Our Shetland knitwear studio is open daily for summer 2026
The first of May means we are officially on NST (Nielanell Summer Time). 2026 is our nineteenth summer season!
Painterly colour in sustainable knitwear
Design and sustainability collide in our colourful and popular Marlet scarves – now back in stock.
Nielanell features in The Observer alongside the greats of Scottish knitwear
Our knitwear has been photographed on location in the Isle of Skye for The Observer Magazine, as part of a story on the success of Scottish knitwear.
Watch Up Helly Aa online, live from Lerwick
If you're in Shetland for the festivities, we'll be at the Up Helly Aa Craft Fair in Lerwick. Our studio is also open with extended hours.
Christmas in Hoswick
Join us in Hoswick on Wednesday 3 December for open studios, refreshments, music, festive discounts and our raffle.
Pre-order Inklines knitwear
Our Inklines collection of knitwear, inspired by the Northern Isles' distant past, is now available to pre-order.
Things to do in Hoswick, South Mainland
Our village is clustered around a pretty bay in Shetland's South Mainland. Alongside Hoswick Visitor Centre & Café you'll find artisan studio shops with jewellery and Shetland knitwear.
Our knitwear studio is open daily for the season
From May 1 to mid-October the Nielanell knitwear studio shop in Hoswick, in Shetland's South Mainland, is open every day.
Shetland knitwear spotting on the BBC
A guide to some of the Fair Isle knitwear featured as wild swimmers Jules Wilson Nimmo and Greg Hemphill come to Shetland.
"Knitwear paradise"
From today, May 1st, our studio shop is now open daily for the season.
