The Standing Stone in Lund, Unst, Shetland.

I was knitting away happily on a new design, with this name, to remind me of it.
What would one want to wear on such a location.
A warm, wide, woolen shawl. At least I would.
I started designing, testing and after 4 attempts, I came to the conclusion that I was doing too much.
The place is empty.
Like, Heather, Stones, Bracken (ferns) and Sky.
That's it. 

So, scratched the previous patterns and ended up with 2 AND... an extra colour.

That was a big step for me, as I usually keep to 1 colour for lace.
Casted on again. Yes.
Success.

Pattern is okay. Now, I have a big problem with colour. At first I chose a Shetland Black and a light blue. 😍
But after 3 repeats, I know it looked lovely, is too much of a stretch, compared to what you see in this picture.

I really want to stick to Shetland Wool, but I might have to call in some help for this.

Project is on hold for now.
Son got home, having covid. No surprise, as he was is deployed by the navy to help out with testing people.
We've all had our boosters, he has no symptoms. Let's see how this goes.
We've kept it at bay for 2years.

One year anniversary and a 12 year anniversary

 It's been 1 year since i opened up my new webshop.

It's been 12 years and a day since I started Kantwerk / A Passion for Lace.

Before I did this, back in 2004, I was in garden design. I had a blog about it too, with a matching website. But I wasn't very good at it.
Made long hours behind the desktop computer and failed regularly.
The provider did have templates, but I wasn't even smart enough to know how to use those.

Back then I was also sewing clothes and knitting a bit. In 2006 I started this blog, by that time a lot more was done for dummies like me.
Templates and inserts were highlighted in the symbols, and all I had to do was click, search and paste.

In those years, blogs were hot, are they still? I've neglected mine for a while now. I'm sorry.
Anyway, I did a lot of browsing and reading other blogs, fully unaware of my networking. I had the wednesdays and all fridays to visit blogs, leave a comment. I got to know a lot of people and their crafts.

I called this the Butterfly shawl, but this was the exact moment I got hooked on knitting hearts. I've made plenty. 

I was, and still am, part of the local stitch'n'bitch group. We split off and don't go to a café anymore, but, before corona, we met every 2 months. I learned so much, got attention for my lace and other things I made and that resulted in the end that I was asked to give classes.
In Lace and Shetland Lace. I want to thank Janet Vermist for giving me that opportunity: Thank you!
By that time it was 2011.

I had built a new website, and people could order with an email. I again, wasn't smart enough to know how to make a webshop. I wasn't selling any yarns or accessoiries, and sales ran mainly through Ravelry. I was able to keep track of the occassional order, everything I had was on display. 

By that time, a lot of fairs were taking place around the country. I was asked to give classes all over the land. I felt great about it! People were interested in my work, wanted to learn, see for themselves and even wanted to keep on doing it! I was asked to knit examples with the latest yarns, had some designs of my own. Got commissions to knit for other people/knitters.

 

2009

I was so fortunate that people were willing to pay for my knitting. Gifted a cowl and was commissioned another, because the daughter kept stealing it. That was the moment I thought: why not start a business??
I was quite busy knitting a shawl for every female in my family and I had dared to knit a finer shawl in Shetland Lace pattern from Victorian Lace Today. 

 Shetland Tea shawl from Victorian Lace Today, here with a split so it could be worn as a cape (2009)

I got some more (private) commissions and I scored my first commission for a real yarn webshop!
I made a red shawl, made the deadline and it got to be on display in her store! Thank you Angelique!
Soon, other webshops liked that idea and commissioned me to design something new for them. Often with their latest yarns!
By the end of 2009 I was knitting a dress on commission. I couldn´t believe it all went so well. 

