Fair Isle is famous for its knitting, but is it a dying tradition? Moira Hickey travels there to find out how important it is to island life. Show more Moira Hickey visits Fair Isle, famous around the ...

(CNN) — Which fashion item is as beloved by members of the royal family as it is by JLo? Or as relevant on the runways of 2023 as in the knitting catalogs of 1960? The answer is surprisingly festive.

For those in the Shetland Isles, where Fair Isle knitwear originated and has been made for centuries, it is probably a bit bemusing that the traditional knitting technique has been hailed one of this ...

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article was published in December 2023. It has since been updated. Which fashion item is as beloved by members of the royal family as it is by JLo? Or as ...