Summer

A long overdue post as summer has flown by so fast! It's taken until now, the middle of October, to take a breath and a break. I'm currently sitting in an airport hotel waiting for my afternoon flight home to Shetland after cancellation last night due to Ophelia. A change of scenery and very chilled out company the last few days has definitely helped my post-Shetland Wool Week recovery as well as given me space to take stock of everything this year has offered so far...

blogKharis Leggate17 October 2017walk, camping, family, summer, off island, weave, knit, Bressay, Noss, Yell, Unst, Fetlar, Spiggie, Burrastow, Littlelure Comments

Shetland Craft Fair 2016

As I was away with work the whole of last week I'm getting to this post a little later than planned. (be prepared for a lot of photos! so much great work to take photos of and this is only a tiny selection!)

Two weekends ago was our local craft fair...

blogKharis Leggate30 November 2016design, weave, knit, craftComment

Wool Week etc

It's been a bit of a weird month, so expect a mix of themes...

blogKharis Leggate23 October 2016knit, craft, off island, mental health, authenticity, autumn, family Comments

On Authenticity

Yesterday I attended a study day at the Shetland Museum & Archives in Lerwick, it was titled, 'Authenticity in Culturally-based Knitting'. Authenticity is one of my core values as a designer and just as a person. The day of talks and discussion brought this into focus for me again...

blogKharis Leggate6 March 2016authenticity, knit, design Comments