Shetland Fair Isle knitting; popularisation of the patterns...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1970.236
Original Tape ID
Summary
Shetland Fair Isle knitting; popularisation of the patterns after the First World War.
There was always Fair Isle knitting as far back as Laura Malcolmson can remember. Her mother knitted Fair Isle stockings and gloves. The jumpers were introduced with the First World War. The Prince of Wales played golf in America in a Fair Isle pullover and that started the orders rolling in.
Tall knitted caps with a tassel on the end were worn by the old men. These could be pulled down and fixed at the side to make a gravat [muffler].
Item Subject/Person
Prince of Wales [Edward VIII]
Recording Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Dunrossness
Island - Shetland Mainland
Village/Place - Cunningsburgh
Item Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Dunrossness
Island - Shetland Mainland
Village/Place - Cunningsburgh
Non Scottish Item Location
United States of America
Non Scottish Item Location
Na Staitean Aonaichte
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good