My webshop only had patterns, but some were eager to buy projects I had already made. So, the sale of the Orange Tea shawl, led to me designing my very first Shetland Shawl. The lady had gifted me the Heirloom Knitting book and stated that she wanted me to use it to make her a beautiful fine shawl.
She had no idea what she did, doing that. I was smitten! Fine yarn, Fine needles, Fine shawls.
I could have benefited from some lessons in photography, back then we had a camera and had to upload it all. Time consuming. I did have, as you can see, a model to show the work. I was not very eager to show myself. 

Via Angelique and her Wolhemel shop (discontinued) I took a class in Estonian lace from Carla Meijsen. I had already made a shawl but still learned a lot on construction. I still only know 1 type of Nupp, although there are plenty of variations. 

Because of the commissions, I was able to buy good yarns and books to help me get to know more techniques. But the Shetland and the Estonian lace techniques stuck. So many things to learn, play and knit. 

I was SO taken by the Shetland techniques, all knit rows but pattern in every row too, that I decided to (encouraged by some groups on Ravelry and dutch bloggers that had already VISITED Shetland, looking at you Herma en Jan), i wanted to design a square. I plotted away behind my computer and to this day, i still do it the same way.
Using Microsoft Word, making charts, counting, swatching and knitting. 

My friend Ammerins (left) travelled with me (center) to Shetland Wool week 2012 and we are showing The One in Voe. This picture was made by Misa Hay and it ended up in all kinds of places. On display in the hub in the Museum. In a book on Textiles History from Shetland, chapter Woolweek and on the website 10 things to do when you are in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland! So proud.
 

I  called it The One. It was highly unlikely that I would do thát ever again. It was February 2011.
Our son got very ill, that month. Hodgkin. At 15. So the focus was not on knitting. But...
I did end up giving for classes for Lace knitting and Knitted Lace, that April!
Only because Chemo was working and there was progress.
I was TOTALLY suprised that the 4 classes were FULLY booked. That meant 60 students in 2 days. A baptism of fire.


Later that summer, when Chemo was over, the kid was reasonably okay and things turned back to some shape of normal, I was made aware there was to be a Shetland Wool Week. Considering my / our situation, I didn't go.
But, the seed was planted and I started to save my commission money. I asked Herma for inside information on what it is like on Shetland, how to get there and what I could be expecting.
1. I have never been in an airplane before that.
2. I had never travelled like that by myself.
3. Even though I had learned english since I was 4, no guarantees.
4. I had booked my plane ticket before I had a place to stay or how to get there.

In the meantime I was asked to be a part of the Lace Collection by Jamieson and Smith, using their fine cobweb yarn. I was blissfully unaware there would be other designers in this, so i designed the finest shawl i could come up with.
Turned out, I was in VERY good company. A beautiful wide ranged collection and the kits for those are still available on their website.

So... in September 2012, off we went. Ammerins decided she wanted to travel to Shetland too. She's a translator by profession and avid knitter and spinner too. We had a blast. Met all kinds of people, took classes and drove all over the islands.
I was not only part of the Lace Collection but I was asked to part of a trunk show too! In the Jamieson and Smith shop in Lewick. I could hardly sleep the night before. I had brought 5 shawls I still had. They are to the right.
Gudrun Johnston and Mrs. Mary Kay brought their work too. It was bliss. (photo from J&S blog)

The next (?) evening we had a Ravelry meet up, and even though I had a class by Kate Davies earlier, we met again that evening. I showed her my Across the Beach shawlette. Usually, Shetland Cockleshells are in a rectangle and I had (re)designed them in a small silk triangular shape.(photo credit Ammerins Moss).

I bet you can believe that it was a trip of a life time. The LOVE for fine Shetland Lace and Shetland itself grew.
By that time I had been knitting day and night, working as a postie too, being a wife and mother. Social media as it is now, was not in my agenda so much. I had already joined FB but wasn't very active. So, plenty of time to keep on giving classes and knit my heart out. 

I had been getting customers from abroad too! Danmark, Belgium, France, America and local. I was very fortunate to have a regular client, so a steady income, and my name got familiar too.

