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OUR MUM…

OUR MUM…

Don’t tell but today is her Birthday 😀  shhhhhh We would like to take a moment to say thank you! From the early days of business when our hub was my home, a bedroom was our office, the hall was a yarn store and the kitchen table was for knitting machines, sewing machines and all things not kitchen……..  she was there to assist, never needed to be asked twice,  providing care, roast dinners, laundry service and unconditional love for us all. When we embarked on our travels to shows or meet buyers, she regularly looked after my daughters until I returned. Without...

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SISTERS…. DESIGNING, KNITTING AND LIVING ON THE EDGE. WELCOME TO OUR BLOG

SISTERS…. DESIGNING, KNITTING AND LIVING ON THE EDGE. WELCOME TO OUR BLOG

We are the Hume sisters, Lizza (me – left) and Jenna (her – right) and we live and work on our Island home of Westray in the Orkney Islands (located in the top right corner of the weather map in a box just below The Shetland Islands) in other words………. on the Hume Sweet Hume is our Knitwear design business, and  from our workshop which is situated in the village of Pierowall, We design and knit clothes and accessories ‘for you and your home’. Having completed our Art degrees we both felt a strong pull to return to our island roots....

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