In November 2018 the Shetland Museum and Archives began the Lace Assessment Project, generously funded by Museums Galleries Scotland. Curator Carol Christiansen keeps you abreast of research and pieces uncovered in Shetland Museum’s collection of knitted lace as the two-year project unfolds. To cite information from this blog series, please include author’s name, specific blog title, date of post, and URL.
A new publication, ‘Shetland Fine Lace Knitting – Recreating patterns from the past’ by Shetland Museum’s textiles curator, ...
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A new awe-inspiring display of Shetland fine knitted lace spanning two centuries is now available to view at the Shetland Museum and ...
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Women, and sometimes children and men, have been covering their heads and faces in public since ancient times. Not so very long ago ...
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It’s a sad fact that after working with hundreds of examples of Shetland fine knitted lace over the years, it takes something very ...
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According to Shakespeare “that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” but can the same be said for knitted ...
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Lace shawls with the largest number of complex designs get the most admiration, but there is another class of Shetland lace that is ...
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One of the most dramatic pieces of lace knitting in our collection is an oddly-shaped red and white striped flat textile (TEX 7780). ...
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An important part of the Lace Assessment Project is to catalogue each object to a level where its description will distinguish it from ...
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Our project team for the Lace Assessment Project is myself as Project Leader, Tracey Hawkins, our trusted and dynamic Collections ...
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Some of the most often heard sounds in our first floor gallery are the oohs and aahs from visitors viewing Shetland fine knitted lace. ...
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