Color Names

Shetland Lace

Faded yarn from the Shetland Isles, woven into a delicate, open pattern.

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Shetland Lace is a pale grey, close to beige.

It can be described as pale, delicate, faded and almost grey.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Shetland Lace

Shetland

Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about 50 miles to the northeast of Orkney, 110 mi (170 km) from mainland Scotland, and 140 mi (220 km) west of Norway.

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Lace

Lace is a decorative openwork textile made without the use of pre-existing fabric. Lace can be made by hand or machine. Various techniques can be employed to form lace, each having a distinct category. Lace can also be used to refer to other types of openwork fabric such as cutwork or filet, which use pre-existing fabric.

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shetland

Noun

  1. Lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.
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lace

Noun

  1. A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
  2. A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.

Verb

  1. To fasten (something) with laces.
  2. To interweave items.
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