Well... This! Yarns were found everywhere; America, England, Germany and Belgium were the best. Some handdyed yarn from The Gossamer Web (etsy), Silk (above) and wool from England, Germany has amazing handdyed yarns too (Dye For Wool, Etsy) and nothing beats the finest yarns from Bart and Francis in Belgium.
So, in 2014 another trip to Shetland was planned and in 2016 I went again. Not by myself, knitter friends were curious about Shetland too. Carla Meijsen even went (and will be) several times there, also as Artist in Residence! 

Then, things slowed down. I got the odd commission, I kept on designing but other techniques were becoming more and more interesting. So classes stopped, I gave some private classes but in the end with covid, it all ended.
Less income meant not being able to travel.
In the meantime, social media went crazy. Mobile phones were getting more sophisticated and I joined Instagram. I like(d) Instagram. Nowadays there is too much advertisement and somethings may have been improved. I could use a lesson in that too! hahaha


In 2015 I got involved in a chat, that was about how to decifer a lace shawl seen in the Outlander series. I hadn't seen the show at all, wasn't aware what it was about, hadn't read the books (still haven't). My friend Belinda helped me out with screen shots, the show didn't air here. Laura supplied the photos and video and if I was able to help. I hadn't planned on another big project but let's try. I like a good puzzle.
In the end it took me a year, a chat with the costume designer of the show and many many hours of charting to complete the shawl. You can read about it HERE. 

Below the original authentic Shetland Lace shawl, above my version.

Weird stuff started to happen after it was done. I was in an American magazine for sheep farmers, thank you Cynthia, so they would be aware what was possible with the wool. The shawl was added to the FB group for Outlander patterns and designs. I gave a class on Fine Shetland Lace IN the Jamieson and Smith yarn shop in Lerwick in 2016. It was sold out in no time, and I was planning to go to WoolWeek 2016 'anyway'.. hahaha.
I started a support group on Facebook, expecting a few members. My shawl took nearly 4km of fine Shetland Wool. 
WHO was going to knit that? Well, apparently, plenty of people. There have been 50 knitters working on it!
Link to the group HERE (opens in a new window)    667 members

Then, I started another group, stumped by the fact that there WASN'T one already.
The Fine Shetland Lace group.
It fills my heart. I'm not alone. ALL AROUND THE WORLD there are people interested in this type of knitting. Not just me and knitters from Shetland. Or some of the knitters that had taken one of my classes!
Some people are brandnew to lace or even Shetland Lace. Few are experienced and VERY VERY skilled. It has grown into a very kind, supportive and enthousiastic group. There are 6000+ of us, but there is a very good atmosphere.
ONLY shetland lace is allowed. NO politics or other knitting techniques. You are welcome to join.
I made some very good friends there! <3

*ETA: January 2026 there are 13.000+ members now in the FSL group! 

My superfine Blyde. Worked in gossamer cashmere, this is 31 grams and 70" long or 178cm. (2018)

Here the original Blyde, 51gr and same length (2016)

What a set of knitting needles and a bit of yarn can do!!!! 

Those set of 2 fine (straight!) needles have brought me SO much. I've met amazing people, incredible friends, headspinning knitting, I've relearned how to spin thanks to Ammerins, my business has been promoted by people that believe(d) in me and I'm forever grateful.
I'm NOT planning to stop anytime soon. Twentytwenty was a difficult year for all of us, around the world.
The thread of covid was tangeable and left us very creative or numb. I've heard many lament their lack of concentration and I was one of them (too).

If all goes well, I'm able to release 5 designs this year.

• The Third One is a rectangle shawl with Shetland Lace patterns, tested as we speak by 6 knitters. 
• The Fourth One is on my needles, not ready for testknitting yet.  
• Making a Point will be a coloured (lace) hap in memory of my grandmother. She died from covid at 100yo.  
• The Crawford Veil is at 65% now, languishing on and off since 2013, makes slow progress. That will be much later in the year (2025). 
• A triangular shape in 100% superfine linen, dyed indigo by Habu Textiles (USA)(not even 5% done in 2026, sorry).
  
