A campaign set up to secure the future of hand-knitting in Shetland - a world-famous home of traditional knitwear, including the iconic Fair Isle patterns – has won worldwide support and raised ...

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A campaign by VisitScotland featuring Shetland ponies in their winter woollies has inspired a travel company to run knitting tours of Scotland's Northern Isles. The tours are expected to launch in ...

The Shetland Islands have a knitting tradition that goes back centuries. The islanders' style persists, despite their modern wealth. This story originally aired July 2 on All Things Considered. With ...

The festival of the intricately crafted textiles of the Shetland Islands, a remote archipelago off Scotland’s coast, draws hundreds of knitters from around the world for all things wool. The sheep are ...

Knitting tuition is to end in schools in Shetland, despite fears it could threaten the future of its world-famous knitwear industry. The Shetland Islands Council move will save the authority's ...

Drive around the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland, and at least one thing is immediately apparent: It's home to a lot of sheep. They're everywhere — wandering along the roadsides and on ...