{"product_id":"knitting-by-the-fireside-and-on-the-hillside","title":"Knitting By the Fireside and on the Hillside","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA History of the Shetland Hand Knitting Industry @ 1600-1950\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published 1995. This facsimile edition first published 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the history of the Shetland hand knitting industry from its earliest recorded occurrence in 1618 up to 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraditionally the Shetland economy was based on fishing, crofting and knitting, with the knitting being undertaken by women. It was due to the quality of the native wool and to the highly developed knitting skills of the islands' women, that Shetland became renowned for its superb hand knitting. Unlike many others, Shetland women were able to adapt their skills to changing markets, thus the evolution of Shetland lace in the 1830s, fine underwear in the 1880s and Fair Isle knitting in the 1920s, all managed to ensure that handknitting remained an important strand in the Shetland economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinda G. Fryer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e201 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Shetland Times Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39313845977158,"sku":"978-1-910-99738-3","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2996\/3458\/products\/KnittingbytheFireside.jpg?v=1620049003","url":"https:\/\/www.openbookcoffee.live\/products\/knitting-by-the-fireside-and-on-the-hillside","provider":"The Shetland Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}