Shetland Keostrin Hat Knitting Kit

Shetland Fair Isle knitting kit for a Keostrin hat with native Shetland wool.

Murrister Wirset is the result of a unique collaboration between Alison Rendall, 2023 Patron of Shetland Wool Week and her neighbour, crofter Hubert, combining their knowledge and the finest native Shetland sheep fleeces to produce the purest Shetland yarn they could.

Well bred native Shetland breed sheep, evolved over centuries in the landscape, with high standards of animal welfare produce some of the finest wool in the world. Alison has designed Murrister Wirset to be a fine but strong yarn, ideal for traditional Fair Isle stranded knitting in carefully considered colours. 

In Shetland, nearly every hill, headland and knowe (small hillock) has its own distinctive name. Keostrin is a knowe on the Murrister croft where Shetland sheep graze providing Alison with 100% Shetland Murrister wool.

Contents: 

6 x 25g balls of Murrister Wirset (100% Shetland native breed wool) 2ply equivalent to 4ply/fingering weight.

1 x pattern for Keostrin hat

Photography @Kevin Theakston