28 SEP – 6 OCT 2019

www.shetlandwoolweek.com /shetlandwoolweek @ShetlandWoolWk /shetlandwoolweek WELCOME TO WOOL WEEK 2019

e are thrilled to be celebrating ten years There will be tours available every day, of Shetland Wool Week. When we look and, for the first time, the Shetland Flock Book W back and reflect on how the event has Society will be hosting tours, giving people the developed over the years into the international opportunity to visit stunning locations at festival that we see today, we are overwhelmed by and Lunna. We are excited to also offer tours to the its success. remote islands of and : a very special Shetland Wool Week is very much driven by experience. community and local involvement. Over the last Many community halls will be hosting exhibitions, 10 years we have seen the wider Shetland demonstrations, and drop-in events as well as community come together to celebrate and offering their famous ‘teas’. There are more evening promote our sheep, our textile industry and our and social events too, which include a quiz night, crofting, which touch on so many different facets of guided walks, films, music and food. Shetland wool. Shetland Wool Week is an extraordinary event. It is Our tenth programme is bigger than ever with a real somewhere to learn and develop new skills, share emphasis on Shetland wool and the people who knowledge, socialise and meet with friends old and make it happen. As always, the programme aims to new, whilst also providing a space to slow down, deliver a truly authentic Shetland experience with a think, and breathe and explore the natural wonders wide range of exhibitions, classes, events, tours and of our beautiful islands. talks taking place throughout the isles - from north, We are proud to share our islands and heritage with south, east to west. you and look forward to welcoming you to Shetland Classes will include Fair Isle, lace , , Wool Week 2019. , spinning, felt, dye, machine knitting, as well as many practical, problem solving, creative and design led classes too.

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Cover image: Alex Boak

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Photograph by Liam Henderson A NOTE FROM THE SHETLAND WOOL WEEK 2019 PATRON

t is an honour to be this year’s Shetland I Wool Week patron, especially in its tenth year.

I have lived and worked in Shetland all my life and with Shetland wool for 52 years. During this time

I have judged, graded, sorted, worn, promoted, researched and been inspired by Shetland wool in my work at Jamieson and Smith, also known as ‘The Shetland Woolbrokers’.

Part of my role as patron was to design the annual SWW hat pattern. My ‘Roadside Beanie’ features two common roadside sights in Shetland: Roadside Beanie Photograph by Joy Allan and fishing boats. Both of them have loomed large in my life as a Shetlander. but it’s been fun working on the idea and seeing I have worked with sheep and wool for over 50 it developed through to a final pattern by Sandra years, so it was clear to me that they would be Manson. part of my design story. Fishing has also played a role in my life, especially growing up on the family I’ve enjoyed seeing all the different at ‘Roadside’, in the busy fishing community interpretations of the Roadside Beanie so far of Hamnavoe on Burra Isle. My father and and look forward to seeing more at this year’s brothers had their own fishing boat and fishing Shetland Wool Week. was their livelihood. Unfortunately I suffered Recently I have also set up a new blog where you from seasickness and could not carry on the can follow the story of my journey with sheep and family tradition of fisherman crofter, so turned to wool. I hope you find it of interest. Shetland wool for my work and inspiration.

I chose the beanie shape for practical reasons: it keeps my ears warm while walking my dog here in Shetland! The world of knitwear design is a bit Oliver Henry of a departure from my usual field of expertise, olivershetlandwoolblog.home.blog

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Bound by the Land: Old Haa Exhibition and Joanna Hunter - Open Freed by the Sea Demonstration Day Studio at Ninian Saturday 28th September - Saturday 5th Monday 30th September, 1200 - 1600 Saturday 28th September, 1000 - 1700, Sun October, 0900 - 1730; Sunday 6th October, 29th Sept, 1400 - 1600, Tues 1st October & 0930 - 1600 Event Provider: Old Haa Trust Thurs 3rd Oct 1300 - 1700, Sat 5th October, 1000 - 1700 Event Provider: Niela Nell Kalra Location: Old Haa, , Yell Event Provider: Ninian Location: Nielanell Studio, Hoswick, Box Office Booking: N/A Sandwick Spaces: 20 Location: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Box Office Booking: N/A Cost: FREE Box Office Booking: N/A Spaces: N/A The Old Haa, Yell will host a three week Spaces: N/A Cost: FREE exhibition - ‘Yell Oo’ from 16th Sept to 6th October featuring taatit rugs and an Cost: FREE An evolving exhibition located within an interesting collection of items relating original crofthouse. Artist Niela Kalra to knitwear, featuring artwork, knitwear, Join Joanna Hunter in her studio at Ninian, interprets the landmark court case arising crochet and hand crafted items. An open where she’ll allow you a sneaky peek behind out of the Hoswick Whale Caa, 1888. Niela demonstration event will be held on Monday the scenes and chat about her 20 years explores themes of equity; and the tenacity, 30th September featuring local crafters who designing knitwear. You can see where and resilience and bravery of Shetland Crofters will be happy to demonstrate, chat and share how she designs and makes her collections through glass processes including casting their knowledge. There will also be a talk on as well as meeting her team. Visit Ninian to and printing. Her new knitted work reflects Taatit Rugs by Dr Carol Christiansen at 1400. find out about special offers and competitions concepts and imagery inspired by the See website for transport information. to celebrate Joanna’s 20th anniversary. landscape past and present.

