It is available to watch on YouTube as part of a suite of case study films about peatland restoration projects across ...

As Alison Rendall took up her knitting needles to click and clack her way to creating her first Buggiflooer Beanie, she may well have felt the world watching. Her eagerly awaited woolly hat would ...

IT is a skill which has been part of Shetland's tradition for centuries. Now a new initiative to help secure the future of hand knitting is seeking support through crowd-funding. Shetland ...

Drive around the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland, and at least one thing is immediately apparent: It's home to a lot of sheep. They're everywhere — wandering along the roadsides and on ...

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Autumn Larosa knows exactly what she’s looking for when she shops for yarn: Heavy enough to knit a warm sweater but light enough for a drapey shawl. Just the right shade of beige or black or purple.