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WOOL KNITTING IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS. 1...
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E. It Lias Frequently Been Observed, Alt...
having been rescued as by miracle from perishing 1 on an iceberg 1 . near Newfoundland .
not ! N " onl ow y came to assist the time her mother when Euga in nursing ' s whole 1 her energ brother ies , but were to _reqiiired provide
for their daily wants . It was a sight on which angels might look that with affectionate sympathy and sister appr b oval turns , to see ministering that patient at the bereaved dying mother hedor ,
walking miles to the onl , y y medical man ¦ within reach , to obtain , the palliatives the sufferer's case admitted of . And Euga sat by her
brother ' s side , during the weary night hours , ever ready to smooth the while restless she watched pillow . , and She hand -was one the of oft the -desired most drink expert , and and she tasteful knitted
workers of the island ; and she was kept in employment by a family who appreciated her self-denying devotedness . She closed the eyes
of her last remaining' brother , after smoothing by her cares his through the dark valleyand now , she is—wan and faded ,
passage , but still -willing and industrious—the only support of herself and her mother .
There is some difficulty in the way of profitably disposing of the knitted woolwork of these islands , arising from the circumstance
that the population is so remote and scattered , the supply therefore is but limitedand the modes of its disposal very various . Four
or five shillings , a week is about as much as the most expert girls can makeif work is in demand . But in the country districts , at
, certain spring- seasons there is , there the is digg very ing little of the of this ground sort , of sowing work done oats . and In
, p turf lanting for the potatoes year ' s , fuel afterwards , and again hoeing in harvest the crops , shearing , then * and preparing raising "
the potatoes . But in the long winter evenings—snugly shut in from the storm that without howls fiercely—the fishermen ' s cots
generally have good fire and lamp light , or in the less cheerful , perhapsbut more gracious and healthful summer hours , when
twilight , lingers till . midnight in the humble homes of Shetland , there is many an inventive fancy at work , and many a hnsy finger
combining to produce a novel effect on the delicate fabrication they are d with ; we happen to know too—for Shetlanders are
engage more imaginative than most others of their class- —7-th . at these poor females like to fancy how far these shawls may traveland whose
, the statel other y forms han they dhow may be destined little comforts to envelop their e and price adorn may , bring and on to many
themselvesincalculable , probably to the purchaser , because though but a trifle , to her , a little goes a great way amongst these Shetland
artists . There is another point that militates against the knitting women
of Shetland—and that isthe imitations of their work produced in loomsthe material mixed , with cottonand then sold as Shetland
. manufact , ureat a much lower price than , the latter would , or ought ,
Wool Knitting In The Shetland Islands. 1...
WOOL KNITTING IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS . 149
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page 149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/5/
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