Shetland Fine Lace Knitting: Recreating Patterns From the Past. As a project done by the Shetland Museum, which homes over 400 pieces of knitted lace samples, this book shares the history of lace knitting in the Shetlands and recreated patterns. In the Victorian period almost all the lace knitting being done in Shetland was exported, with only a few Shetlanders wearing the lace items themselves. The traditionally named patterns are written and charted, and most have photographed swatches. This is a fantastic book to have in your library if you are a lace knitter or just enjoy learning about knitting history and heritage.

hard cover, 208 pages