The Place of Shetland Knitting

Bibliographic Data

ID15397178
AuthorsSiún Carden (0000-0002-9998-3558, Eden Project, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume17
Issue4
Pages357-367
Publication date2019-08-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTEXTILE (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1475-9756 • E-ISSN: 1751-8350
PublisherBerg Publishers (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14759756.2019.1639416
OpenAlexW2966977250
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

Shetland has become synonymous with certain kinds of knit textiles, which have influenced the development of its landscape, economy, and relationship to other places. Three distinct elements are important when considering Shetland knitting in relation to place: geographies of scale, e.g. small islands within a community of practice and creative economy that are global; typologies of space, e.g. domestic, educational, industrial, and online spaces; and place identity, e.g. conceptions of “Shetlandness.” The article examines each of these elements before presenting recent activity around the Shetland hap as one example of how they mesh together in practice. It builds on a 2016–17 study of contemporary Shetland hand knitting with further ethnographic research on Shetland’s knitting culture

Aesthetics · Art · Economic geography · Ethnography · Geography · Identity (music · Linguistics · Relation (database · Shetland · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Philosophy

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