BAKKA

My name is Mary Macgregor. I produce luxury contemporary Fair Isle textiles: where traditional Shetland knitwear heritage meets modern functionality. My aim in creating this business was to promote and help preserve the cultural heritage of a uniquely Shetland product, Fair Isle knitwear. I believe that the only way to preserve a tradition is to contemporarise it, to use it. Drawing my inspiration from the oldest traditional patterns held in the collections of the Museums of Shetland and Edinburgh, and faithfully replicating the colours of the past, I have produced my textiles using the world leader in 100% superfine merino yarn. The resulting textiles are silky-soft and durable, yet affordable. 

The collections are knitted in my reversible Fair Isle fabric, rendering the products easy to wear with easy after-care. I have succeeded in applying a two-colour knitting technique to more than two colours while maintaining perfect selvedges in the pieces. The reverse side has the same design as the front but with the colours inverted. Additionally, my products are as sustainable as possible, economically, socially and environmentally. 

I work under the name of BAKKA. Visits to my workshop are strictly by appointment, but of course any visitor can walk across my land admiring the spectacular views by keeping strictly to the coastal path.