"The inspiration for our toorie came from visiting the highly popular Chris Morphet ‘Allover’ exhibition which ran from September 2024 to February 2025 at the Shetland Museum and Archives. The exhibition photographs clearly depict the strong design and vibrant colours of vintage Fair Isle knitwear and this is what we wanted to achieve in our hat design. Building on the allover theme we replicated a 1930s pattern from our Guild publication, A Shetlanders Fair Isle Graph Book, as the basis for our toorie. Our design is based on a diamond grid, making it a continuous allover design – horizontally, vertically and diagonally.
We have named our hat the ‘Aal Ower Toorie’, not just to denote that it is based on an allover design, but also as a tribute to Guild members, who reside “aal ower” Shetland!" ~The Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, Weavers and Dyers
Designed by Rachel Hunter on behalf of the Shetland Guild.
Skills:
Knitting in the round, two-color stranded knitting, following a chart.
Size:
Small, medium, and large. Adjust size by changing needle size.
Included:
Eight colors of Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper, 100% Shetland wool (200 g total), or
Eight colors of Spindrift, 100% Shetland wool (200 g total), or
Five colors of Spindirft, 100% Shetland wool (150 g);
einough for ANY size in the pattern.
