The next annual Knitting History Forum conference is on Saturday 7 February 2026, with presentations on the history of knitting. The conference is hosted online and tickets are available to purchase The Fair Isle knitting collection at National Museums Scotland: history, craft and identity Helen Wyld, Senior Curator of Historic Textiles, National Museums Scotland Fair Isle knitting, with its brightly coloured geometric patterns, is one of Scotland’s most recognisable exports. A constant presence in global fashion since the 1920s, it is still produced by hand knitters in Shetland today. But despite its omnipresence, the origins of Fair Isle are not...
December 26, 2025
