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A Legacy of Shetland Lace

By: Kate Davies Designs January 29, 2013January 29, 2013

knitting, reading, Shetland, textilesA Legacy of Shetland Lace, Shetland fine lace, Shetland Guild of Spinners, Shetland knitting, Shetland Lace, Weavers and Dyers39 Comments

I encountered many knitting books in 2012, but this was my favourite by far. Unlike so many books that have recently been written about Shetland, and Shetland knitting (my own included) this one has been produced by Shetlanders themselves. And not just by any Shetlanders. I don’t think it is going too far to say…

112, Jermyn Street

By: Kate Davies Designs April 29, 2011March 8, 2020

History, knitting, textiles112 Jermyn Street, Edward Standen, knitting, Lace, lace shawls, London, Mayfair, Shetland, Shetland fine lace, Shetland knitting, Shetland Lace, Shetland Museum and Archives, Standen's Shetland Warehouse23 Comments

I was going through my photographs of our London trip last night, and remembered I hadn’t told you about 112, Jermyn Street. One of the things I enjoy about London is the way that, simply wandering about, one encounters places with interesting associations. Inevitably, my touchstones are eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ones, but I’m sure it…