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Game of Wool: Fair Isle knitting row reveals why culture and tradition matter

Knitters and crafters had been anticipating Channel 4’s new craft show Game of Wool for some time. Knitting, so long the poor relation of the textile crafts, was finally to take centre stage on primetime television.

The Conversation

Tom Daley launches world’s first ‘Scratchcard-igan’ for Christmas as new Channel 4 show faces backlash

The former Olympic diving champion took up knitting during lockdown and has since turned his hobby into a small business and a platform for mindfulness and self-expression

Evening Standard

Shetland islanders accuse Tom Daley’s Game of Wool of cultural appropriation

Fair Isle practitioners say Channel 4’s knitting challenge is littered with errors about their historic craft and demand an apology

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Brora just dropped a new version of Claudia Winkleman's favourite Fair Isle jumper from The Traitors

The presenter's super similar style flew off the shelves back in January

Woman & Home

Nurse needed for UK’s most remote inhabited island with just 50 residents

NHS Shetland have warned that a ‘high degree of personal resilience is required’

The Independent UK

Ditch red and green, Emilia Fox’s yellow Fair Isle jumper is so fun for the festive season and beyond

Emilia Fox once wore a fabulous yellow Fair Isle jumper and it showed how fun bolder colours can be to brighten up the colder months

Woman & Home

Kate Middleton proved snuggly can still be stylish in her baseball cap, padded jacket and pretty pink Fair Isle jumper look

The Princess of Wales once went to the beach in the most cosy yet chic outfit and her style combination has given us plenty of inspiration

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Best Christmas jumpers for kids in 2024 that are so cute and cosy

Kitschy knits for Christmassy kids

Evening Standard

Victoria Beckham wore the toastiest cold weather combination in black leather-look jeans and classic Fair Isle jumper

We've been looking through the VB style archives and found this cosy cold weather outfit...

Woman & Home

Be Cold Snap Ready With A Nostalgic Fair Isle Knit

Wrap up in this season's cosiest knitwear

Marie Claire

‘World-first engineering’ used to connect Scottish island to ultrafast broadband

A communications firm has deployed “world-first engineering” as part of its efforts to connect residents on a remote Scottish island with…

The National (Scotland)

‘World-first engineering’ used to connect remote island to ultrafast broadband

Telecoms firm Openreach said it had to ‘get creative’ to connect Fair Isle – the most southerly island in Shetland – to a full-fibre service.

The Independent UK

Kate Middleton just gave us the go-ahead to get our festive jumpers out in cosy Fair Isle piece of dreams

Kate Middleton’s Fair Isle jumper looks unbelievably cosy and there are so many ways to recreate this with affordable finds

Woman & Home

Fashionable Fair Isle Knits Guaranteed to Earn Favorite Sweater Status in Your Wardrobe

The best Fair Isle sweaters of the season are designed to keep you warm and looking cool by contributing to a sartorially impressive ensemble.

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Rare chance to move to Scottish island as job opens up on local ferry

A RARE opportunity has arisen to move to one of Scotland’s most northerly islands, known for its extraordinary heritage of birdlife, crafts and…

The National (Scotland)

Orkney and Fair Isle ‘chairmaking guardians’ raise awareness of endangered craft

TWO of the last remaining makers of Orkney and Fair Isle chairs are taking part in a special event to try to help turn round the fortunes of their…

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Fair Isle resident left london to knit sweaters on remote Scottish island ... and she fights fires too

MATI Ventrillion was born in Venezuela, became an architect in London then gave up big city for a quiet life, keeping woollen tradition alive on Fair Isle.

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