Nielanell Design Studio Burra Bears Open Studio Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition Saturday 28th September - Saturday 5th Saturday 28th September - Sunday 6th Saturday 28th September - Sunday 6th October, 0900 - 1730; Sunday 6th October, October, 1000 - 1600 October, 1200 - 1400 (Sunday 6th, 1200 0930 - 1600 - 1600) Event Provider: Burra Bears Event Provider: Niela Nell Kalra Event Provider: Development Ltd Location: Burra Bears Studio, Meadows Location: Nielanell Studio, Hoswick, Road, Houss, Location: Speldiburn Cafe, Bressay Sandwick Box Office Booking: N/A Box Office Booking: N/A Box Office Booking: N/A Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Cost: FREE Cost: FREE Cost: FREE Head towards the east side of Burra and Exhibition of Bressay knitwear, art and The Alternative Shetland Knitwear. Visit discover where the original Shetland Teddy crafts with local knitwear and crafts for the studio/shop and enjoy a glass of wine Bear is created. Meet Wendy in her workshop sale. Demonstrations and advice from local with us. Discover an unexpected range of and hear how the first Burra Bear was made knitters, spinners and weavers on Sunday 6th. contemporary knitwear in flattering styles to over 22 years ago using a recycled Fair Isle Located at the Speldiburn Café, it’s the ideal suit all shapes and sizes. Inventive collections jumper. lunch or coffee stop, 20 minutes walk from in striking colours and distinctive textures the ferry. For further information and contact using luxurious wool combinations. Distinctly details see www.bressay.org Nielanell – Designed for Comment. You won’t want to leave!

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More Than a Happening from the Sea Of the Land: Icelandic Wool Saturday 28th September - Wednesday 2nd Saturday 28th September - Sunday 6th Saturday 28th September - Sunday 6th October, 1300 - 1800 (Tues 1st October, October, 1000 - 1900 October, 1000 - 1900 1300 - 2000) Event Provider: & Archives Event Provider: Shetland Museum & Archives Event Provider: SWI and friends Location: Upper Foyer, Shetland Museum & Location: Shetland Museum & Archives, Hay’s Location: Ollaberry Hall, Ollaberry Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: N/A Box Office Booking: N/A Box Office Booking: N/A Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Cost: £6.00 Cost: FREE Cost: FREE

An exhibition of old and new knitwear, mainly Netherlands based artist Diana Warmels-Edes Deborah Gray’s exhibition is based on her haps and shawls, made locally. Fair Isle is exhibiting lace knitting made from beach time as Artist-In-Residence at the Icelandic garments will also be displayed to add wider found plastic rope including items based on Textile Centre (Textilsetur) in Blonduos, Iceland interest to visitors. Knitters and spinners, old lace patterns and a dress made from in 2018. Icelandic sheep have developed over aged 10 and up, will be on hand for a chat printed fabric. centuries of isolation from other sheep breeds and demonstrations. Enjoy a cup of tea and and adapted to their environment. homebakes which are included in the entry fee.

