Shetland Heritage from Jamieson & Smith

Shetland Heritage

from Jamieson & Smith
Light Fingering ?
120 yards
(110 meters)
25 grams
(0.88 ounces)
32.0 sts
= 4 inches
100% Wool - Shetland
plied
Care: Hand Wash
Drafting method: Worsted spun
Dye: Machine dyed
Ply: 2-ply
Put up: Mini skeins
Source of fiber: United Kingdom, Shetland

100% Shetland wool. Hand wash only.

Selected shades available in 1kg cones as well.

Shetland Heritage recreates 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 the Shetland Museum and Archives.

Wool experts, specialist dyers, curators and knitters have worked together to develop and trial Shetland Heritage, 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 four ply 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.

Shetland Heritage is a collaboration between Shetland Amenity Trust, Shetland Museum and Archives, Curtis Wool Direct and Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Wool Brokers) Ltd.

popular colorways

Assorted

16 stashed

8 projects

Auld Gold

165 stashed

217 projects

Berry Wine

136 stashed

157 projects

Black

68 stashed

71 projects

Coll Black

91 stashed

126 projects

Dark Fawn

5 stashed

5 projects

Dark Grey

26 stashed

39 projects

Fawn

60 stashed

63 projects

Flugga White

153 stashed

258 projects

Fluggy White

26 stashed

95 projects

Fuggle White

19 stashed

17 projects

Gold

5 stashed

6 projects

Indigo

184 stashed

188 projects

Light Grey

62 stashed

90 projects

Madder

163 stashed

239 projects

Moorit

60 stashed

80 projects

Moss Green

119 stashed

131 projects

Mussel Blue

117 stashed

133 projects

Optic White

26 stashed

10 projects

Peat

93 stashed

93 projects

Silver Grey

99 stashed

109 projects

Snaa White

75 stashed

73 projects

Various

7 stashed

4 projects

White

64 stashed

72 projects