Scottish knitting

By the mid 1700s, as knitting skills spread throughout Scotland, a thriving cottage industry was established. It first produced mainly simple knitted stockings in great numbers for sale to the home market and to the colonies. The ancient burgh of Sanquhar was ideally located for this, in good sheep country with soft water for processing wool and established roads following the river valleys to markets in central Scotland. The origins of the distinctive two-coloured pattern to which the town…

Typically found in woven fabrics, plaid also works up beautifully in knits. Here are a few different ways to get knit plaid patterning!

Introducing Edradour , a simple, lace-edged shawl knit in Jill Draper's stunning Mohonk Cormo . This design was a last minute addition ...

100% Premium Wool Crew Sweater from the Scottish Highlands, expertly Hand Knit by Generations of Knitters in Bluefaced Leicester and Supersoft Shetland.

Handy Little Me Outlander Patterns. Take a look through the Outlander pattern library and choose your next project. Included Outlander knitting patterns and Outlander crochet patterns.

The Scottish Knit Book No1

If this story on Scottish knitting intrigues you, the fresh-off-the-press Knitting Traditions 2017 explores further handmade Scottish history.

In the remote cluster of rocks in the North Sea, knitting is a deeply ingrained tradition that stretches back for centuries — and persists despite the money that oil and gas have brought to Shetland.

Meaning Ripples or “Little Waves” in Scottish Gaelic, Tuinn Bheaga has a rippling and flowing cabled edge with masses of soft garter stitch - just what you need to wrap up and keep warm during a long winter! Knit side to side in three sizes, Tuinn Bheaga is an asymmetrical triangular shawl knit on the bias. It’s a relaxing knit perfect for snuggling up in front of the TV with as the nights draw in! The cable pattern is fully reversible so the shawl can be worn with the cable on either side…