Nottingham-Shetland Exploring Wool and Craft: Reconsider Wool Knitted Lace Vivian Ross-Smith Saturday 28th September - Sunday 6th Research Project Saturday 28th September - Sunday 6th October, 1000 - 1900 October, 1000 - 1900 Saturday 28th September - Sunday 6th Event Provider: Shetland Museum & Archives October, 1000 - 1900 Event Provider: Shetland Museum & Archives Location: Shetland Museum & Archives, Hay’s Event Provider: Shetland Museum & Archives Location: Shetland Museum & Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Location: Shetland Museum & Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: N/A Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: N/A Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking: N/A Spaces: N/A Cost: FREE Spaces: N/A Cost: FREE As part of Shetland Wool Week’s commitment Cost: FREE Vivian Ross-Smith’s exhibition will explore to emerging talent there is a student exhibition wool and craft in a fine art context and of prize winners chosen for excellence in View the results of phase 2 of a collaborative portraying Shetland wool and/or in project by Drs Carol Christiansen and Roslyn consider how her links to crofting have influenced her art practice. This will be shown a contemporary manner. The Shetland Wool Chapman to investigate design differences Week competition was open to all students between Shetland and hand-made lace and through a series of wall-based textile pieces and painting. This series of works will be linked studying Fine Art and Contemporary Textiles ‘Shetland’ lace patterns published in 19th degrees at University of the Highlands and century books. to a text she has in this year’s Shetland Wool Week Annual. Islands.

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Ulsta Craft Fair Unst Heritage Centre Sharing, Sherry, Shortbread, Tuesday 1st October - Wednesday 2nd Open Day and Cheese - Sunday October, 0900 - 1800 Wednesday 2nd October, 1100 - 1500 Morning Play Time! Sunday 6th October, 1000 - 1400 Event Provider: Yell Crafts Event Provider: Unst Heritage Centre Location: North Ness Public Hall, , Yell Location: Unst Heritage Centre, , Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Box Office Booking: N/A Unst Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Sandwick Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking: N/A Box Office Booking: Yes Cost: FREE Spaces: N/A Cost: £3.00 Spaces: 25 Come along and view all the lovely stalls of Cost: £20.00 local made crafts. An exhibition of Shetland A chance to chat and share ideas with local and textile memorabilia will be on display, with knitters, see knitting displays of current items demonstrations to be observed periodically Join us in a woolly play day at Hoswick. Share along with our collection of unique historical Wool Week tales over a morning glass or two throughout each day. Sandwiches and home fine lace knitting. Local knitwear for sale. bakes available. of sherry. This is a time that visitors, locals, tutors and friends all get together to knit, spin, play and reflect. Enjoy cheese and crackers, shortbread and local music - a lovely warm atmosphere is embraced.

Loops and Lunches Welcomes SGSWDK Sunday Tuesday 1st October - Friday 4th October, Woolweek Teas, Exhibition and 1230 - 1500; also Thursday 3rd October Friday 4th October, 1230 - 1900 Demonstrations 1800 - 2030 Sunday 6th October, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Whalsay Wool Week Group Event Provider: Bigton Community Hall Location: Public Hall, Whalsay Event Provider: Shetland Guild of Spinners, Location: Bigton Hall, Bigton Weavers, Dyers and Knitters Box Office Booking: N/A Box Office Booking: N/A Location: Hall, Brae Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking: N/A Cost: £12.00 Cost: FREE Spaces: N/A Symbister Hall will be your base for the Cost: £6.00 Drop in to the Bigton Hall near the stunning St afternoon where you can enjoy a beautiful Ninian’s Isle for a light lunch, tea or cakes. Run display of coloruful local knitwear, see by the Bigton Community Hall it will include a Shetland Guild of Spinners, Weavers, Dyers demonstrations and take part in various and Knitters exhibition, demonstrations local knitwear display, past and present, Fair activities. Spend time chatting and Isle and lace. Late opening on Thursday (only and Sunday teas, with traditional music knitting with locals and enjoy some tasty from Fiddle and Accordion tea/coffee and cakes available). Crafts by refreshments. You can also visit the Heritage Bigton Artisans available for purchase. Club. Next door Brae Youth Centre will be Centre, Hanseatic Booth or SHOARD shop. hosting a Makers’ Market and Craft Fair and See website for transport details. Galley Shed will have an Up-Helly-Aa Exhibition.

8 For more detailed descriptions of events, including transport, materials or homework required please visit www.shetlandwoolweek.com The choice between London and Shetland was a complete no-brainer

Find out why textile designer Joanna Hunter chose Shetland at shetland.org/shetlanders TALKS, SHOWS & DROP-INS

