The first Tak Your Sock night in the new school is planned for Tuesday 27^th February from 7-9pm. This will take place in the new Anderson High School Library and there will be tea, coffee and tab nabs. There is no fee, but any donations will go towards the group’s funds. Everybody is welcome along with their knitting or crocheting It would be great to see you there!

Freya had a very constructive time around wool week. She finished her peerie cat which she made from a pattern found by Mrs Hunter as well as her fair isle phone cover. Rhiannon knitted a headband for her sister Alisha and finished it just in time as it snowed the next day. Millie Laurenson in S1 is new to the group, having just started AHS in August. With the help of her Whalsay Granny, Millie is already an accomplished knitter and finished her first pair of fingerless gloves. These are made from lovely soft wool and we particularly like the fact she’s done fingers in different colours. Alison Risk, a Maths Teacher in the school recently finished a fair isle cowl which she personalised with her name in pattern.

Shetland Wool Week 2017

Shetland Wool Week was as exciting as ever again this year.  Unfortunately for the Anderson High School Maakin and Yakkin group it came at a very busy time as the school was just about to move into the new building.  Therefore, the group couldn’t take part as much as last year. However, that didn’t stop a few keen members going along to the hub in Mareel at nights to knit with some of the visitors and other local knitters.  The hoodies caused quite a stir once again, with a few ladies from America asking the girls where they could buy them.

Some of the lasses also went along to the Maakers Market on Saturday and bought some wool and other knitting related goodies.  Lots of the girls are now proudly wearing their Wool Week T Shirts and have their knitting stored safely in their project bags.  Rhiannon couldn’t resist a Langsoond kit and is now busy knitting her cozy Langsoond hat. 

For wool week 2018 it is hoped that the AHS maakin and yakkin group will be more involved and it is planned to host a “Tak your sock” night in the new school during that week.

The school library is a central part of the new school building and has tables and some lovely comfortable chairs. It was decided that after the move the Maakin and Yakkin would take place in the library and this has been a great success. As well as the core group of knitters we now get people, visiting the library for other reasons, coming over to see the knitters and sometimes have a go.   Tanya, the school librarian, is herself a keen knitter and so she can also join in now. We have more staff members who can make it along, including Mandy Phillips who has taken up knitting and is already proving to be a natural. She has nearly completed her first fair isle scarf which is beautiful.