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Shetland knitwear, but not as you know it

Shetland Wool Week at Nielanell

Open Studio, Behind the Scenes talk & tour, After-hours visits, Makkers' Drop-in

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About us

Our island knitwear design studio

Nielanell was established in Hoswick, in 2008, by textile designer Niela Nell Kalra.

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Visit Nielanell

In person & virtually

We are based in Hoswick, a small village in the South Mainland of Shetland. Visit the studio shop or make a virtual trip!

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Meet the designer

From lawyer to knitwear designer

A change of career brought Niela Nell Kalra to Shetland, and into the world of knitwear.

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Our modern Shetland jumpers

A woman with jaw length grey hair wears a blue and grey fair isle patterned jumper over a loose denim dress. She turns to face the camera. In the background, the sea at Hoswick stretches out towards Levenwick headland. On the shore a young woman with a black labrador and tow women with a rusty fair isle jumper and a pale blue and pale grey fair isle jumper are milling about. All three on the beach are wearing beanie hats.

Smookie jumper

£385.00
 
A woman with long dark hair and olive skin looks towards the camera. She is wearing cream metal hoop earrings and her he hair tied back in a ponytail, which swishes to one side. She is wearing a longline tunic jumper in navy and off white. The design is abstract and linera with large areas of speckled pattern. She is also wearing black trousers and is standing in a stone, whitewashed shed in hoswick Shetland.

shoormal tunic jumper

£385.00
 
One black and one white woman on the grass at Hoswick, Shetland with the sea behind. They are both wearing the same cowl-necked contemporary merino jumper. A contemporary Shetland sweater in navy and off white with an abstract pattern.

rani jumper

£395.00
 
shoormal jumper

shoormal jumper

£345.00
 
marlet long jumper

marlet long jumper

£285.00
 
hoswick paint jumper

hoswick paint jumper

£380.00
 

Ethos & Sustainability

Our sustainable Scottish knitwear is designed for wearing, not for trend following

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Nielanell Shetland knitwear is individually made and hand-finished by local craftspeople.

The Shetland Islands, Scotland's northmost archipelago, are home to a rich knitting heritage.

Knitting is still part of daily life here. Working in her own contemporary style, designer Niela Nell Kalra is part of Shetland’s vibrant textile community.

Contemporary knitwear

From new takes on traditional Shetland knitwear, to original and unusual garments

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Capes: classic Nielanell knitwear

marlet cape

marlet cape

£210.00
 
A white woman with short brown and grey hair stands in front of an old timber building with peeling paint in Hoswick, Shetland. She is wearing purple, metal rimmed glasses, navy velvet leggings tucked into black leather knee high boots and a finely knitted navy and off white cape in an abstract pattern. Underneath is a mens white, dress shirt. In the background is Hoswick bay.

rani long cape

£395.00
 
A woman with jaw length silver grey hair stands in a rustic, whitewashed stone building in Hoswick, Shetland. She holds a purple walking stick up in the air with right right hand and laughs. She is wearing a finely knitted piece of contemporary Scottish knitwear - a cape in charcoal and soft white. underneath she wears a navy t-shirt and a loose indigo denim dress. She wears patent navy pointy dealer boots.

byre cape

£335.00
 
A white woman with jaw length grey hair stands in a rustic, whitewashed stone building. She has a purple walking stick in her right hand. She wears a finely knitted cape in navy and fawn in an irregular dot pattern, over a denim dress.

ebb-stanes cape

£210.00
 
A white woman with short fair hair stands on a pebbly beach in Hoswick Shetland. She is wearing purplish clear spectacles, an off black rundholz tunic and leggings. Over this she wears a finely knitted cape by Nielanell. The design is abstract with flowing lines reminiscent of water rivulets on sand and is knitted in inky blue and off white reverse jacquard.

shoormal cape

£315.00
 
A black woman with a shaved head sits in the window of a ruined croft house, Hoswick, Shetland. She looks to her right, towards the sun. She is wearing a contemporary scottish cape in charcoal and off white over a grey woollen dress.

byre capelet

£205.00
 
rigg cape

rigg cape

£165.00
 

Journal

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Shetland Wool Week: Hoswick Makkers' Drop-in

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Bring your makkin (knitting), spinning or crochet and join us on Sunday 6th October for a relaxed drop-in session at Hoswick Visitor Centre.

Shetland Wool Week 2024: full programme at Nielanell

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Welcome to our SWW 2024 programme. This year, Shetland Wool Week runs Sun 29 Sept - Sat 5th Oct.  Find our event listings and opening hours below, along with information...

Shetland Wool Week: after-hours visits to Nielanell

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NEW: free event, transport provided – come and see us in Hoswick.

Animal print jumper, Nielanell style

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New in the online boutique, our Marlet shorter jumper is an elegant, boxy sweater.

The design process

Niela Nell Kalra, founder of Nielanell, on her approach to knitwear design and making

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Our bestselling knitwear collections

Smookie

Rani

Ebb-stanes

Rigg

What you say...

NOT fast fashion but quality lifetime wear.

Nielanell customer, 2021

I wear one of your jackets when I want to feel powerful

Julie, 2021

I so very much appreciate the design aspect of each line - unique and clearly well considered

Nielanell customer, 2021

VISIT US
From May 1st til early October we're open daily.
Full opening times
Shetland Wool Week events
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We're delighted to open by appointment, too. Get in touch to arrange.

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