  That's a lot of miles to be worked, so planning and sticking to it is very important. 

Today is the first anniversary of my new webshop. You can click, pay and enjoy immediately!
I had to take a risk, back then. I had planned to go to Shetland and wanted to be ready for possible traffic and knitters wanting to knit my designs. Ravelry redesigning their website was a reason too. Still clueless why they won't listen to people have severe issues with that new make over.
I DID go to Shetland, Woolweek was canceled due to covid. I had a great time, like a retreat. Spoke to no-one, walked for miles and finally was smart enough to bring my knitting to Shetland and photographing it at the most amazing locations. Here, my Shetland Stars Square Shawl (outlander) in Nesting, Shetland.

I hope to welcome you in my new webshop, shetland stars support group, fine shetland lace group, instagram, facebook or here. And when covid is done, hopefully in real life!

You made it to the end, thank you.

 

Presenting: Fine Shetland Lace... Magazine!

 Fall 2018 issue 1

September 1st is the release date of the Fine Shetland Lace Magazine.
You can find it online here (you don't need to have Dropbox, just click on the link to continue)

LINK

Content: 
The Knitter                        Page 3
MoniqueB

Shetland Wool Week      Page 6
Information and Links

The Swatch                       Page 7

Screaming Silence...        Page 9
A little story on Unst

The Yarn                             Page 11
Jamieson & Smith

The Designer                      Page 14
This year’s Shetland Wool Week patron:
Elizabeth Johnston

The Pattern                        Page 18
The Second One

The Lace...                           Page 19
A bit of information

A word                                 Page 20

This is my gift to the Facebook group: Fine Shetland Lace and Shetland Stars Shawl.
Also for anyone interested in Fine Shetland Lace.
In this issue, there is a lot of 'me'. But, the next issue will be more diverse! Enjoy!

Idea and Publisher,  Editor, Art Direction, Layout, Photography unless otherwise mentioned: Monique Boonstra.
Cover image: The Second One ©2018 by MoniqueB.  Image on this page: Shetland Bound ©2012 by MoniqueB.
This is a free of ads publication.
You’re NOT  allowed to copy this magazine for distribution, handouts, free gifting or ANY commercial purposes.
Every part of this magazine is subject to copyright by those mentioned in this magazine and cannot be used without permission.
For possible contributions,  questions and remarks, please mail to  monique@kantwerk.nl 

DISCOUNT! / KORTING

 

Voor het allereerst sinds dat ik een winkeltje heb op Etsy, al zo'n 8 jaar, heb ik een kortings actie! Zodra je 3 items tegelijk koopt, en de kortingscode LOVELACE17 invult, krijg je 15% korting! (1x per persoon)
Dus ook op shawls! En sinds vandaag heb ik, ook voor het eerst, handgesponnen garen te koop!
De actie gaat morgen in, 24 november tot en met 24 december!

Een van de (tot nu toe 2) strengen die ik heb gesponnen heet: Candy! 
Ik heb één mini batt van Spinjones (Ook op etsy) gesponnen. Daarna heb ik het getwijnd met 100% Shetland Gossamer wol.
Het is samen ongeveer 500m garen geworden en de streng weegt 61gr.
De mini batt was: Geel, Roze, Blauw en Mint.
De batt bestond uit: 50% merino, 40% faux cashmere en 10% Firestar.
De witte Shetland is 100% Shetland gossamer wol (fabrieksgaren). Ongeverfd.

Ever since I opened up my Etsy shop, I'm having a month long DISCOUNT!
When you purchase ANY 3 items and use coupon code LOVELACE17, you get a 15% discount!
(1 per customer). It is applicable to shawls, patterns and.. since today yarn! Handspun yarn.
This discount runs from 24-11 until 24-12!

