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 ...

As Alison Rendall took up her knitting needles to click and clack her way to creating her first Buggiflooer Beanie, she may well have felt the world watching. Her eagerly awaited woolly hat would ...

IT is a skill which has been part of Shetland's tradition for centuries. Now a new initiative to help secure the future of hand knitting is seeking support through crowd-funding. Shetland ...

(CNN) — Which fashion item is as beloved by members of the royal family as it is by JLo? Or as relevant on the runways of 2023 as in the knitting catalogs of 1960? The answer is surprisingly festive.

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Shetland locals Marian Ockendon (left) and Wilma Johnson knit upstairs at the Shetland Textile Museum in Lerwick, Shetland's capital. Drive around the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland, ...