Panel stitched by:
Marietta di Ciacca
Edna Elliott-McColl
Susan Finlayson
Stitched in:
Port Seton
Midway between Shetland and Orkney, Fair Isle is small, sparsely populated and famous. In 1900, the population was 400 but now it numbers only 70 and most live in the crofts on the southern part of the island. It is famous in the shipping forecast and for a traditional style of knitting. The latter became popular when the Prince of Wales, later to reign briefly as Edward VIII, took to wearing Fair Isle knitted sleeveless jumpers to play golf in the early 1920s. Very colourful and with finely worked horizontal geometric patterns, these designs consequently became the acme of fashion. And they are still are.
Panel stitched by:
Marietta di Ciacca
Edna Elliott-McColl
Susan Finlayson
Stitched in:
Port Seton