6 min.
CREATIVE ESCAPES
In 2004, Hazel Tindall became the world’s fastest knitter, completing 255 stitches in three minutes. Today, she designs patterns and teaches on Spirit of Shetland Knitting Holidays, passing on her skills and knowledge of Shetland, the Scottish archipelago where she was born and raised, to crafters. This six-day break, which includes a stay at the Lerwick Hotel, a pebble’s throw from the shore, includes two half-day workshops on Fair Isle knitting, a technique where two or more colours of yarn are worked into the same row, and two half-day workshops on Shetland lace, showing you how to knit soft, fine local wool into a shawl or scarf. At the Shetland Textile Museum, in a former fishing station, you might draw inspiration from some of the 700 or so items, from…
