Programme of Events

Virtual Shetland Wool Week 2021 Saturday 25 September – Sunday 3 October Programme of Events

Hello, and thank you for supporting Shetland Wool Week in 2021!

Welcome to the Virtual Shetland Wool Week programme of events – we are so delighted to be Bringing Shetland Wool Week to You for 2021. As part of your Membership you will get exclusive access to the SWW series of films, especially commissioned for our virtual festival 2021, as well as masterclasses from Elizabeth Johnston, and some special audio recordings celebrating Shetland wool.

With your purchase of a Membership, we are also delighted to offer you an early-bird preview of the programme of talks, films, music and workshops organised by our partners, the tutors and experts who would usually offer similar events in the physical space of Shetland Wool Week.

The tickets will go live and on general sale through Eventbrite on Saturday 4th of September 2021 at 16:00 (BST). There is limited capacity for many of the events, so having that few days advance knowledge, could be handy!

Registering in advance on Eventbrite may help to make the process easier – you can visit: www.eventbrite.com and click on ‘Sign In’ in the top righthand corner, then look for Sign Up for Eventbrite (you may need to scroll down the page).

All events will be online, some will be pre-recorded, some will be live, and some will be a mixture of both. The tutors will be using either Zoom or YouTube for this experience, and for those more interactive workshops that require you to do some preparation before attending, tutors will be in touch with you beforehand to make sure you have time to prepare for your workshop.

For the less interactive events, you will receive a link to these events by email after you have purchased your ticket and when they have Premiered on Youtube, you will be able to access the content, any time during the ‘Week’ that fits in with your schedule.

Enjoy! The Shetland Wool Week Team

Contents

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3 Shetland Wool Week Membership Exclusives

8 Ticketed Events at a Glance

10 Ticketed Events Listings

31 Non-ticketed Event Listings including Jamieson & Smith Daily Demos

Virtual Shetland Wool Week Exclusive Content

For nine days from 25 September – 3 October, we’ll be bringing Shetland Wool Week to you through the new ‘Shetland Wool Week Film Series’ – films produced throughout the spring and summer months. The films are a real treat, and we give huge thanks to everyone who has generously given up their time to be filmed and share such amazing insights and skills. The films vary in length from 5 – 60 minutes each and at least one film will Premier online each day via YouTube (link to follow). You can view them as they go live throughout Virtual SWW, or revisit and watch them at your leisure as they will be available exclusively from SWW Members until the end of December 2021.

The films include:

Wilma Malcolmson: Inspiring future generations SWW Patron, Wilma Malcolmson is inspired to ‘bring the joy of knitting to everyone’. She travels extensively to share her skills and well as teaching young children closer to home through her role with the Shetland Peerie Makkers.

A Guide to Rooing Carol Christiansen on rooing, an almost lost method of producing the best wool for handspinning. Watch as Carol demonstrates how to roo Shetland sheep, Clover, of the Bradley Croft, Gletness, separating the old and new fleece at a natural point, leaving the skin side of the old fleece with its finest ends, and the new fleece with its tips intact. Curator at the Shetland Museum, Carol is a mine of information, and shares interesting historical facts throughout this beautiful film.

Preparing Shetland Fleece for Handspinning With Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, Weavers and Dyers spinning expert Sue Arthur. A visit to Unst and a meeting with spinner Mary Jean Peterson some 40 years ago gave Sue the spinning bug. In this film she invites us to her home at Cuckron Croft and explains the beauty of fleece preparation right through to spinning and knitting.

Weaving with Edina Szeles Edina Szeles is a textile artist and designer who uses the environment to inspire her textile designs. Join Edina at her home in Bressay as she chats about the inspiration, the process, patterns and textures behind her stunning woven textiles.

Colour Blending Inspiration with Wilma Malcolmson SWW patron, Wilma Malcolmson makes colour blending look effortless – as is evident in her beautiful knitwear designs and the Wool Week Crofter’s and Katie’s Kep. From her studio, Wilma explains how she takes colour inspiration from her surroundings, be it nature, a picture or a piece of crockery, and how she’s always on the lookout for the small touches to help bring her Fair Isle patterns alive.

A Shetland Dye Garden Take a tour through a Shetland dye garden and see the subtle palette of shades that lend themselves so well to Fair Isle knitting. Natural wool dyer, Bunchy Casey, explains the magical alchemy of dying yarn from plants grown in her garden and from around Shetland. From her kitchen studio she explains techniques and tips required for natural dyeing with wool. Bunchy’s dye knowledge and love of nature is both infectious and inspiring.

Stoorbra Socks, Fair Isle Knitting and Shetland Shetlander knitwear designer, Alison Rendall has been knitting since childhood and her long held interest in Fair Isle pattern and colours is evident throughout her designs. Here she explains the creative process behind her work and how the Shetland landscape and changing seasons subliminally influence her choice of colours. Alison has enjoyed seeing her ‘Stoorbra Sock’ design, a pattern in the SWW Annual 2020, come to life. She describes some of the challenges in perfecting her design, and demonstrates the tricky process of how to ‘turn the heel’.

Shetland’s Finest Shetland Fleece What is it about Shetland sheep that makes for some of the finest wool? Join hand spinner Elizabeth Johnston and the Bradley family from their croft at Gletness, as they talk about Shetland’s native breed and the wonderful variety of natural colours they produce.

Makkin and Yakkin: Meeting the new generation of Shetland knitters (approx. 60 mins) It’s been well-documented that knitting has experienced a resurgence of interest in recent years. Even in a place such as Shetland with its strong knitting heritage, it is a skill that to some has been forgotten or remains a mystery. Meet some of the new generation of Shetland knitters ‘maakin and yakkin’ and hear what inspired them to begin knitting, or to return to a childhood hobby and pick up their wires again.

A Style of its own: Knitting from Whalsay The island of Whalsay has a long history of rich creativity, not least of all for its amazing and colourful knitwear, which has a distinctive Fair Isle style of its own. In this film we hear from Whalsay knitters Linda Shearer and Amanda Pottinger who chat through various garments from the ‘bonnie isle’, their background in knitting, and share some of the hats they’ve knitted for the annual Jamieson & Smith ‘Colourbox Challenge’.

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A series of short masterclass instructional videos from Elizabeth Johnston of Shetland Handspun The films are all based on processes required for Elizabeth’s new ‘Fairag Cardigan’ pattern in the SWW Annual 2021, and will focus on:

• Knitting in the Round – Joining up the cast on row The perfect way to join up the cast on row to knit in the round, without a jog or interruption and fastening off the end at the same time, to leave a perfect cast on edge.

• Picking up neckline stitches Picking up stitches along the neckline can be tricky. Find out how to make the pick- up edge look smooth and seamless.