Shetland Flock Book Shetland Wool Sustainable Knitwear: A Show and Sale 2019 Week Welcome Work in Progress with Ria Saturday 28th September, 09.00 - All Day Sunday 29th September, 1900 - 2100 Burns (Lunchtime Talk) Monday 30th September, 1315 - 1345 Event Provider: Flock Book/SLMG Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Shetland Rural Centre, Staney Hill, Location: Main Hall, Clickimin Leisure Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Complex, Lerwick Location: Shetland Museum and Archives Box Office Booking: N/A Box Office Booking: Yes Auditorium, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Spaces: N/A Spaces: 500 Box Office Booking: Yes Cost: FREE Cost: £15.00 and wear the SWW hat! Spaces: 50 Cost: £3.00 This is the only accredited sale of native Cast on your Shetland Wool Week at this Shetland rams and ram lambs on the island, informal welcome where we will celebrate our Ria’s fledgling knitwear label was born out at which it is anticipated that entries may tenth festival. This will be a relaxed gathering of a desire to combine finding a solution to total over 200 from over 40 breeders. The with speeches and some special guests too. the unsustainable, disposable fast fashion sale will take place from 14.00. Fine Fleece Enjoy a Shetland cocktail and a chance to industry and her love of wool and colour. Her judging will have taken place the night before mingle and look at SWW sponsors’ displays. research has led her to take a slow approach and the wool competition fleeces will be on Wear your Roadside Beanie for the official to manufacturing, using local wool and natural display. There is a café on site which will be photograph. dyes, designing pieces that have longevity open all day. and are made to be cherished, looked after and passed on. In this talk Ria will outline her creative process and how she works to build sustainability into each step, providing some simple tips on how we can all work to become more conscious crafters and consumers.

BOOK NOW JOIN US Meet the Designer: Behind Taat Chat with Dr Carol the Scenes at Nielanell Christiansen at the Old Haa Monday 30th September, Wednesday 2nd Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1530 October, Thurday 3rd October, 1400 - 1445; Tuesday 1st October, 1100 - 1145 Event Provider: Old Haa Trust

Event Provider: Niela Nell Kalra Location: Old Haa, Burravoe, Yell Location: Nielanell Studio, Hoswick, Box Office Booking: Yes Sandwick Spaces: 20 Box Office Booking: N/A Cost: FREE Spaces: N/A The Old Haa, Burravoe, Yell will host a 3 Cost: FREE week exhibition ‘Yell Oo’ (16th Sept to 6th October) including a display of taatit rugs. An informal chat and tour of Niela’s studio Dr Carol Christiansen will deliver a ‘Taat and workshops. We chat about the challenges Chat’ on Monday 30th September exploring and benefits of designing and making in a their design, colour, construction and their small rural Shetland community. We see and importance in Shetland households. discuss the design process and development, and have a peek at the machinations that go BOX OFFICE BOOKINGS on behind the scenes by touring textile, glass and print studios. This is a relaxed event, CAN BE MADE AT please feel free to join at any time. WWW.THELITTLEBOXOFFICE.COM/ SHETLANDWOOLWEEK

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A Journey with Shetland Café, Knitwear & Fleeces Taat Chat at Da Böd Oo with SWW Patron Tuesday 1st October - Thursday 3rd October, Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1130 Oliver Henry 1100 - 1600 Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Monday 30th September, 1930 – 2100 Event Provider: Walls Regatta Club Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Böd of Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Walls Regatta Club, Bayhall, Walls Gremista, Lerwick Location: Mareel, North Ness, Lerwick Box Office Booking: No Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: N/A Spaces: 12 Spaces: 240 Cost: FREE Cost: £12.00

Cost: £6.00 Come along and view the display of local Join Shetland Museum’s Textile Curator knitwear and fleeces for sale. Soup, Dr Carol Christiansen for an informal talk Join Shetland Wool Week 2019 patron, sandwiches, homebakes, teas and coffees about taatit rugs - their design and colour, Oliver Henry, for an insight into his work, available. A warm welcome awaits you at Walls construction, and importance in the Shetland collaborations and projects that have Regatta Club. We will be blyde to see you. household. Taatit rugs from Shetland Textile spanned 50 years in ‘Shetland Oo’. As well Free entry. Museum and Shetland Museum will be as promoting, grading and sorting Shetland available for close-up viewing. Kathy Coull, wool, Oliver’s journey has included playing tutor of the Mini-Taatit Rug workshops, will a key role in the research and development also be in attendance. of new textile products, the Shetland Fine Lace Project and the fascinating costume reconstruction of the late 17th century ‘ Man’ who was found buried in a Shetland peat bog. An evening not to be missed.