 This is one (of the two so far) handspun skeins of yarn: Candy! I've spun ONE small minibatt from Spinjones (also an Etsyshop) and plied it with 100% Gossamer Shetland Wool to make a balanced yarn.
It is approx. 500m / 546y and the little skein weighs 61gr!

The batt was Yellow, Pink, Peppermint and Blue.
Fibre content: 50% Wool - Merino 40% faux cashmere 10% Manufactured Fibers - Firestar

The Shetland Gossamer 1ply was natural white 100% shetland wool undyed (manufactured).

Enjoy!
Fijn breien!

HJEMME

Hjemme.
 
Het heeft even geduurd, maar dan heb je ook wat. Ruim een jaar geleden was ik aan het spelen met een patroontje. 
De Outlander shawl was net klaar en ik had wat ideetjes waar ik misschien wel wat mee kon. 
Dus wat proeflapjes gemaakt met verschillende garens, chart geknipt en geplakt. 
Het probleem was alleen de vorm. Het is een patroon met veel mogelijkheden, maar ik kon maar geen vorm vinden, waarin het het beste tot zijn recht kwam.

It has been a while, but it was worth it. Over a year ago, I was just finishing up the Outlander shawl, some ideas popped in my head. I made swatches in several yarns, cutting and pasting in charts was easier. But the shape gave me some difficulties. The basic pattern could be used in several ways, but a suitable one was hard to find.

 

Wat ik dan altijd even doe, even op Ravelry kijken wat ik allemaal al gedaan heb, en wat er nog ontbreekt. Ik had nog geen shawl met een Faroese vorm. Hmmmm, dat was een goede keus.
In het midden de mooie diamant en variaties aan de zijkant.
De keuze voor het garen was daarna natuurlijk ook niet zo moeilijk. Een volle 2ply van Shetland wol. Een kleur die zorgt dat het patroon heel mooi uit komt en nu nog de details. 

 

 The thing I do then is, take a sneak peek on Ravelry, to see what ISN'T in my list of designs yet. 
Didn't see a faroese shape yet. Hmmmm, that could be a great choice.  
The diamonds in the centre and some variations on either side!
Yarn choice wasn't so hard after that decision. A full 2ply shetland wool and a colour that would make the patterns pop!

 Je breit de shawl van boven naar beneden, en wanneer je afkant, is het ook klaar. Alleen nog opspannen en draadjes wegwerken. En dragen natuurlijk. 

Omdat Monique Dreef de opdrachtgeefster was en het garen leverde, en omdat we samen naar Shetland zijn geweest, leek het mij een tof idee om elkaar te ontmoeten, werkoverleg noemen we dat. 
Ik houd erg van de zee en op het strand van Callantsoog begin ik me aardig thuis te voelen. Ik rijd er 'zo' even heen op de motor, voetjes in het zand, ogen op de horizon. Mijn 'thuis' als ik niet thuis ben.
Hjemme is het Deense woord voor "thuis". 

Wikipedia
De Faeröer zijn vanaf de 9e eeuw voornamelijk vanuit Noorwegen bevolkt. In de 11e eeuw kwamen de eilanden onder het gezag van de Noorse koning te staan. Toen Noorwegen zelf een gebiedsdeel van Denemarken werd, kwamen de Faeröer eveneens onder de Deense kroon. Toen Noorwegen in 1814 onder Zweeds bestuur kwam bleven de Faeröer Deens. In 1948 kregen de eilanden verregaand zelfbestuur.
Op sommige zeekaarten uit de 16e en 17e eeuw is ten zuiden van IJsland een groot eiland te zien dat Frisland genoemd werd. Aangenomen wordt dat daarmee de Faeröer bedoeld werden.

 The shawl is worked Top-Down and when you bind off, the shawl is actually done. Just blocking and weaving in ends. And then wear it! 
Because Monique Dreef was the commissioner of this design, and supplied the yarn, ánd because we went on a trip to Shetland last year, I thought it to be best to meet. Business meeting. Yes. 

