
Cell Phone Service in Shetland
Here are some things to keep in mind when it comes to your cell phone service while on the Makkin Our Way Through Shetland tours.
Here are some things to keep in mind when it comes to your cell phone service while on the Makkin Our Way Through Shetland tours.
While not included in the cost of your trip because it is a highly individualized cost for travel, but we strongly recommend that you purchase travel insurance.
As we write this, the rumor is that the UK will open to vaccinated American travelers this summer without the need to quarantine. But that rumor has been floating around for about 5 weeks now. What if the powers that be never get around to letting foreigners travel freely this summer?
We are so excited about the upcoming Makkin Our Way Through Shetland trips coming up in August 2021. As we prepare to travel, we know you have questions, and we want to get you the information you need to plan to have as enjoyable a time as possible.
It’s time for a new knit along for listeners. We’ll be knitting blue hats for Hat Not Hate!
The Maakin for the MRI Knit along started today and here’s where you enter for the grand prize drawing worth $160!
A common practice for swatching on Shetland is to knit a hat. It allows knitters to test out patterns and colors, and confirm their gauge. In the end, the knitter will have a hat that will surely fit someone, and their time and yarn will be put to productive use.
Anne reviews Manos Del Uruguay Alma and is highly pleased with its color and quality. Alma is a superwash merino suitable for luxurious knitting.
Yes, I bear some of the responsibility for not remembering to check gauge before hand and for not contacting the designer when I saw that information was missing. But for the designer to not even include it really, really annoys me. It reflects a lack of respect for her own designs as well as for the time and resources of those who will knit her patterns.
In the last episode of the podcast, I talked about The Knitter’s Book of Wool: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding, Using, and Loving this Most
The host of the I Thought I Knew How Podcast and Online International Fiber Festival.