North Ronaldsay’s native sheep, a rare breed thought to date back as far as the Neolithic age, provide the raw fleece which Jane processes into felt, rovings, and knitting yarns at the Mini Mill on the Island. The sheep, one of the smallest and hardiest breeds in Britain, live on the foreshore of the island…

Fiona produces genuine Harris Tweed accessories for the tourist market and her products supply a network of shops.

Diana produces felt pictures of sheep and flowers using wool from her own sheep. She also makes beautiful machine – embroidered pictures. Her range includes her own sheepy twist on the crinoline toilet roll holder.

Jo works with mixed media, combining dyed and painted fabrics with fleece and felt, embellished by hand and machine embroidery, couching, quilting and beading. She often incorporates found objects in her pieces such as shells, driftwood and sea-glass gathered from local beaches. Jo works her own designs for pictures and wall-hangings and the archaeological and…

Georgina has been knitting most of her life. About 30 years ago she took up spinning as a hobby and liked it so much that she now teaches spinning to others who wish to learn. She knits mixed blend socks, and pure wool mittens and scarves whilst her waistcoats, bags and hats are from her…

Fashion accessories: bags, purses, scarves, hats etc.

‘Isle of Auskerry’ produces a range of items made from the North Ronaldsay seaweed-eating sheep. The sheepskin rugs are all in natural colours and symmetrically marked with the distinctive spine and saddle markings of this breed. The woven throws are designed to reflect Orkney’s connections with the Hudson Bay Company, contrasting the natural colours of…

Felted Kindle and i Pod covers available in a range of designs and sizes.  Hand made by welt felting, sewing and needle felting using Merino and North Ronaldsay wools and silks.

With her family connections to the island, Jean is in an ideal position to take advantage of the wool from the native North Ronaldsay sheep, processed at the island mill. Using only 100% North Ronaldsay wool, spun into knitting yarns on the island, Jean uses hand and machine knitting to make her sweaters, cardigans, hats,…

Using a heat press Jean prints T-shirts in adults’ & children’s sizes, bags, mouse mats, fridge magnets, coasters, key-ring fobs etc.

Krazy Lady Knitting is a company dedicated to    producing quality handcrafted designer gifts for you. Hand knitted by our experienced crafts people and exclusively designed by Fiona Grahame, Krazy Lady Knitting has the perfect gift for you. All products are hand knitted and use quality yarns. Unless otherwise stated the yarns used are pure wool  from Shetland…

Lucia designs and produces wall hangings, cushion covers, table runners, handbags table cloths and other items using a range of materials but primarily wool, felt and hand-woven textiles.

Christine produces hand-spun yarns from various fibres and also sells mill-spun Shetland wool in both natural fleece colours and dyed multi-coloured yarns. This is available balled or in hanks, in kits along with her own patterns, or as garments hand knitted to her own designs. She also produces felted items such as peg loom rugs.

Moira has been creating beautiful textile designs all her life, though her college training was mainly in dress-making and design. Now that she has retired she is working with handmade felt to make original wall-hangings and handbags. Moira also makes Pansy flower kits and ‘Orkney orbs’( balls with a rattle inside, individually decorated with Orkney’s…

A huge enjoyment of working with all manner of textiles has led Pam down many interesting paths over the years. From setting up her own knitwear business in 1984, she has marketed adult and children’s machine knitted garments and accessories, becoming particularly well known for her use of colours. Working with colour has indeed become…

Elma hand knits plain and patterned socks, hats, scarves and mitts in wool and mixed fibres.

Hand-painted pure silk scarves. Also cards and small items featuring painted silk.

Recycling is an important part of Sheilas’ approach to her work, using tweeds, tartans and other fabrics to make quirky brooches and beautiful hair accessories.

Shirley has been knitting since her early teens and has knitted for most of the Orkney knitting companies as well as some in Shetland. She designs her own patterns, incorporating her passion for experimenting with lots of colour. Shirley prefers to work with yarn that has a large percentage of wool. She knits sweaters, cardigans…

Working from home, Lorraine uses all types of recycled materials to make handbags, each one with its own unique design. Every item is one-of-a kind.  

Violet makes various hand knitted articles; scarves, shawls, toories (pull on hats) and jumpers. She uses very fine yarns for her beautiful knitting.