• Three-needle bind off/cast off A very useful way to join 2 pieces of knitting together instead of grafting (Kitchener stitch), to cast off or join part of a garment together. Elizabeth will show you where she regularly uses this technique.

And Hentilagets: Sounds from the Archives of The School of Scottish Studies will see seven short audio recordings with illustration from the photography collection of Shetland Museum The School of Scottish Studies Archives, at the University of Edinburgh, holds over 33,000 recordings collected from all over Scotland over the past 70 years. Fieldworkers of the School of Scottish Studies sought to record all aspects of life from songs and music, folklore and tales, customs, traditions, local history, fishing and farming techniques and more. During Shetland Wool Week, The School of Scottish Studies will bring you voices from Shetland’s past to describe glimpses of wool and garment production. When most of these recordings were made there was no internet, no Wool Week, no idea of how important the knitting world and community would become. Like Hentilagets – small lisks of sheep’s wool caught on Shetland fences - these recordings are a gift. The recordings will cover:

• Sheep • Wool • Cardings - social events pre-War years • Spinning Songs • Knitting • Weaving • Woolly Fun - jokes, superstitions, customs

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Ticketed Events at a Glance When Fair Isle Inspired Fused Glass Hanging Class All ‘Week’ Dressing Masterclass: Achieving the Best Finish with Hazel and Janette Class Extending the Life of your Knitwear with Hazel Tindall Talk Knitting in Shetland in the 1960s with Hazel Tindall Talk Flock Book and Fleece: A Conversation Talk The 'She' in Shetland: Music from Claire and Robbie Music Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Class Saturday 25 Drop Spindle Spinning for Beginners with Deborah Gray Class September Colour Blending for Fair Isle Knitting with Tracey Doxey Class Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge (two-part workshop) Class Wool and the Sea Talk Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk Colour Blending for Fair Isle Knitting with Tracey Doxey Class Sunday 26 Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Class September Introduction to Magic Loop Knitting with Deborah Gray Class An Introduction to Shetland Lace Knitting: The Cat's Paw with Elizabeth Williamson Class A Journey into the World of Natural Dyeing with Donna Smith and Bunchy Casey Class Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk Solar Dyeing with Deborah Gray Class Monday 27 Shetland Lace Knitting: ‘Mrs Montague's Pattern’ with Elizabeth Williamson Class September Crofthoose Needle Felted Wall Hanging with Ann Marie Anderson (UK residents Class Lambingonly) in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk Slideshow of my Knitting Life with Hadewych van der Werf Talk The Island of Fair Isle: A Conversation with Janette and Rachel Talk Magical Moebius with Deborah Gray Class Tuesday 28 Shetland Lace Knitting: Fern Pattern with Elizabeth Williamson Class September Thrummed Mittens with Hélène Driesen Class A Journey into the World of Natural Dyeing with Donna Smith and Bunchy Casey Class Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Class Learn to Use a Shetland Knitting Belt with Janette Budge Class Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk The Inspiration Behind Shetland Reel Gins with Debbie Strang Talk Cockleshawl with Helen Robertson Class Wednesday Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Class 29 September Shetland Lace Edging with Elizabeth Williamson Class Drop Spindle Spinning for Beginners with Deborah Gray Class Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge (two-part workshop) Class

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Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk Wool and the Sea Talk Of the Land with Deborah Gray Talk Illusion Knitting with Deborah Gray Class Thursday 30 An Introduction to Shetland Lace Knitting – ‘The Cat's Paw’ with Elizabeth Class September FairWilliamson Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Class Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge (two-part workshop) Class Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk Knitting in Shetland in the 1960s with Hazel Tindall Talk The Inspiration Behind Shetland Reel Gins with Debbie Strang Talk Knitting Socks Two-at-a-Time and Toe-Up with Deborah Gray Class Friday 1 Shetland Lace Knitting – ‘Mrs Montague's Pattern’ with Elizabeth Williamson Class October Introduction to FISS Knitting with Helen Robertson Class FISS Knit Hat with Helen Robertson Class Dressing Masterclass: Achieving the best results with Hazel and Janette Class Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk Wool and the Sea Talk Slideshow of my Knitting Life with Hadewych van der Werf Talk Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Class Saturday 2 Learn to Use a Shetland Knitting Belt with Janette Budge Class October Knit Your Own Detective with Helen Robertson Class Shetland Lace Knitting: Fern Pattern with Elizabeth Williamson Class Colour Blending for Fair Isle Knitting with Tracey Doxey Class Mootie Hoose with Helen Robertson Class Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk Wool and the Sea Talk Colour Blending for Fair Isle Knitting with Tracey Doxey Class Sunday 3 Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Class October Knit Sunday Teas with Helen Robertson Class Shetland Lace Edging with Elizabeth Williamson Class Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk Monday 4 Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Talk October Monday 8 Shetland Lace Bracelet with Helen Robertson Class November Wednesday Shetland Lace Lampshade with Helen Robertson Class 10 November

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Isle inspired pattern in your chosen colourway. The landscape Spaces: 6 Cost: £70 of Shetland has long inspired this traditional knitting Skill Level: All Levels technique for years. Be inspired by your surroundings and introduce that into your finished cloth. This class is an ideal introduction to weaving, but if you have already caught the weaving bug you will also learn a few new techniques including finger manipulated and how to use a pick up stick. Drop Spindle Spinning for Beginners with Deborah Gray Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) A drop spindle is the ideal way to start your spinning journey. Tutor: Deborah Gray Deborah's teaching method allows you to slow the process Spaces: 12 down and tackle it step-by-step. The skills you learn will allow Cost: £35 you to create unique and beautiful yarns using this Skill Level: Beginner inexpensive and portable tool – or move easily on to using a spinning wheel. No prior experience needed. Colour Blending for Fair Isle Knitting with Tracey Doxey Time: 15:00 – 17:00 (LIVE) In this workshop you will experiment with your own coloured Tutor: Tracey Doxey yarns and gain the skills and experience to enable you to Spaces: 7 confidently understand how to blend colours and take forward Cost: £35 ideas to create your own swatches for future projects. Tracey Skill Level: All Levels will also show you real examples of Shetland and Fair Isle knitting and her design pattern journal where you will see her process of colour blending, project ideas and swatches. This workshop will aim to work towards you making a Fair Isle hat in your own time, using your own colour ideas. Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge (two-part workshop) Time: 20:00 – 21:00 (LIVE) Join Shetland knitter Janette Budge in using traditional Fair Isle (Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 Sept) yoke techniques to begin making a small pouch bag. Hear of Tutor: Janette Budge the knitting way of life, 45 years ago from her and her family’s Spaces: 12 experience. This class is split into 2 parts: Part 1 Colour

Saturday 25 September 25 Saturday Cost: £50 blending; Part 2 Fair Isle knitting techniques with a particular Skill Level: Beginner / Intermediate focus on yokes.

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Wool and the Sea Time: 12:00 – 13:30 (LIVE) Join Shetland-based archaeologist Esther Renwick and boat Tutor: Moder Dy builder and Shetland boat historian Dr Marc Chivers, of the

local maritime heritage organisation Moder Dy (CIC), as they Spaces: 30 Cost: £10 delve into over 1000 years of the relationship between Skill Level: N/A Shetlanders, wool and the sea. Meet key characters from Vikings to medieval traders and peek into the life of a 19th century knitter. Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Time: 12:00 – 13:30; or 19:00 – 20:30 (Pre- Join Chris Dyer from Garths Croft in Bressay, Shetland for a record with LIVE Q&A) unique new-release film of the recent 2021 lambing season, Tutor: Chris Dyer (Garths Croft) featuring many wonderful newborns from a flock of native Spaces: 25 Shetland sheep with beautiful traditional colourings and Cost: £15 markings. The 30-minute video is followed by a 1-hour Skill Level: N/A interactive Q&A with small groups, covering aspects of Shetland sheep, rural heritage and the crofting year.

Saturday 25 September 25 Saturday

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Colour Blending for Fair Isle Knitting with Tracey Doxey Time: 10:00 – 12:00 (LIVE) In this workshop you will experiment with your own coloured

Tutor: Tracey Doxey yarns and gain the skills and experience to enable you to

Spaces: 7 confidently understand how to blend colours and take forward Cost: £35 ideas to create your own swatches for future projects. Tracey Skill Level: All Levels will also show you real examples of Shetland and Fair Isle knitting and her design pattern journal where you will see her process of colour blending, project ideas and swatches. This workshop will aim to work towards you making a Fair Isle hat in your own time, using your own colour ideas. Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Time: 12:00 – 14:00 (LIVE) Join Shetland weaver, Emma Geddes for an online workshop Tutor: Emma Geddes where you will learn how to warp the loom and weave a Fair Spaces: 6 Isle inspired pattern in your chosen colourway. The landscape of Shetland has long inspired this traditional knitting Cost: £70 technique for years. Be inspired by your surroundings and Skill Level: All Levels introduce that into your finished cloth. This class is an ideal

introduction to weaving, but if you have already caught the weaving bug you will also learn a few new techniques including finger manipulated and how to use a pick up stick. Introduction to Magic Loop Knitting with Deborah Gray Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) Don’t like knitting with dpns? Join this class and knit a phone Tutor: Deborah Gray cover while mastering the Magic Loop technique for knitting Spaces: 15 any diameter tube or circle on a long circular needle. It's a Cost: £35 good technique to add to your repertoire for knitting socks, Skill Level: Beginner sleeves, hats, and circular shawls.

This workshop is recommended as preparation for Friday’s Knitting Socks Two at a Time workshop. Basic knitting skills required.

Sunday 26 September 26 Sunday An Introduction to Shetland Lace Knitting: The Cat's Paw with Elizabeth Williamson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) Tutor Elizabeth Williamson will take you through the basic Tutor: Elizabeth Williamson stitches and techniques of Shetland lace knitting. At the end Spaces: 8 of the session you will have a swatch of the Cat’s Paw pattern Cost: £40 on a garter base. Skill Level: Beginner

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A Journey into the World of Natural Dyeing with Donna Smith and Bunchy Casey Time: 14:00 – 17:00 (LIVE) Join Bunchy Casey and Donna Smith live as they give you a

Tutor: Donna Smith & Bunchy Casey glimpse into the exciting world of natural dyeing. They will

Spaces: 20 discuss the basics and principles behind dyeing yarn with Cost: £35 natural materials and provide you with the knowledge and Skill Level: All Levels information to be able to begin to begin your own journey into natural dyeing. They will give demonstrations of dyeing yarn with fresh and dried materials as well as dye extracts and will provide you with basic recipes and instructions so you can try it out on your own at a later date. They will also show you several samples of their own work and will discuss their own experiences of dyeing. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the session.

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Sunday 26 September 26 Sunday

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Solar Dyeing with Deborah Gray

Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) A fun introduction to dyeing wool and other protein fibres

Tutor: Deborah Gray with plants, which requires very little special equipment and is Spaces: 20 gentle on the fibres, pigment and planet. No previous Cost: £35 experience needed. Skill Level: All Levels Shetland Lace Knitting: ‘Mrs Montague's Pattern’ with Elizabeth Williamson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) Tutor Elizabeth Williamson will begin with looking at the basic Tutor: Elizabeth Williamson stitches and techniques of Shetland lace knitting. At the end of Spaces: 8 the session you will have a swatch of Mrs Montague on a Cost: £40 garter base. Skill Level: Intermediate Crofthoose Needle Felted Wall Hanging with Ann Marie Anderson (UK residents only) Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) – available to UK In this interactive workshop lead by Ann Marie Anderson, you residents only will create a needle felted wall hanging using Jamieson’s of Tutor: Ann Marie Anderson (Peerie Oorick) Shetland wool. Ann Marie will teach you the skill of needle Spaces: 12 felting, helping you to create an ‘ooie’ (woolly) picture which Cost: £55 will look great on your wall afterwards. Skill Level: All Levels A kit with the required materials will be sent to you in advance of the workshop

Monday 27 September 27 Monday

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Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Time: 00:00 – 01:30; 13:00 – 14:30; or 19:00 Join Chris Dyer from Garths Croft in Bressay, Shetland for a – 20:30 (Pre-record with LIVE Q&A) unique new-release film of the recent 2021 lambing season, Tutor: Chris Dyer (Garths Croft) featuring many wonderful newborns from a flock of native Spaces: 25 Shetland sheep with beautiful traditional colourings and Cost: £15 markings. The 30-minute video is followed by a 1-hour Skill Level: N/A interactive Q&A with small groups, covering aspects of Shetland sheep, rural heritage and the crofting year. Slideshow of my Knitting Life with Hadewych van der Werf Time: 18:00 – 19:00 (Pre-record with LIVE In this PowerPoint presentation, Hadewych van der Werf will Q&A) take you on a visual journey through her knitting life. After the Tutor: Hadewych van der Werf slideshow, which is set to a musical soundtrack but can be Spaces: 50 enjoyed without audio, Hadewych then will invite questions Cost: £10 from the audience in a live 30-minute Question & Answer Skill Level: N/A session. Hadewych, who has taught classes at Shetland Wool Week since 2016, will share her own experiences and work as well as some historical matters about Norwegian knitting. The Island of Fair Isle: A Conversation with Janette and Rachel Time: 19:00 – 20:00 (LIVE with Q & A) Join Rachel Challoner and Janette Budge as they share their Tutor: Janette Budge & Rachel Challoner favourite things about the island. They'll chat about how life Spaces: 75 has changed over the years and answer any questions you Cost: £10 may have about crofting, Shetland sheep and wool, plus any Skill Level: N/A machine or hand knitting queries.

Monday 27 September 27 Monday

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Magical Moebius with Deborah Gray Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) Is it possible to knit an impossible shape? Knit the top and Tutor: Deborah Gray bottom edges in one continuous round? Knit the inside and Spaces: 12 outside in the same round? Yes it is! Join Deborah Gray in this

Cost: £35 class and start to knit a cosy cowl or infinity scarf that will have Skill Level: All Levels everyone puzzled. Basic knitting skills required. Shetland Lace Knitting: Fern Pattern with Elizabeth Williamson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) Tutor Elizabeth Williamson will take you through the basic Tutor: Elizabeth Williamson stitches and techniques of Shetland lace knitting. At the end of Spaces: 8 the session you will have a swatch of the fern pattern on a Cost: £40 garter base. Skill Level: Intermediate Thrummed Mittens with Hélène Driesen Time: 16:00 – 18:00 (LIVE) Join Helene Driesen to make these wonderfully warm mittens Tutor: Hélène Driesen using thrums which are knitted into the fabric. Learn how to Spaces: 20 make these wonderfully warm and fun mittens that have tufts Cost: £25 (thrums) of wool knitted into the fabric and which originated Skill Level: Intermediate in Newfoundland. Helene likes to call them Uggs for your hands and they make fabulous gifts. A Journey into the World of Natural Dyeing with Donna Smith and Bunchy Casey Time: 17:00 – 20:00 (LIVE) Join Bunchy Casey and Donna Smith live as they give you a Tutor: Donna Smith & Bunchy Casey glimpse into the exciting world of natural dyeing. They will Spaces: 20 discuss the basics and principles behind dyeing yarn with Cost: £35 natural materials and provide you with the knowledge and Skill Level: All Levels information to be able to begin to begin your own journey into natural dyeing. They will give demonstrations of dyeing yarn with fresh and dried materials as well as dye extracts and will provide you with basic recipes and instructions so you can try it out on your own at a later date. They will also show you several samples of their own work and will discuss their own experiences of dyeing. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the session.

Tuesday 28 September 28 Tuesday

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Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Time: 18:00 – 20:00 (LIVE) Join Shetland weaver, Emma Geddes for an online workshop Tutor: Emma Geddes where you will learn how to warp the loom and weave a Fair Spaces: 6 Isle inspired pattern in your chosen colourway. The landscape

Cost: £70 of Shetland has long inspired this traditional knitting Skill Level: All Levels technique for years. Be inspired by your surroundings and introduce that into your finished cloth. This class is an ideal introduction to weaving, but if you have already caught the weaving bug you will also learn a few new techniques including finger manipulated and how to use a pick up stick. Learn to Use a Shetland Knitting Belt with Janette Budge Time: 19:00 – 20:00 (LIVE) Janette will begin the class with a presentation on the history Tutor: Janette Budge and uses of the Shetland Knitting belt and will take you step- Spaces: 15 by-step through different ways to use the belt knitting both Cost: £30 flat and in the round. She will also look at different techniques Skill Level: All Levels for holding your yarns during Fair Isle knitting. Participants will receive a set of six professionally filmed short tutorial videos taking you through each step of using a knitting belt plus extra tips for the intermediate knitting belt knitter.

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Skill Level: N/A interactive Q&A with small groups, covering aspects of

Tuesday 28 September 28 Tuesday Shetland sheep, rural heritage and the crofting year. The Inspiration Behind Shetland Reel Gins with Debbie Strang Time: 19:00 – 19:30 (LIVE) Hear about the inspiration behind each of the Shetland Reel Tutor: Debbie Strang (Shetland Reel) Gins made at the UK’s most northerly distillery, Saxa Vord in Spaces: 150 Unst, Shetland. See some of the fabulous woollen bottle cover Cost: FREE creations from competitions over the past few years. Skill Level: N/A

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Cockleshawl with Helen Robertson Time: 12:00 – 18:00 (LIVE) In this online workshop, Helen will guide you through her take

Tutor: Helen Robertson on the traditional Cockle Shell scarf pattern and how she Spaces: 20 jazzed it up to make her fabulous Cockleshawl. Cost: £90 During the day you will learn the basics of the cockleshell Skill Level: Beginner / Intermediate pattern and learn the secret to creating this shawl. This six- hour session, during which you will be able to take breaks, will investigate the construction of the Cockleshawl and have you creating a miniature version all of your own. Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Time: 13:00 – 15:00 (LIVE) Join Shetland weaver, Emma Geddes for an online workshop Tutor: Emma Geddes where you will learn how to warp the loom and weave a Fair Spaces: 6 Isle inspired pattern in your chosen colourway. The landscape Cost: £70 of Shetland has long inspired this traditional knitting Skill Level: All Levels technique for years. Be inspired by your surroundings and introduce that into your finished cloth. This class is an ideal introduction to weaving, but if you have already caught the weaving bug you will also learn a few new techniques including finger manipulated and how to use a pick up stick. Shetland Lace Edging with Elizabeth Williamson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) In this online session Elizabeth will begin with looking at the Tutor: Elizabeth Williamson basic stitches and techniques of Shetland Lace knitting. Lace Spaces: 8 edging is a beautiful decorative way to finish of a shawl, hap Cost: £45 or scarf. In this session you will learn how to produce a Skill Level: Intermediate traditional scalloped lace edging on a mini shawl. It would be an advantage if students had a little experience in lace and felt confident with yarn overs, knitting two togethers and three togethers. Both charts and written instructions will be provided. Drop Spindle Spinning for Beginners with Deborah Gray Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) A drop spindle is the ideal way to start your spinning journey. Tutor: Deborah Gray Deborah's teaching method allows you to slow the process Spaces: 12 down and tackle it step by step. The skills you learn will allow Cost: £35 you to create unique and beautiful yarns using this Skill Level: All Levels inexpensive and portable tool – or move easily on to using a spinning wheel. No prior experience needed. Wednesday 29 September 29 Wednesday

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Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge (two-part workshop) Time: 18:00 – 19:00 (LIVE) Join Shetland knitter Janette Budge in using traditional Fair (Wednesday 29 Sept & Friday 1 Oct) Isle yoke techniques to begin making a small pouch bag. Hear

Tutor: Janette Budge of the knitting way of life, 45 years ago from her and her Spaces: 12 family’s experience. This class is split into 2 parts: Part 1 Cost: £50 Colour blending; Part 2 Fair Isle knitting techniques with a Skill Level: Beginner / Intermediate particular focus on yokes.

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Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Time: 00:00 – 01:30; 13:00 – 14:30; or 19:00 Join Chris Dyer from Garths Croft in Bressay, Shetland for a – 20:30 (Pre-record with LIVE Q&A) unique new-release film of the recent 2021 lambing season, Tutor: Chris Dyer (Garths Croft) featuring many wonderful newborns from a flock of native Spaces: 25 Shetland sheep with beautiful traditional colourings and Cost: £15 markings. The 30-minute video is followed by a 1-hour Skill Level: N/A interactive Q&A with small groups, covering aspects of Shetland sheep, rural heritage and the crofting year. Wool and the Sea Time: 16:00 – 17:30 (LIVE) Join Shetland-based archaeologist Esther Renwick and boat Tutor: Moder Dy builder and Shetland boat historian Dr Marc Chivers, of the Spaces: 30 local maritime heritage organisation Moder Dy (CIC), as they Cost: £10 delve into over 1000 years of the relationship between Skill Level: N/A Shetlanders, wool and the sea. Meet key characters from Vikings to medieval traders and peek into the life of a 19th century knitter. Of the Land with Deborah Gray Time: 19:00 –21:00 (LIVE with Q&A) This is an illustrated talk by Deborah on her textile practice, Tutor: Deborah Gray which explores the influence of land(scape) on the dye plants Spaces: 50 and animal fibres which grow there. Deborah will be showing Cost: £8 examples of works she created during two periods as Artist-in- Skill Level: N/A Residence at the Icelandic Textile Centre, Blonduos, North- west Iceland, and recent work as Lead Practitioner of the EcoCreative Cluster and dye garden in Oban. A live interactive

Q&A will follow the talk. Wednesday 29 September 29 Wednesday

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Illusion Knitting with Deborah Gray Time: 14.00 – 16.00 (LIVE) Hide a message – or a hidden pattern or motif – in your Tutor: Deborah Gray knitting. Your work will look like stripes until viewed from the

Spaces: 15 correct angle. How you use this technique and the message or

Cost: £35 design you choose to hide in plain sight is up to you. Basic Skill Level: All Levels knitting skills required. An Introduction to Shetland Lace Knitting – ‘The Cat's Paw’ with Elizabeth Williamson Time: 14.00 – 16.00 (LIVE) Tutor Elizabeth Williamson will take you through the basic Tutor: Elizabeth Williamson stitches and techniques of Shetland lace knitting. At the end of Spaces: 8 the session, you will have a swatch of the Cat’s Paw pattern on Cost: £40 a garter base. Skill Level: All Levels Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Time: 18.00 – 20.00 (LIVE) Join Shetland weaver, Emma Geddes for an online workshop Tutor: Emma Geddes where you will learn how to warp the loom and weave a Fair Isle inspired pattern in your chosen colourway. The landscape Spaces: 6 of Shetland has long inspired this traditional knitting Cost: £70 technique for years. Be inspired by your surroundings and introduce that into your finished cloth. This class is an ideal Skill Level: All Levels introduction to weaving, but if you have already caught the weaving bug you will also learn a few new techniques including finger manipulated and how to use a pick up stick. Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge (two-part workshop) Time: 19:00 – 20:00 (LIVE) Join Shetland knitter Janette Budge in using traditional Fair (Thursday 30 Sept & Sat 2 Oct) Isle yoke techniques to begin making a small pouch bag. Hear Tutor: Janette Budge of the knitting way of life, 45 years ago from her and her Spaces: 12 family’s experience. This class is split into 2 parts: Part 1 Cost: £50 Colour blending; Part 2 Fair Isle knitting techniques with a

Skill Level: Beginner / Intermediate particular focus on yokes.

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Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Time: 00:00 – 01:30; 13:00 – 14:30; or 19.00 Join Chris Dyer from Garths Croft in Bressay, Shetland for a – 20.30 (Pre-record with LIVE Q&A) unique new-release film of the recent 2021 lambing season, Tutor: Chris Dyer (Garths Croft) featuring many wonderful newborns from a flock of native Spaces: 25 Shetland sheep with beautiful traditional colourings and Cost: £15 markings. The 30-minute video is followed by a 1-hour Skill Level: N/A interactive Q&A with small groups, covering aspects of Shetland sheep, rural heritage and the crofting year. Knitting in Shetland in the 1960s with Hazel Tindall Time: 19:00 – 20:30 (Pre-record with LIVE In this evening talk, Hazel will tell her mother’s knitting story Q&A) based on diary entries covering the period 1961-1969 through Tutor: Hazel Tindall a pre-recorded presentation, which will be followed by a live Spaces: 50 Q & A. During the 1960s probably more than half the homes Cost: £10 in Shetland had a knitting machine. There weren’t many jobs Skill Level: NA so often it was the men who did the machine knitting and the women did the “finishing”. This was usually handknitting a Fair Isle yoke onto a machine knitted body, as well as grafting on the ribbed cuffs and necks which had also been machined. For many children of the sixties, drifting off to sleep to the sound of the knitting machine was normal. Hazel Tindall’s mother was a reluctant but competent knitter. With no other way of earning, she had to fit knitting into her busy crofting life.

Pre-recorded presentation will be followed by a live 45 minute Q & A with Hazel Tindall. The Inspiration Behind Shetland Reel Gins with Debbie Strang Time: 19:00 – 19:30 (LIVE) Hear about the inspiration behind each of the Shetland Reel Tutor: Debbie Strang (Shetland Reel) Gins made at the UK’s most northerly distillery, Saxa Vord in Spaces: 100 Unst, Shetland. See some of the fabulous woollen bottle Cost: FREE cover creations from competitions over the past few years.

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Knitting Socks Two-at-a-Time and Toe-Up with Deborah Gray Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) No more second-sock-syndrome! No more mismatching Tutor: Deborah Gray socks! Knit perfectly fitting socks, both at the same time on Spaces: 15 one circular needle. Once you have got the basic technique

Cost: £35 your socks can be as plain or fancy, and as long or short as you Skill Level: All Levels like. Basic knitting skills and familiarity with Magic loop technique required. Shetland Lace Knitting – ‘Mrs Montague's Pattern’ with Elizabeth Williamson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) Tutor Elizabeth Williamson will begin with looking at the basic Tutor: Elizabeth Williamson stitches and techniques of Shetland lace knitting. At the end of Spaces: 8 the session you will have a swatch of Mrs Montague on a Cost: £40 garter base. The pattern is named after Mrs Montague, a silk Skill Level: Intermediate woman, who knitted stockings for Queen Elizabeth I. It can be seen as the pattern on a pair of fine silk stockings, which belonged to the Queen. It is a beautiful pattern, which can be used in many variations and makes an excellent shawl centre. Introduction to FISS Knitting with Helen Robertson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) In this online workshop Helen will introduce you to her Tutor: Helen Robertson innovative new technique, FISS knitting which Helen has Spaces: 20 conceived and developed to allow three colours to appear in a Cost: £45 row while only knitting with one or two strands at a time. You Skill Level: Intermediate will learn how to understand FISS KNIT charts and practice by beginning to knit wristwarmers. A pdf pattern for a cowl is included. FISS Knit Hat with Helen Robertson Friday 1 October 1 Friday Time: 18:00 – 20:00 (LIVE) Take your FISS knitting a step further with the fabulous FISS Tutor: Helen Robertson Knit Hat. FISS Knitting is an exciting new technique which Spaces: 20 Helen has conceived and developed to allow three colours to Cost: £45 appear in a row while only knitting with one or two strands at Skill Level: Advanced a time. Dressing Masterclass: Achieving the best results with Hazel and Janette Time: 20:00 – 21:30 (Pre-record with LIVE Your beautiful knitting projects deserve the best finish. Q&A) Blocking or dressing helps to even out the stitches to give them Tutor: Hazel Tindall & Janette Budge a uniform finish. Let Hazel Tindall and Janette Budge take you Spaces: 75 through the steps needed to block your knitting or ‘dress your Cost: £20 makkin’ as it’s known in Shetland in a pre-recorded Skill Level: N/A masterclass followed by a live Q &A with Hazel and Janette.

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Spaces: 25 Shetland sheep with beautiful traditional colourings and Cost: £15 markings. The 30-minute video is followed by a 1-hour Skill Level: N/A interactive Q&A with small groups, covering aspects of Shetland sheep, rural heritage and the crofting year. Wool and the Sea Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (LIVE) Join Shetland-based archaeologist Esther Renwick and boat Tutor: Moder Dy builder and Shetland boat historian Dr Marc Chivers, of the Spaces: 30 local maritime heritage organisation Moder Dy (CIC), as they Cost: £10 delve into over 1000 years of the relationship between Skill Level: N/A Shetlanders, wool and the sea. Meet key characters from Vikings to medieval traders and peek into the life of a 19th century knitter. Slideshow of my Knitting Life with Hadewych van der Werf Time: 18:00 – 19:00 (Pre-record with LIVE In this PowerPoint presentation, Hadewych van der Werf will Q&A) take you on a visual journey through her knitting life. After the Tutor: Hadewych van der Werf slideshow, which is set to a musical soundtrack but can be Spaces: 50 enjoyed without audio, Hadewych then will invite questions Cost: £10 from the audience in a live 30-minute Question & Answer Skill Level: N/A session. Hadewych, who has taught classes at Shetland Wool Week since 2016, will share her own experiences and work as well as some historical matters about Norwegian knitting. Friday 1 October 1 Friday

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Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Time: 12:00 – 14:00 or 18:00 – 20:00 (LIVE) Join Shetland weaver, Emma Geddes for an online workshop Tutor: Emma Geddes where you will learn how to warp the loom and weave a Fair Spaces: 6 Isle inspired pattern in your chosen colourway. The landscape Cost: £70 of Shetland has long inspired this traditional knitting

Skill Level: All Levels technique for years. Be inspired by your surroundings and

introduce that into your finished cloth. This class is an ideal introduction to weaving, but if you have already caught the weaving bug you will also learn a few new techniques including finger manipulated and how to use a pick up stick. Learn to Use a Shetland Knitting Belt with Janette Budge Time: 12:00 – 13:00 (LIVE) Janette will begin the class with a presentation on the history Tutor: Janette Budge and uses of the Shetland Knitting belt and will take you step- Spaces: 15 by-step through different ways to use the belt knitting both Cost: £30 flat and in the round. She will also look at different techniques Skill Level: All Levels for holding your yarns during Fair Isle knitting. Participants will receive a set of six professionally filmed short tutorial videos taking you through each step of using a knitting belt plus extra tips for the intermediate knitting belt knitter. Knit Your Own Detective with Helen Robertson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) We all have our favourite detective, now you can carry yours Tutor: Helen Robertson around with you! You will receive a pattern for a detective and Spaces: 20 his famous donkey jacket in advance, to allow you to knit all Cost: £45 the elements of your Detective prior to the class. During the Skill Level: All Levels online class you will discuss aspects of the pattern and you will see a short film on the finishing techniques. The film will also be available to you after the class. Helen will guide you to sew up your detective together during the class. Shetland Lace Knitting: Fern Pattern with Elizabeth Williamson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) Tutor Elizabeth Williamson will take you through the basic

Saturday 2 October 2 Saturday Tutor: Elizabeth Williamson stitches and techniques of Shetland lace knitting. At the end of Spaces: 8 the session you will have a swatch of the fern pattern on a Cost: £40 garter base. Skill Level: Intermediate

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Colour Blending for Fair Isle Knitting with Tracey Doxey Time: 15.00 – 17.00 (LIVE) In this workshop you will experiment with your own coloured Tutor: Tracey Doxey yarns and gain the skills and experience to enable you to Spaces: 7 confidently understand how to blend colours and take forward Cost: £35 ideas to create your own swatches for future projects. Tracey Skill Level: All Levels will also show you real examples of Shetland and Fair Isle knitting and her design pattern journal where you will see her

process of colour blending, project ideas and swatches. This workshop will aim to work towards you making a Fair Isle hat in your own time, using your own colour ideas. Mootie Hoose with Helen Robertson Time: 23:00 – 01:00 (LIVE) Inspired by the traditional croft houses dotted around Tutor: Helen Robertson Shetland, these 'Mootie Hooses' can fit in your hand and make Spaces: 90 great decorations and gifts. In this two-hour online workshop, Cost: £20 you will see a short slideshow with images taken around Skill Level: All Levels Shetland to give you the inspiration to create your own. With knitters joining from across the world, you will make your own Mootie Hoose Global Village. During the event, you will periodically break into smaller groups to recreate the social aspect of Shetland Wool Week that we all love so much.

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Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Time: 00:00 – 01:30 or 19.00 – 20.30 (Pre- Join Chris Dyer from Garths Croft in Bressay, Shetland for a record with LIVE Q&A) unique new-release film of the recent 2021 lambing season, Tutor: Chris Dyer (Garths Croft) featuring many wonderful newborns from a flock of native Spaces: 25 Shetland sheep with beautiful traditional colourings and Cost: £15 markings. The 30-minute video is followed by a 1-hour Saturday 2 October 2 Saturday Skill Level: N/A interactive Q&A with small groups, covering aspects of Shetland sheep, rural heritage and the crofting year.

