Terri Leask, a founding member of the group, said residents were furious about errors strewn across the programme.
“The main thing folk were up in arms about was the terminology they used, which was either misused or mispronounced Shetland words,” she told Shetland News.
According to Ms Leask, the production team had contacted Shetland knitters to ask for advice before the programme aired, but their advice had been “completely ignored”.
SOK needlework enthusiasts were particularly upset to see a contestant criticised for successfully cutting his knitting, which Fair Isle knitters say is standard practice.
They fear the show’s treatment of the contestant perpetuates “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting techniques”.
