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New Blog Post on the power of Hand Sorting Wool ♥️

RT @SumburghHead: What to look for now: Since Thursday 8th June, we’ve seen Puffins bringing back sandeels to their burrow, which means the…

We are still waiting for one of the shades to come back in stock for the Buggiflooer Beanie kits but we did recently add a couple of Alison Rendall's beautiful Fair Isle Hat patterns and kits to the online shop including this one - Da Yoxie Hat! It uses …

Down at Mair's pier this week for some more Fishing related #wirsitinspo the bright colours always stand out! 2ply Jumper Weight shades 2, 75, 71, 92, 9, FC11, 93 and 9113. #jamiesonandsmith #fairisleknitting #shetlandwool #thewoolbrokers #2plyjumperweig…

🐑❤It's one of our favourite times of the year just now in Shetland - lambing! And how cute are these guys? 🐑❤ #jamiesonandsmith #thewoolbrokers #shetlandwool #realshetlandwool #shetlandyarn #shetland #shetlandsheep

The Silwick Vest is a traditional Fair Isle Tank Top designed by Sandra using classic Shetland techniques like steeking and is knit fully in the round! Its uses 2ply Jumper Weight and Supreme Jumper Weight alongside an effective but memorable motif. The …

We've used the Lodberrie for #wirsitinspo before but it's always so photogenic and different every time! Late afternoon sunshine this week, 2ply Jumper Weight shades 78, 32, FC45, FC43, 14 and FC39. #jamiesonandsmith #fairisleknitting #shetlandwool #thew…

We had a delivery of more Croft Yarn recently so we are fully stocked again, this yarn is made from Real Shetland Wool from us at J&S and turned into DK and Aran yarn by West Yorkshire Spinners. Here is a rainbow 🌈 of some of the solid shades to insp…

We've got our hand-spinning fleece area set up again! Throughout the year we keep some of the finest fleeces especially for hand-spinners, we have a wide range of the beautiful natural colours Shetland Sheep come in 🐑♥️ #jamiesonandsmith #thewoolbrok…

A prickly visitor to our shop is our #wirsitinspo this week. Hedgehogs are not native to Shetland but they are pretty cute nonetheless 🦔 2ply Jumper Weight shades 2, 122, 4, 80, 203, 54 and 81. #jamiesonandsmith #fairisleknitting #shetlandwool #thewo…

The Cockleshell Motif is a classic in Shetland Lace and we've been working for a while on this pattern for a traditional Cockleshell Scarf in Natural Colours of our Shetland Supreme 2ply Lace and its available now! The pattern is characterized by a ser…

🐑 The best things come in Woolly Packages! We have just a bit of mail going out today.. 😅♥️ thanks for all your orders over the weekend ☺️ #jamiesonandsmith #thewoolbrokers #realshetlandwool #shetlandwool

Despite the usual unpredictable Shetland spring weather, we are always surrounded each year by lovely Daffodils that are both hardy and beautiful and as always we can see the colours in yarn! 2ply Jumper Weight shades 91, FC11, 66, FC12, FC62, 23, FC24 …

Today is an exciting day! This evening the 2023 Shetland Wool Week Patron and Pattern will be announced, this year pattern will be the 10th and it's always fun to look back at the designs over the years: Here are all the J&S colourways 2014: Hazel Tinda…

Down at Sumburgh Head this week for #wirsitinspo even while looking for puffins you can find inspiration! 2ply Jumper Weight shades 1, 203, 2, 78, 92, 28 and FC62. #jamiesonandsmith #fairisleknitting #shetlandwool #thewoolbrokers #2plyjumperweight #reals…

We just uploaded a video with Oliver showing how to present fleeces for judging, he takes you through examples of Shetland fleeces and what he looks for when judging at Agricultural Shows here in Shetland. Here's a taster but the full video can be found …

If you follow our #wirsitinspo posts every week you might enjoy our Wirsit Inspo Volume 1 where we collected together over 50 of our favourite posts together - our first print run has nearly sold out but just today the second run has arrived! You can fin…