return of the Fair Isle knit. Once considered ‘ugly’ knitwear we’d only pull out from the back of our wardrobes as an alternative to a Christmas ...

The knitting organisation launched a crowdfunder after declaring that island's knitting heritage was facing 'serious ...

Chair of Modern History, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor ...