Classic, timeless jacket designed especially and exclusively for Thicket by Last Bus Designs. This garment was also concepted using Shetland's Spindrift 8 ply for it's longevity and ability to look good year after year. It pills and balls minimally and bounces back to shape after every laundering. Ideal for outer garments this yarn evokes the heathered hillsides it hales from and is as warm as it is light to wear.

Small - 16 balls Shetland Spindrift 8 ply, Medium - 18 balls, Large - 20 balls.

Using the pattern from Jo Sharp's Knit Issue 3 page 42/70 this sweet jacket is made from Jamiesons Shetland in "Mooskit", edged with Jo Sharp DK Tweed "Fleece". Trimmed with a mix of buttons and beads this infinitely wearable jacket will take you from morning to midnight without blinking. Just add heels! "Mooskit" will form part of the selection of Shetland yarns to be introduced in mid March.

This is the first of Thicket's complimentary, seasonally inspired patterns to be emailed to all Thicket Members in March 2008.

Made here in Shetland's wonderfully light, wonderfully warm wool in "Peat" the vest features deep moss stitch borders on the hemline and neat, narrow moss stitch around neck and sleeve edges to make a simple but effective finish. Shaped through the back this long line vest fits sizes 8 - 14, can be worn a multitude of ways and is simple enough for newer knitters to try. No button holes, no bands, no picking up of stitches around neck and sleeve edges. Depending on how you accessorise, this garment will be one of your best wardrobe friends for years.

Jamieson's Shetland will be available in 7 shades from Mid March 2008.

Pattern available in Products.

For those who remember Jo Sharp's "Contemporary Knitting No 1", this jacket pattern from "Eclectic" is a re-working of the Long Box Stitch jacket from that first publication. A reinterpretation of classic Chanel styling, this jacket has been made here in yarn from the Shetland Islands - this shade "Purple Heather". Remarkably light to wear, this jacket is also remarkable as the photos are taken a year after it was completed and worn continuously for the Autumn, Winter and Spring of that year. And it still looks as if it were completed today. Not only will this design stand the test of time, so will the yarn. You will probably wear out long before it will!!!

Jamieson's Shetland Yarn in seven shades will be available from Thicket from Mid-March 2008.

"Eclectic" by Jo Sharp available now.