In The Footsteps of Sheep

In The Footsteps of Sheep: Tales of a Journey Through Scotland, Walking, Spinning and Knitting Socks by Debbie Zawinski is a record of her beautiful adventure of walking and camping alone throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland while drop spindling bits of wool found along the way, and then knitting her spun wool into socks.  In the Footsteps of Sheep is a long time Thistler favorite and it is the essence of that woolly wanderlust that we nurture. 192 pages; soft cover 11 sock patterns Dimensions: 8.5" x 10.5"  Published 2015   The book shares her travels on foot and the sheep and people she meets along the way.  We learn in each chapter about the native sheep to the area she visits including Shetland, Hebridean, North Country Cheviot, Boreray, Soay, Castlemilk Moorit and so on.  She shares her pattern for each of the pairs of socks she designs and knits from her handspun, and offers alternatives which are easier for us to find.     "Speaking as a native of Scotland, I know