I’ve never attempted fairisle, but have always admired it. Are all garments knitted in the round? It must be lovely to be part of a knitting community. Really enjoyed your video. Very interesting and informative. Thank you.

Such an informative episode. Where is Bunchy's online shop? Beautiful natural colours from herbage.

The best method and explanation I’ve seen Thankyou

How inspiring is nature!

Just finished knitting my Fairag cardigan. Really enjoyed knitting this, the garment is so pretty and practical and I love wearing it. Thank you Elizabeth

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your gardens and world!

What a joy! Fantastic exploration of the knitting, complete treat to hear it spakin in Shetland ❤

Stunning colours and designs, thank you for sharing as a keen knitter I will look up your patterns. ❤

Two wonderful ladies who are inspiring their community to continue with the knitting heritage of Shetland. Fab video. Thank you ❤

Wonderful video Alison your knitting sock part reminded me of knitting baby booties for my now adult sons all those years ago. Keep enjoying your life and knitting. Warmest regards from Australia

Thanks so much! This is the clearest, most thought-out video I've seen. If I don't understand what is happening in the instructions, how can I fix a mistake? Or alter for a different size? This is brilliant! I'm subscribing! ❤

Such a very interesting video!

Thank goodness knitting has survived the trials of our times. I learned as a child and have taught a few of my children.

Loved this video and wish you happiness and success with your croft, Rachel. ❤

Thank you for sharing,top of my wishlist to come and spin on the Shetland isles,keep it up ladies from south East Ireland ❤

Just, beautiful. Thank you Alison ❤

Greetings from Canada! This video filled a hole in my knowledge I hadn't noticed until recently - I was teaching knitting to my daughter's class at school, and at her request I brought in my ring shawl to show the class when I brought in some other examples of things that I had knit for inspiration. Some of the students had wanted to know how the lace would have been used traditionally, and the best I could give was that it was exported, it was knit for income. I really appreciate hearing about how the lace was used, because now I can answer that when it comes up next.

This is wonderful, thank you so much!!

I was thinking when Bunchy was saying that she felt sad when she poured the hot water over the flowers, really she is just giving those flowers an exteneded life. Now their color can live on for so much longer in the yarn that she is dyeing. Flowers are here today and gone tomorrow, but the dyed wool will last for ever so much longer. And if the flowers could feel or think, how happy they would be knowing that their beauty is continuing to bring joy to others long after they would have faded from memory if not for Bunchy's work and love.

Thank you so much, that was excellent.

So lovely-knitting, history, scenic landscapes and poetry in one!! Thank you! I am amazed how they use such a different knitting technique to the one I was taught in the Swedish school over fifty years ago. We ise what I thinknis called continental knitting. This Shetland technique , with the knotting belt(?)seems faster and leaves more room for the hands to steer the two strands of wool. Would be very interesting to learn!

Lovely inspiring film ,thankyou. Ive been to shetland, lovely place and lovely people.

Absolutely beautiful craft. Idk which way to go and ask my money gone to taxes

Thank you. Do you have a video on betsy joint, I can't figure out how to do it.

So you do use shorter needles for gloves! I just learned to use a belt, but I’ve always used short needles for fingers!

Thank You from Germany. I am a spinning Beginner and love to learn from the Best. ❤

Where can I find your patterns?

I love this! I’ll be in Shetland this June and I would love to buy the pattern and the wool there.

I’m going to Shetland in June on a knitting tour. It would be great to meet you. You are a wonderful knitter.❤️

Beautiful tutorial! Thank you.

A wonderful podcast

Thank you for sharing this artifact.

It is lovely to have a chance to see (and learn about) objects held in store. More please!

Wonderful details. Thank you!

This video has been so helpful to me! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us! I had been following written patterns for gloves, but was having trouble with the gaps between the fingers. Your technique is amazing and worked so well!

The Shetland colors seem to be ones that men will wear, which makes sense, since jumpers were functional garments. I found your comment about the American market wanting brighter colors being chalked up to "the customer is always right" humorous. I guess I'm a typical American in wanting more colors. As a seamstress of almost 60 years, I have found that younger people are discovering home sewing, but most of the women of my generation rejected the traditional home economics sewing. I knitted a little as a child (although not the yokes your students mastered). Now that I'm retired, I've been returning to knitting and select projects that will teach me something new. I wonder if your children learned to knit as you did, to keep the tradition going.

I watched this to keep me company as I’m attempting to recreate a 1940s Tyrolean cardigan. Thank you so much for this beautiful film.

So glad to see your video. I worked as a staff nurse in Shetland in the sixties. Ihave many happy memories of my time there. Im 84 now, however i plan to visit this summer with my husband and daughter.

Such pretty socks. I’m shocked you do them on straight needles.

My Finnish mother taught me to knit (and crochet, sew, etc.) and I'm pleased to see Alison holding her needles with hands over them, as I was taught, instead of under which everyone else here in Australia does. I always suspected it was a Scandinavian thing, and am happy to see it here. I'm not so weird then, there is sense behind it - wish I knew when I was younger. Long ago when I was travelling in the far Northern regions, I wished I could just settle as a fisherman's wife by the sea, and knit, weave, sew and cook to my heart's content. This video brings that feeling back to me, far too late now....Lovely to watch this, thanks to Alison and others who put this out. Again, the "small" things in life (they're not really) can be the most important, and worth remembering. Female cultural history is so significant and still often minimised. As is much of male domestic craftmanship.

Just happened across this lovely glimpse into your island life, Rachel. You, your animals and your world are so beautiful - you all look so fulfilled. Thank you and love from Yorkshire 💚

Hazel, you will never know the gift you gave me when you kindly put a video of yourself purling on youtube. You turned me loose into a whole new world. I could barely make a stitch then, and now I'm knitting Shetland lace. I'm not saying its easy, but I can do it. I've done Fair Isle and I've done ganseys, and some cabling, but it all started with that foundation of basic stitches done well and done fast.

Well I have to say that was pure joy to watch

I cannot understand why the schools have stopped teaching it. It’s so important to keep the skills alive it’s something I want to learn if I’m not too old at 63

That, is beautiful. I want all the colors of the gorgeous sheep!

amazing tutorial! thanks

Very lovely, thank you.

I loved this so much! I was knitting along with them, in the early morning hours here in Washington State, USA. What a lovely video-it was beautiful filmed and with interesting conversation. Thank you!

Wonderfully beautiful. thank you for sharing.

I’m an indigenous from Qc, Canada. I find it interesting the word for shirt in our language is “gangey” and it has made me wonder if it originated from there. I know the Scottish have been here. There are some families in our community who have Scottish blood in them.