It gives Ingrid (of Tait & Style) a real thrill to be sitting in an old schoolroom, overlooking the harbour of the small fishing village of Stromness in the Orkney Islands – and to be designing and making scarves, hats, and beasties that sail off to exotic locations all around the world: Paris, Tokyo, London…

There is a strong tradition of hand and machine knitting in Orkney, and she also works closely with Shetland knitters – Fair Isle is just to the north of there, and Shetland comes next (then the North Pole!)

But through her travels to various parts of the world Ingrid also stays in touch with current trends in fashion, and with the rich knitting and textile traditions to be found everywhere from Norway to Nara to New Mexico.