I just lóve the sea and I'm starting to feel right at home at the beach of Callantsoog. I often go there when I ride my motorbike, feet in the sand, eyes on the horizon. My home away from home.
Hjemme is the Danish word for "Home". 

Wikipedia:
Between 1035 and 1814, the Faroes were part of the Hereditary Kingdom of Norway. In 1814, the Treaty of Kiel granted Denmark control over the islands, along with two other Norwegian island possessions: Greenland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands have been a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark since 1948.^[9] The Faroese have control of most domestic matters. [...] The islands also have representation in the Nordic Council as members of the Danish delegation. The people of the Faroe Islands also compete as a national team in certain sports.

 Na het werkoverleg met weer nieuwe ideeën, gingen we kijken voor een mooie lokatie om foto's te maken van de shawl. Het was lekker weer, motorpak uit, shawl om en...

After the workbit was done, creating new ideas, we went out to scout some lovely locations to make some pictures. So, the biker jacket and pants had to come off. It was a lovely day with some sunshine...

En een stukje verder in de duinen...

A bit later in the dunes...

Om eerlijk te zijn, was ik zelf zo blij met het ontwerp, dat ik de volgende dag mijn (75%) zelfgesponnen garen heb gepakt en meteen nog een shawl heb gebreid!
De wol uit Wales, Hilltop Cloud, had 5 kleuren die ik heb gesponnen. Daarna heb ik het getwijnd met grijze 1ply gossamer Shetland wol van Jamieson & Smith (NL). En deze keer spande ik de shawl op met punten. Ook mooi! 

 To be honest, I was so happy with the design, the very next day, I picked up my own (75%) handspun yarn and casted on! The wool is from HilltopCloud from Wales, I plied it with a 1ply Gossamer Jamieson & Smith (UK) in grey. I blocked the shawl with points, also a beautiful option. 

Design:     Hjemme (NL / ENG)
Designer:   Kantwerk / A Passion For Lace...

Yarn:        5 balls of Jamieson & Smith Shetland Supreme 2ply Lace 
Needle size :     US 2½ - 3.0 mm

Yardage:           1077 - 1094 yards (985 - 1000 m) 

 

verkrijgbaar als kit bij www.greatbritishwool.nl

 

 

 fawn colourway

Shetland gevoel... (vorig jaar)

 Schreeuwende stilte. 

 Lerwick

Het is eind september 2016. We, MoniqueB en MoniqueD, zijn voor de derde keer op Shetland. Een grote groep eilanden, zo’n driehonderd kilometer uit de kust van Schotland. Onze voeten staan in de heide van Hermaness, een natuurgebied op het meest noordelijk gelegen eiland Unst. 

Belmont House

Er omheen dwarrelen grotere en kleinere rotsen in de oceaan. Op één daarvan, Muckle Flugga, staat een vuurtoren. De wandeling naar de vuurtoren is erg mooi en lang. Het eerste uur  lopen we over vlonders. Ze leiden ons langs de broedgebieden, zodat vogels niet worden gestoord. Op de terugweg is dat schijnbaar geen probleem en loop je door de heide en om waterplassen heen. 

Het mooie is eigenlijk dat je, juist hier, de tijd vergeet. Er is werkelijk niets wat je er aan herinnert. Je vergeet de tijd, omdat er geen geluid is. De oceaan is nog te ver, nog geen schaap gezien en er zijn geen bomen. Alleen aan je kleding kun je zien dat het de 21e eeuw is. Na het vlonderpad is het nog een uur lopen, nu over gras. Hier zijn wel schapen maar ze maken geen geluid. 

Eindelijk zien we de vuurtoren, in de verte, op die rots in de oceaan.  Op omliggende rotsen zien we Jan-van-Gent vogels. Omdat de wandelroute hoog op de rotsen ligt, hoor je ze bijna niet. 