Drop-in Knitting, Spinning The Wayward Path of An Evening with Islesburgh and Wheel Clinic a Lawyer Turned Knit Spinners and Knitters Tuesday 1st October, 0945 - 1245, Thursday Designer with Niela Tuesday 1st October, 1900 - 2130 3rd October, 1330 - 1630 Kalra (Lunchtime Talk) Event Provider: Islesburgh Spinning and Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Tuesday 1st October, 1315 - 1345 Knitting Group Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Sandwick Lerwick Location: Shetland Museum and Archives Box Office Booking: N/A Auditorium, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: N/A Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: N/A Cost: FREE Spaces: 50 Cost: FREE

Bring your knitting, spinning or wheel Cost: £3.00 You are invited to spend and evening with a problems – or just come and hang out. group whose members include some of the Elizabeth will be in the drop-in area at Currently Queen Bee of her micro design most experienced and talented spinners, advertised times. The designated drop-in business, Niela has enjoyed a colourful weavers and knitters in Shetland. It is a area will be available all week with a library, journey both geographically and career-wise. great chance to socialise with members and wheels and fleece to play with. Stay for coffee In an inspiring talk, she describes what other visitors and to enjoy live traditional or lunch, see Elizabeth’s handspun , motivated her to set up her design business in Shetland music to accompany your 8 o’clocks take Niela’s tour, visit Niela’s eclectic studio or Shetland, and how working from this remote (tea, cake etc). Do bring your knitting and Laurence’s knitwear. location has been the key to her success. any knitting problems too. There can be no vending at this event.

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Woolly Thinking - Quiz Behind the Scenes of A Closer Look at Night and Buffet with Hazel the UK Knitting and Colour in Textiles Tindall and Janette Budge Crochet Guild (Talk) Thursday 3rd October, 1730 - 1830 Wednesday 2nd October, 1800 - 2100 Wednesday 2nd October, 1930 - 2100 Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Event Provider: Janette Budge and Hazel Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Bod of Tindall Location: Shetland Museum and Archives Gremista, Lerwick Location: Staney Hill Hall, Lerwick Auditorium, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 20 Spaces: 60 Spaces: 115 Cost: £5.00 Cost: £33.00 Cost: £6.00 Linda Newington is a visual artist, who has Join us for a Shetland Woolly Quiz. Two course Barbara Smith is the Publications Curator of used her artist’s eye to curate an exhibition buffet of local flavours provided followed by the U.K. Knitting & Crochet Guild, founded which takes a closer look at colour, through the quiz. Teams of up to 5 people. Don’t worry in 1978. She works with the Guild’s huge the Textile Collection held by the Shetland if you don’t have a team, you can join on the collection, which includes publications, Textile Museum, on show at the Böd of night. See if you can beat Hazel Tindall? 6pm knitted and crocheted items, tools and Gremista. She will talk about the exhibition for 6.30pm buffet start. gadgets. Barbara will talk about the Guild from selection through to display. and its activities, and will present some of her favourite artefacts from the collection, with their fascinating stories.

Tak Your Sock Night Crossing Wires with Viveka Shetland Designers’ Wednesday 2nd October 1830 - 2030 Velupillai (Lunchtime Talk) Inspirations and Thursday 3rd October, 1315 - 1345 Collection Launch Event Provider: AHS Maakin and Yakkin Thursday 3rd October, 1900 - 2100 Group Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Anderson High School (Library), Location: Shetland Museum and Archives Event Provider: Helen Robertson North Loch Drive, Lerwick Auditorium, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Box Office Booking: N/A Box Office Booking: Yes Prince Alfred St, Lerwick Spaces: N/A Spaces: 50 Box Office Booking: Yes Cost: FREE Cost: £3.00 Spaces: 50 Cost: £15.00 ‘Tak your sock’ translates to mean ‘Bring your Shetland dialect is a unique blend of its Knitting’. This event gives you the chance ancestor languages Scots and the now extinct Learn the stories and inspiration behind the to join local knitters, including some of Scandinavian Norn, which was once spoken Shetland’s young knitters, for two hours of work of two of Shetland’s most innovative by the Viking settlers, as well as centuries of designers. Andrea Williamson designs knitting in the Anderson High School. Tea and intense trade contacts and multilingualism homebakes will be available and donations quirky home and fashion accessories which on the islands. This talk will focus specifically were stocked in Anthropologie. Her recent will go towards raising funds for the AHS on the Shetland dialect knitting terms and Maakin and Yakkin Group. designs include funky childrenswear. Helen expressions, many of which are still directly Robertson’s tributes to previous generations traceable to Scandinavian. of knitters and Shetland history are expressed in knitted sculpture, installation and jewellery. Both designers will launch new collections on the night.

