A recent discovery of advertising from the 1960's highlights Shetland's importance to the USA menswear industry.

A few weeks ago a friend-of-the-blog sent in a fascinating link to an exploration of a beautiful kimono.

It is the time of year for long walks in the evening, and for walking to and from the studio.

It is lambing season and there are lots of fuzzy little ones gambolling across the hills.

On Friday this week I visited the Shetland Museum and Archives Store, a fascinating and eclectic collection of all things Shetland.

While it may be somewhat odd for some of us to think of using dog hair as a weaving material - after all, dogs are our friends not a farmed species - for some it is highly prized.

The second printing of the Shetland Tweed book has arrived.

For more than a century Berlin was a centre for ready-made fashion, mainly led by Jewish innovation. Everything changed between the Wars.

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Here is another lovely idea; a carpet created to commemorate a 19th Century Finnish writer.