Recently someone posted a link for a site which had comparisons between Shetland and other knitted lace traditions. I was sure I had bookmarked it but if I did, I don't know what as!
I have looked in the archives but I am not sure what the thread was and can't trace it that way. Any help would be appreciated. One of my friends who I meet only a couple of times a year brought a scarf/ shawl to show me. About 1' wide and 3' long it was knited in a sort of fan stitch grafted together in the centre; it probably dates way back. She has just holidayed in Shetland and they said it was just like their lace, but they thought it's odd it's done in pastel coloured stripes. However, her family was in Estonia (she is technically Swedish) and I wondered if it could come from there as that also has a lace knitting tradition, I think, and I wondered if this site would answer the question. Also, does anyone know if there is a 'Fairisle' type knitting traditional to Estonia as she also has a very old pair of mittens with an imperial eagle on the backs and a small geometric pattern on the rest. Her family tradition is that these were a gift from the Russian Tsar as her however-many-great-grandfather brought him a ship (she actually said sheep, but after having this confusion in Moscow last year when the teacher told us the way they did tallies was like a sheep, and then did a side to side wave motion, I'm not going to be fooled again). But she says they could have been made while the family were in Estonia. Mnay thanks, Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
