Shetland Heritage yarn re creates the original characteristics of handspun ‘wursit’ used in old Fair Isle garments. The yarn is replicated from that found in knitted Fair Isle garments in the collection of Shetland Museum and Archives.
Wool experts, specialist dyers, curators and knitters worked together to develop and trial Shetland Heritage yarn, which is worsted spun from Jamieson & Smith’s combed tops to give a soft feel, and a smooth finish. The yarn is slightly finer than the 4ply we use today to knit stranded colourwork and Fair Isle. Instead, it gives a definition and complexity of colour and pattern that goes right back to the nineteenth-century.
Light 4ply/fingering 25g ball 110m/120yds
100% Real Shetland Wool
Suggested Needle Size: 2.75mm
Tension: 36 sts and 40 rows over 4 inches using 2.75mm needles over stocking stitch.
36 sts and 40 rows over 4 inches using 2.75mm needles over Fair Isle.
- Pattern:
- Lace Ella by Sandra Manson