Wool and the Sea Time: 15:00 – 16:30 (LIVE) Join Shetland-based archaeologist Esther Renwick and boat Tutor: Moder Dy builder and Shetland boat historian Dr Marc Chivers, of the local maritime heritage organisation Moder Dy (CIC), as they Spaces: 30 delve into over 1000 years of the relationship between Cost: £10 Shetlanders, wool and the sea. Meet key characters from Skill Level: N/A Vikings to medieval traders and peek into the life of a 19th century knitter.

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Colour Blending for Fair Isle Knitting with Tracey Doxey Time: 10:00 – 12:00 (LIVE) In this workshop you will experiment with your own coloured Tutor: Tracey Doxey yarns and gain the skills and experience to enable you to Spaces: 7 confidently understand how to blend colours and take forward Cost: £35 ideas to create your own swatches for future projects. Tracey Skill Level: All Levels will also show you real examples of Shetland and Fair Isle knitting and her design pattern journal where you will see her process of colour blending, project ideas and swatches. This workshop will aim to work towards you making a Fair Isle hat in your own time, using your own colour ideas. Fair Isle Inspired Rigid Heddle Weaving with Emma Geddes Time: 12:00 – 14:00 (LIVE) Join Shetland weaver, Emma Geddes for an online workshop Tutor: Emma Geddes where you will learn how to warp the loom and weave a Fair Spaces: 6 Isle inspired pattern in your chosen colourway. The landscape Cost: £70 of Shetland has long inspired this traditional knitting Skill Level: All Levels technique for years. Be inspired by your surroundings and introduce that into your finished cloth. This class is an ideal introduction to weaving, but if you have already caught the weaving bug you will also learn a few new techniques including finger manipulated and how to use a pick up stick. Knit Sunday Teas with Helen Robertson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) In this two-hour online workshop, Helen will introduce you to Tutor: Helen Robertson part of her new ‘Knit Shetland’ range of quirky patterns and Spaces: 20 kits. Shetland and Shetland Wool Week are famous for its Cost: £45 hospitality and renowned for the phenomenon which is Skill Level: Intermediate Sunday Teas. Communities come together to provide tea, sandwiches, and most importantly fancy baked goods (fancies). In this session, you will learn how to knit your own Hufsie Slice, a Shetland-style treat. Patterns will also be given for you to knit shortbread and meringues to finish off your

Sunday Teas spread in style. Sunday 3 October 3 Sunday Shetland Lace Edging with Elizabeth Williamson Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (LIVE) In this online session Elizabeth will begin with looking at the Tutor: Elizabeth Williamson basic stitches and techniques of Shetland Lace knitting. Lace Spaces: 8 edging is a beautiful decorative way to finish of a shawl, hap Cost: £45 or scarf. In this session you will learn how to produce a Skill Level: Intermediate traditional scalloped lace edging on a mini shawl. It would be an advantage if students had a little experience in lace and felt confident with yarn overs, knitting two togethers and three togethers. Both charts and written instructions will be provided.

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Lambing in Shetland 2021 with Chris Dyer Time: 00:00 – 01:30; 13:00 – 14:30; or 19.00 Join Chris Dyer from Garths Croft in Bressay, Shetland for a – 20.30. Also 00:00 – 01:30 on Sunday 4 unique new-release film of the recent 2021 lambing season, October (Pre-record with LIVE Q&A) featuring many wonderful newborns from a flock of native Tutor: Chris Dyer (Garths Croft) Shetland sheep with beautiful traditional colourings and Spaces: 25 markings. The 30-minute video is followed by a 1-hour Cost: £15 interactive Q&A with small groups, covering aspects of Shetland sheep, rural heritage and the crofting year.

Skill Level: N/A

Sunday 3 October 3 Sunday

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These classes are running in November 2021 to allow time to provide the specialist materials required. Please see listings below for more details or visit shetlandwoolweek.eventbrite.com Shetland Lace Bracelet with Helen Robertson Time: 12:00 – 18:00 (LIVE) Learn the craft of knitting with wire to create your own Monday 8 November Shetland Lace Cuff Bracelet. This is the most advanced class Tutor: Helen Robertson that Helen teaches. In this online six-hour workshop, you will Spaces: 8 create a gorgeous Shetland Lace cuff. You will learn how to Cost: £149 knit lace with silver or gold plate wire, how to attach pearls Skill Level: Advanced and your silver plate clasp. Although the class will begin at 12:00 (GMT) and will run until 18:00 (GMT) you are free to dip in and out during the day. The kit including wire, clasp, pearls and delivery is included in the price. Shetland Lace Lampshade with Helen Robertson Time: 12:00 – 18:00 (LIVE) Join Helen in her very popular online workshop and learn Wednesday 10 November the secrets of knitting Shetland Lace with wire while Tutor: Helen Robertson completing your very own wire lace lampshade, inspired Spaces: 8 by the fine lace knitting developed by Shetland. The Cost: £99 techniques of knitting with wire will be taught during the Skill Level: Intermediate class. Good news! This class is now universally suitable as Helen has redesigned the Lace lampshade to fit an Ikea TVARFOT lamp. Wire suitable for knitting and international delivery are included in the class price. You can source and buy the lamp in your own country.

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The pre-recorded events will be available online all week – once you have purchased a ticket, you can view the video at your leisure during the ‘Week’ Fair Isle Inspired Fused Glass Hanging (UK residents) Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ Available UK only - Make your own Fair Isle inspired fused (Pre-record– approx. duration 45 minutes) glass hanger in the comfort of your home. As part of this event

Tutor: Cheryl Jamieson (Glansin Glass) you will receive a kit with everything you need to make a fused

Spaces: 100 glass hanger in the design of your choice, as well as a pre- Cost: £50 recorded instructional video from Cheryl Jamieson in her Skill Level: All Levels studio at Glansin Glass in Shetland's most northerly isle, Unst. Once you have finished your design, you can return it to Cheryl at Glansin Glass for firing in the kiln. Your finished piece will then be sent back to you, to be hung on the wall and admired by everyone! The class price includes all postage for students within the UK. Fair Isle Inspired Fused Glass Hanging (*Non-UK residents) Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ Available outside the UK - Make your own Fair Isle inspired (Pre-record– approx. duration 45 minutes) fused glass hanger in the comfort of your home. As part of this Tutor: Cheryl Jamieson (Glansin Glass) event you will receive a kit with everything you need to make Spaces: 100 a fused glass hanger in the design of your choice, as well as a Cost: £80 pre-recorded instructional video from Cheryl Jamieson in her Skill Level: All Levels studio at Glansin Glass in Shetland's most northerly isle, Unst. Once you have finished your design, you can return it to Cheryl at Glansin Glass for firing in the kiln. Your finished piece will then be sent back to you, to be hung on the wall and admired by everyone! For participants outside the UK postage from Glansin Glass to you is included. Unfortunately, we are unable to take responsibility for customs charges if they are added. Dressing Masterclass: Achieving the Best Finish with Hazel and Janette Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ Your beautiful knitting projects deserve the best finish.