Het pad gaat verder en een bord zegt dat we nu paaltjes moeten volgen voor de terug weg. Na 3 uur wandelen komen we weer een stuk vlonder tegen. Groot genoeg om op te liggen. Dat doen we. Liggen. Ogen dicht. Luisteren. Luisteren naar wat? Er is niets om naar te luisteren. De stilte schreeuwt:… er is niets. 

Nadat mijn hoofd ongeveer 10 minuten (denk ik) aan het zoeken is geweest naar geluid, is het dan ook eindelijk stil in mijn hoofd. Wow.

Kon ik hier maar langer blijven. Stil zijn. Ik besef dat het al eeuwen zo geweest is. En zal blijven.
Zodra we zijn bijgekomen van de stilte, is het nog een uur lopen naar de auto. Naar ‘de realiteit’. Gelukkig is de overgang heel geleidelijk, er wonen namelijk amper  600 mensen op dit eiland van 20 bij 8 km. 

Op Shetland zijn inderdaad meer schapen dan mensen. De meeste lopen los rond, al zijn er wel hekken om te voorkomen dat soorten kruisen. De schapen zijn bestand tegen het harde klimaat, wat een verrassend veelzijdige vacht oplevert. De wol is dik en dun te spinnen, voor sokken, truien en shawls. Het pakt de verf makkelijk op en het kriebelt niet. Bovendien zijn er veel kleur variaties. 

Zo’n 180 jaar geleden hebben vrouwen van Unst, een nieuwe vorm van breien ontwikkeld. Ze plukten de lange nekharen van hun schapen, en sponnen er de hele winter ragdunne draden van. Daar zijn ze, gedurende de zomer, kant mee gaan breien. Ze werden specialisten, ieder had zijn eigen kantpatroon. Er zaten vaak wel meer dan 5 verschillende patronen in een shawl. Een kenmerk van echt handwerk. 

 

Vrouwen die dit konden breien, hoefden niet op het land te werken. Zo bleven hun handen heel om met het fijne garen te werken. Het resultaat is een uitermate fijn gebreide kantshawl, die je letterlijk “door een ringetje” kunt halen.

Op de andere eilanden van Shetland kregen ze het niet zo dun als op Unst. Zou dat te maken hebben met de schreeuwende stilte? Het was een hard bestaan. Wanneer zo’n kwetsbare shawl af was, werd hij geruild voor thee en misschien voor wat eten of kleding. En dan doorwerken voor de volgende shawl. In die stilte...

Deze tekst heeft in de Handwerken Zonder Grenzen No 200 gestaan en is door mij geschreven.
Er hoorde ook een breipatroon bij: "Shellies", vingerloze handschoentjes met een kantpatroon.
Om de handen lekker warm te houden en iets (voor mij) als herinnering aan Shetland. Het besef hoe het daar allemaal tot stand is gekomen en dat het landschap er zéker mee te maken had. 

 

 Het patroon is geschreven voor 2 maten en kan met alle (fijne) shetland garens gebreid worden:
Heritage (Jamieson & Smith), Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland) of Uradale (Uradale Yarns (Organic)) Je kunt ze tegelijk breien met Magic Loop
 

Design: Shellies (Available in English and NL)
Designer: Kantwerk.nl / A Passion For Lace...
Yarn: Heritage Natural (2 balls) Jamieson & Smith
          Spindrift (2 balls) Jamieson's of Shetland
          Uradale Natural DK (1 ball) Uradale Yarns
Needle: Small: 2.00mm & 2.5mm.
              Large: 2,50mm & 2,75mm
             (Kleine naald voor de boorden, Smaller needlesize for the ribbing)

Size: palm of your hand circumference 7.8" /20 or 8.6" / 22cm.
         Handpalm omtrek Small: 20cm Large: 22cm. 

ERRATA: in het tijdschrift zijn in de Linkerduim symbolen niet aanwezig. De linkerkant heeft hetzelfde kant patroon als de rechterduim.

Enjoy!

Veel breiplezier!