The official Shetland Wool Week 2023 knitting pattern is here, and destined for your knitting needles. ‘Buggiflooer Beanie’, was designed by Shetland nurse and 2023 Shetland Wool Week patron, Alison Rendall.
The nature inspired design is knitted 'in the round', using circular and/or double pointed needles. The Buggiflooer design can be knitted in 3, or 6 colours. Meaning, you can choose the best kit to suit your knitting ability.
In Collection 2 of Baa's Bugiflooer Beanie Kits, the colourways have been inspired by the landscape photography of my daughter, Jenny @jenrosephotos. I will add to this collection over the coming months, as each beanie falls off my needles. The yarn used throughout is Jamieson's of Shetland Spindrift
Knit Kit Contents (6 colour options)
- Creag an Fhitich - 6 x 25g balls Spindrift in colours Titanic, Dog Rose, Sky, Eggshell, Ivory and Burnt Ochre
- Bosta Beach - 6 x 25g balls Spindrift in colours Pebble, Peacock, Rosewood, Tan Green, Storm, Leprechaun
- Five Sisters of Kintail - 6 x 25g balls Spindrift in colours Birch, Green Mist, Sunglow, Flame, Ginger, Splash
- PLEASE NOTE - When selecting your kit you have the option to include a printed copy of the official Bugiflooer Beanie knitting pattern. If you require a pattern, please select this option.
- The kit DOES NOT contain knitting needles
Bugilfooer Beanie sizes and recommended needles
Small - To fit 48cm head circumference. Suggested needle size 2.75mm
Medium - To fit 51cm head circumference. Suggested needle size 3.00mm
Large - To fit 54cm head circumference. Suggested needle size 3.25mm
To avoid running short of your main colour, it is essential that you check your tension carefully and adjust your needle size accordingly.
All kits include enough yarn to complete the Large size hat.
Spindrift by Jamieson's of Shetland is a wonderful woolly yarn, made from 100% Shetland wool. It is perfect for traditional fair isle garments and all stranded knitting in general. It gives a wonderful light and warm woolly fabric to all projects. With over 190 colours in stock, Spindrift is one of the best selling yarns at Baa!
Fibre content: 100% Pure Shetland Wool
Meterage: Approximately 105m/115yds per 25g ball
Care: Handwash
Buggiflooer Beanie Knit Kit - Collection 2
Due to high demand, some of the colourways are currently out of stock and appear "greyed-out" or missing from the drop-down menu above. New and repeat colourways will be added as stock becomes available.
Jamieson’s is a family owned business, which has specialised in wool from the native Shetland sheep for 5 generations. The family are dedicated to the survival of this unique fibre and as each new generation joins the business, this promotion becomes their life’s ambition.
In 1981, they opened Jamieson’s Spinning, Shetland’s only commercial woollen mill. This unique mill, built in Sandness, completes all the stages of yarn production under one roof. This includes grading, scouring and dyeing fleece before colour blending, carding, spinning, twisting and balling to produce their 100% pure Shetland yarn.
Source - "About Us", Jamieson's of Shetland.