(Pre-record– approx. duration 45 minutes) Blocking or dressing helps to even out the stitches to give them Available All Week All Available Tutor: Hazel Tindall & Janette Budge a uniform finish. In this pre-recorded video which you can Spaces: Unlimited access any time during the ‘Week’, Hazel Tindall and Janette Cost: £10 Budge will take you through the steps needed to block your Skill Level: All Levels knitting or ‘dress your makkin’ as it’s known in Shetland. Included will be putting a cardigan or sweater on a jumper board, shawl on a hap board and many other types of dressing using things you’ll find around the house.

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The pre-recorded events will be available online all week – once you have purchased a ticket, you can view the video at your leisure during the ‘Week’ Extending the Life of your Knitwear with Hazel Tindall

Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ Many hours are spent knitting jumpers, cardigans, socks, (Pre-record– approx. duration 45 minutes) gloves etc. Once we’ve subjected them to months or years of Tutor: Hazel Tindall wear, it’s not unusual for the yarn to get thinner at elbows, Spaces: Unlimited heels, toes and fingertips. In this pre-recorded session which Cost: £6 is available all ‘Week’, Hazel Tindall will demonstrate how to Skill Level: N/A ensure pieces of her knitwear can be used for many more hours. This includes cutting, grafting, and darning. Knitting in Shetland in the 1960s with Hazel Tindall Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ Pre-recorded presentation by Hazel looking back to her (Pre-record– approx. duration 45 minutes) childhood during the 1960s probably more than half the Tutor: Hazel Tindall homes in Shetland had a knitting machine. There weren’t Spaces: Unlimited many jobs so often it was the men who did the machine Cost: £6 knitting and the women did the “finishing”. For many children Skill Level: N/A of the sixties, drifting off to sleep to the sound of the knitting machine was normal. Flock Book and Fleece: A Conversation Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ In this short film which is available to view all ‘Week’, hear (Pre-record– approx. duration 60 minutes) from longstanding Flock Book members Addie and Margaret Tutor: Janette Budge Doull in conversation with Janette Budge. Addie and Margaret Spaces: Unlimited are well known throughout the isles and beyond for their Cost: £6 quality Shetland wool, winning prizes both in Shetland and the Skill Level: N/A Scottish Mainland for their fleeces. They breed a variety of colours on their farm in the north mainland of Shetland,

Available All Week All Available including moorit, Shetland black and grey.

Pre-recorded MUSIC The 'She' in Shetland: Music from Claire and Robbie Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ Join us for an evening of Shetland songs and tunes on (Pre-record – approx. duration 60 minutes) fiddle and guitar from Claire White and Robbie Leask. Tutor: Claire White & Robbie Leask Shetland fiddler and singer-songwriter Claire White joins Spaces: Unlimited forces with Shetland guitarist Robbie Leask in an intimate Cost: £5 pre-recorded concert from Quarff Lodge, Claire's Skill Level: N/A traditional 18th century house by the sea. Come 'in aboot da nicht', bring your sock (knitting), and listen to stirring stories of Shetland's women told in song, including Da Norrawa Wheel and Da Delting Spinning Sang.

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A series of pre-recorded expert demonstrations by Jamieson & Smith, premiered at 10:30 (BST) via www.youtube.com/c/JamiesonSmith (non-ticketed) Basic Belts with Hazel Tindall Time: 10:30 Monday 27 September An introduction to Shetland knitting techniques with Tutor: Hazel Tindall legendary Shetland designer Hazel Tindall.

Spaces: Unlimited

Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A My Life in Shetland Wool with Oliver Henry Time: 10:30 Tuesday 28 September Throughout his 50+ years at J&S Oliver has seen it all and this Tutor: Oliver Henry video covers some of his highlights from his career. Spaces: Unlimited Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A Edging and Ribbing in Fair Isle Knitting with Alison Rendall Time: 10:30 Wednesday 29 September This video focuses on the edging of mitts and gloves in Tutor: Alison Rendall Shetland designer Alison Rendall’s designs and how you can Spaces: Unlimited incorporate it into your knitting. Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A Glove Fingers in Fair Isle Knitting with Lesley Smith Time: 10:30 Thursday 30 September Continuing patterning when working with Fair Isle gloves can Tutor: be tricky but Shetland designer Lesley Smith takes you Spaces: Unlimited through how she does it in this video. Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A Swatching with Ella Gordon Time: 10:30 Thursday 30 September Making sure your colours work together is important before Available All Week All Available Tutor: you undertake a Fair Isle project, Shetland designer Spaces: Unlimited Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A

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The pre-recorded events will be available online all week through the Shetland Wool Week Playlist on YouTube unless otherwise stated (non-ticketed)

The Faces behind the Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, Weavers and Dyers Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ Join members of the Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, (Pre-record – approx. duration 10 minutes) Weavers & Dyers (SGSKWD) in their homes and gardens Tutor: SGSKWD around Shetland. Spaces: Unlimited Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A

Island Vista Tour of Lerwick Week Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ Join local tour guides from Island Vista as they take you on a (Pre-record – approx. duration 10 minutes) pre-recorded tour of Lerwick - see the tourist hot spots and Tutor: Island Vista try to catch some of the famous sights of the main town in Shetland. These will give you some ideas for when you visit Spaces: Unlimited us in person, which we hope will be soon. Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A Laxdale Yarn: A Tour Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ A pre-recorded virtual tour of where Laxdale Yarn originates. (Pre-record – approx. duration 15 minutes) Meet the Laxdale sheep (and cows) and see some of the Tutor: Laxdale Yarn beautiful landscape of Cunningsburgh, Shetland. Hear the Spaces: Unlimited story of the Laxdale croft and yarn. Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A Uradale Yarns – The Uradale Almanac of films

Available All All Available Time: Available to view all ‘Week’ A selection of short clips from Uradale, highlighting life on the Tutor: Uradale Yarn farm and featuring the incredible Shetland landscape, Spaces: Unlimited language and of course sheep! Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A Access all the films throughout the week on Uradale’s YouTube channel: Uradale - YouTube

A selection of classes including workshops on natural dyes, and learning to knit Fair Isle and thrummed mittens are also available from Uradale Yarns – tickets are limited but available to purchase at: SWW 2021 Online Classes – Uradale Yarns

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