The Annual Craft Fair

I haven’t been to the annual Shetland craft far or a while so I thought I would pop by.

There was a huge variety of stalls offering a wide range of amazing crafts.

Basically, my task was do some Christmas shopping.

I succeeded on a few things but really I just saw stuff I wanted for me.  Just me.  No one else.  Like this terrier.

The fried egg plates (swoon) and the beautiful wild egg plates (OMG! – want, want, want). 

Everyone was crafting.  Gloves – can I have too many?  I particularly wanted the one on the model hand.  Loving the striped cuffs.

Lots of useful stuff. 

There was a good Christmas feel and theme.

These clever puffins caught my eye.

Fair Isle clothes pegs – who knew?

These wall pieces were incredible.

Wow!

Being Shetland, there was knitting.

And weaving.

Shetland folk are so clever. 

These nip glasses were wonderful. I seriously hankered after just one.

There could’ve been more of a sheep theme going on, but perhaps it was good this picture was already sold – I may have no more actual hanging space for any pictures.  Ceilings?  Can you put pictures on ceilings?

Chocolate with gin – all my favourite food groups.  Nuff said.

Beautiful Hardanger fiddles – a traditional eight string instrument that originates from Norway.

Exquisitely decorated and played beautifully.  I stayed and listened.

So much to look at.

Wow – this picture is just wow! 

This tree made me smile.  Perfect for the minimalist Christmas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome Fair Isle. I need those Fair Isle socks and maybe the gloves with the matching hat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I adored this pony, though I have fields of the buggers. I don’t need another one (I told myself).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naturally dyed wool – and I am going to have a card weaving lesson!

We all wanted something.

 

There was just so much to want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 thoughts on “The Annual Craft Fair

  1. Terri

    Oh my goodness, the Rainbow Magic Unicorn Horn! (hopefully you bought two, one for each daughter)
    There sure is a lot of creativity going on in Shetland! (thanks be to long winters)

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  2. Linda

    What a great collection of such beautiful items! There are some really (really) talented people there!
    (I loved that picture of the sheep, too…)

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  3. Margaret Robinson

    We obviously either didn’t stay long enough, or visited too soon. What a wonderful craft fair. And no, you don’t “need” anymore ponies, but this one could be like Lambie and come inside your home.

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  4. diane in northern wis

    What a wonderful sale. Wish I had been there too. I saw a few things that I would have liked to buy! Thanks for sharing all the great pics of it!

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