Taking its name from the island of Fair Isle — part of the Shetland archipelago about 100 miles off the northeastern coast of Scotland — the knitting technique first began in fisherman’s ...

Her eagerly awaited woolly hat would showcase a new and unique Fair Isle pattern named after the pretty sea campion flowers found near her Shetland home. Knitted in colours inspired by the island ...

Fifty years ago, the allure of Fair Isle knitwear inspired freelance photographer Chris Morphet to travel to the UK's most remote community. His pictures documented the lives of Shetland islanders ...

So where does Fair Isle originate? Well, Fair Isle, an island north of Scotland in the Shetland archipelago. The design began there in the early 19th century as a pattern for fishermen’s caps ...

During the First World War, Shetland lost more than 600 people – a higher proportion of the population than any other part of the UK. Fair Isle itself saw eight men fail to return home, which, in a ...

two houses for rent by the National Trust for Scotland,' on Fair Isle, way up in the North Sea between the Orkney and Shetland islands. It's one of the most remote British islands, just three ...

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