shop
You can buy Kate’s new book, Colours of Shetland in print (+free e-book) here. If you prefer digital only, you can purchase the e-book separately here. you’d like to know more about the book, you may like to look at the FAQ page or browse through the gallery.
You can purchase Kate’s individual patterns as digital PDF downloads through her Ravelry Pattern Store , or browse through the design pages here.
If you prefer print, many of Kate’s patterns are now available to purchase through her Magcloud store. (Patterns are printed using Hewlett-Packard’s industry-standard quality service, and shipped directly to your door).
If you are a bookshop or yarn store interested in stocking Colours of Shetland or Kate’s other products,
Sign up for her retailer newsletter to be notified about stock and distribution arrangements.
Stockists of Kate’s books and patterns
Kate’s books and patterns are now stocked by over 60 bookshops and yarn stores worldwide. Her publications are not available through Amazon. Store names followed by (J&S) also stock the Jamieson and Smith yarns used in Colours of Shetland and Kate’s other patterns.
UK
an cnoc (Crieff)
baa ram ewe (Leeds / Harrogate) (J&S)
Beshley’s Wool Shop (Bristol)
Craft Days (Saffon Walden)
Cogito Books (Hexham)
Elena Costella (Perth)
Great British Yarns (Bath)
Hanks (Anglesey)
Iknit (London)
Jamieson and Smith (Shetland) (J&S)
Kathy’s Knits (Edinburgh)
Loop (London)
Loopy (Ulverston)
Marmalade Yarns (Frome) (J&S)
Meadow Yarn (Suffolk) (J&S)
Natural Wool Shop (Cowan Bridge)
Once a Sheep (Gourock)
Purl City Yarns (Manchester)
Red Apple Yarn (Lampeter)
Ripples Crafts (Lochinver)
The Woolly Brew (Pittenweem)
Sanday Spinners (Orkney)
Shetland Museum (Shetland)
Shetland Times bookshop (Shetland)
Spins and Needles (Lincoln)
Stromness Books and Prints (Orkney)
Twist (Woodbridge)
Williams Wools (Kendal)
Yarn Cafe (Coventry)
Yarn Loft (Nottingham)
EU
Compagnie des Laines (Belgium)
De Afstap, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Garniture (Denmark)
Lankakauppa Villavyyhti Oy (Finland)
This is Knit (Ireland) (J&S)
Renaissance Dyeing (France)
So! Fil (France)
Strikkinnom (Norway)
Trollenwol (Netherlands)
WollWerkstatt Kiel (Germany)
USA
Book Man / Book Woman (Nashville, TN)
Fancy Tiger Crafts (Denver, CO)
Fiddlehead Yarns (Kenosha, WI)
Fiber Optic Yarns (Cincinatti, OH
Knitter’s Palette (Lakeville, MN) (J&S)
Linden Yarn (St Louis Park, MN)
Miss Babs
Purlescence Yarns (Sunnyvale, CA)
Trading Post Fibers (Pendleton, IN)
Windy Knitty (Chicago, IL)
Wool & Co (Saint Charles, IL)
Woolbearers (Mount Holly, NJ)
Yarn Harbor (Duluth, MN)
Yarn Therapy (Talahassee, FL)
Uncommon Threads (Los Altos, CA)
A Verb for Keeping Warm (Oakland, CA)
Canada
88 Stitches (Langley, BC)
Black Sheep Yarns (Port Moody, BC) (J&S)
Gwin Gryffon (Kingston, ON)
Three Bags Full (Vancouver, BC)
Sheeps Ahoy (Nepean, ON) (J&S)
New Zealand
Verandah Yarns
I really can’t wait. I’ve signed up for the newsletter so will be ready to order as soon as I hear. Is there any way of finding out the colours you use in the book beforehand?
Hi Adrienne, all the shade numbers & quantities are now on ravelry –
the book is here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/colours-of-shetland
and if you look at each pattern name you’ll see the yarn shades & quantities.
Waiting keenly for further retail info as I can’t wait to stock this book! (Yes, I did sign up for the newsletter.)
do you take commissions for men cardigans?
Just bought mine, I can’t wait to receive it now :)
Received my book on Thursday and fell totally in love with it.
Thank you very much for the great photographs and patterns.
Hello Kate- I purchased the Sheep Heid hat pattern on Ravelry last night, but I am not sure that my PayPal payment went through….or at least I didn’t receive an e-mail confirmation.
Please do to let me know if you received the order notification. Will you send the pattern or is it downloadable?
I can’t wait to begin, but I am just beginning to spin….so no hurry. (At least the wool part of it is easy; we raise Shetlands and so have all the colors). I just want to be sure that I will have this beautiful pattern!
Good afternoon,
I am using adds from an 18th century newspaper to sew clothes for a museum exhibit about runaway servants and slaves. Isabelle Pierce is a convict servant running away in March of 1745. She is wearing a mancks petticoat. I was wondering if you have any sources that might indicate what the material would have looked like or have you even just heard the term mancks cloth. I cannot find a source that mentions the material. I am assuming that the material comes from the Isle of Mann because I did make the connection that Mancks is the old Saxon name for the island and I found references to Mancks-language and Mancks-men. I am also assuming that Manx tweed might have some connection. I am thinking that the material might be a sturdy grey wool ,possibly felted, with weft that is twisted with some color. Do you have any ideas about this material and am I , at least, thinking in the correct direction?
Regards,
Ieva
Hi there
Kate received your book in the post last week. It is informative, beautifully researched and a real treat to look at. I’ve used Jamieson and Smith’s yarns since I was a student in the 60′s and have knitted quite a few shawls especially for my children and grandchildren. Yours is different again and I’m using some Icelandic yarn I bought when I was there some years ago. Thank you for the pleasure your book has given me –and yes — I did see your hat and and recognised the design.
Best wishes Sue
Just bought your book last night at LInden Hills Yarn in St Louis Park, MN (Minneapolis) Lovely – can’t wait to get started