Jamieson & Smith: A Shetland Story

Hello everyone, we have survived another Shetland Wool Week! I will be doing a post later in the week about what we got up to (spoiler alert: we sold a lot of wool) but for now I have something exciting to share – our newest book, Jamieson and Smith: A Shetland Story is available now!! Its been quite the labour of love and we are all very proud of it.

The book contains the history of the company by Oliver which goes from its beginnings at Berry Farm to where we are today – no mean feat, but we have done it in the most concise way we could and it contains lots of photographs from over the years which haven’t been seen before. It gives you a great insight into what we do here and where we come from, the green doors have been a fixture of North Road for decades so it was only right they graced the cover.

And alongside the history we have a range of patterns beautifully photographed by Liam Henderson and modelled by May Graham and Tim Matthews..

Olivers Hat by Sandra Manson knit in Shetland Supreme Jumper Weight

Tussacks Shawl by Gudrun Johnston knit in Shetland Heritage

Noostigarth Cowl by Kharis Leggate knit in Shetland Chunky

Uyea Legwarmers by Ella Gordon knit in Shetland Aran Worsted

Vatn jumper by Mary Henderson knit in Shetland Aran Worsted

Houss Socks by Lesley Smith knit in Shetland Heritage

Glebe Jumper by Sandra Manson knit in Shetland Supreme Jumper Weight

Vaara Vest by Mary Jane Mucklestone knit in Shetland Heritage

Hevdadale Tam and Scarf by Mary Handerson knit in Shetland Heritage

The Silwick Vest by Sandra Manson knit in 2ply Jumper Weight

There is more information about yarn quantities etc on the Ravelry pages for the patterns, see here and if you would like a copy of the new book you can purchase it here. In time there will be a PDF version but for the moment it is only available in paperback, we hope you love it as much as we do! Happy knitting x