On a remote island miles off the coast of Scotland, Mati Ventrillon makes hotly sought-after Fair Isle sweaters according to traditions that are centuries old. Made is a series of simple,...
========== my name is Mati Ventrillon and we are in Fair Isle, Scotland. I'm a crafter, and a knitter I design fair isle garments and sell them online Fair Isle is known in the world as a knitting technique that involves stranded color knitting so is basically carrying two colors together in one row sometimes three It's called fair isle because it originated here in the island the Shetland wool was known for being one of the softest wools in the world Fair Isle belongs to the Shetland Islands the population of sheep is a lot higher than the human population the making of a fair isle jumper I think it can be divided in two different processes one is the husbandry of the animals and then the other one is the making of the garments. You have a flock of she...