Episode 26

A Holiday Treat! The History of Fair Isle Knitwear (18 December 2020)

  • Fair Isle jumper knitted by Annie Thomson, Fair Isle, Scotland, from the Victoria and Albert Museum
  • A Fair Isle knitter with her knitting, photographed by Chris Morphet in 1970
  • The earliest known advertisement for Shetland Island knitwear, 1862
  • The Prince of Wales wearing a Fair Isle jumper, 1921
  • “The Fair-Isle Jumper,” painted by Stanley Cursiter, 1923, from Edinburgh City Council
  • Fair Isle knitwear is more popular than ever! This is from a Guardian article called “Trend watch: Fair aisle knits are a cottagecore winner,” published 1 November 2020
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