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Elegant and Handsome A Little Weaving History Sound of Shetland Specimens of Knitting: from Shetland Friday 4th October, 1800 - 1900 Shetland Lace Close-up (Talk) Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1530 Event Provider: Shetland Arts Development Thursday 3rd October, 1930 - 2100 Event Provider: GlobalYell Agency Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: GlobalYell, 4 Sellafirth Business Location: Mareel Auditorium, North Ness, Lerwick Location: Shetland Museum and Archives Park, Yell Auditorium, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 15 Spaces: 120 Spaces: 115 Cost: £10.00 Cost: £20.00 Cost: £6.00 An informal conversational-style talk about Like Shetland’s knitwear, our music has been influenced by a unique history, blending Shetland Museum holds a large Shetland the history of weaving in Shetland with a chance to ask questions throughout. The talk Scottish and Nordic heritage in a vibrant living Lace collection of about 400 pieces. In this tradition. From reels to airs, renowned fiddle talk, curator Carol Christiansen will present will make use of the findings from research Andy Ross is doing as part of a Masters player Kirsten Hendry will share highlights a brief history of lace knitting in Shetland, from our musical heritage. Take your knitting explain differences in quality and design using programme through Glasgow School of Art, looking at the tweed heritage of the isles. and enjoy a truly local experience with an examples from the Museum’s collection, and informal Shetland ‘supper’ of soup, bannocks, discuss the current research projects and a dram or soft drink. how they are helping us to understand how the craft of fine lace knitting developed and continues to develop knit design.

This Golden Fleece: Have a Go! A Journey Through Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1600 Britain’s Knitted History (Lunchtime Talk) Event Provider: Unst Heritage Centre Friday 4th October, 1315 – 1345 Location: Unst Heritage Centre, Haroldswick, Unst Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Box Office Booking: N/A Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Spaces: N/A Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Cost: £3.00 Box Office Booking: Yes Come along to the offi cial Spaces: 50 Drop-in session that has become a Shetland Wool Week hub to meet regular feature during our season led by fellow Wool Weekers. Price: £3.00 knowledgeable members of the Unst Knitting and Spinning Group. Try spinning (not the Located in the Gadderie at the Shetland Author Esther Rutter spent a year knitting her exercise kind but one that requires a lot of Museum & Archives, it’s the perfect place to relax and knit throughout the week, pick up way from Shetland to the Channel Islands, co-ordination!) or knitting with a Shetland knitting belt. your membership pack and fi nd out what’s exploring Britain’s long-held fascination with happening each day. There is also a handy all things woolly through the recreation of 12 noticeboard where you can leave messages historic garments. In this special illustrated to swap tickets and share lifts. talk, you are invited to join her on her journey and celebrate the launch of the resulting Drop-in 10am–7pm for coffee book, This Golden Fleece, published on 5 (Sundays 10am–5pm). September. A book signing will follow the talk. Emma Louise’s Coffee Shop is situated upstairs.

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‘A Crofter’s Life in Shetland’ Shetland Wool Week Spree Meet the Film Night and Meal Friday 4th October, 2000 - 2300 ShetlandPeerieMakkers Friday 4th October, 1800 - 2115 Saturday 5th October, 1100 - 1600 Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Event Provider: Bigton Community Hall Location: Sound Hall, Lerwick Event Provider: Shetland Peerie Makkers Location: Bigton Hall, Bigton Box Office Booking: Yes Location: Anderson High School, North Loch Drive, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 180 Box Office Booking: N/A Spaces: 80 (30 spaces for the bus) Cost: £13.00 Spaces: N/A Cost: £42.00 (with transport); £35.00 (without transport) To celebrate the almost-end of Wool Week, Cost: FREE join us for a traditional Shetland dance, Enjoy a hearty two-course meal with a choice with music from a local band. Learn some Come along during the Makers’ Market to of local beef or lamb from Bigton Farm (of traditional dances, with local dancers to help meet ShetlandPeerieMakkers – the next BBCs ‘This Farming Life’ fame), and desserts. you, or simply enjoy the music. A light supper generation of Shetland hand-knitters. This The bar will be open for refreshments (not is included in the price. The bar will be open, drop-in event will give you the chance to meet, included in price). The meal will be followed and you’ll have a chance to win some quality chat with and create alongside the future by the Jenny Gilbertson film ‘A Crofter’s Life in textile prizes in the raffle. knitters of the Shetland Isles. The bairns Shetland’ (1931) and a Q&A after with her (children) will have their ‘makkin’, so please daughter Ann Black. Dietary options available bring yours and join them for some quality on request. If you select the ‘With transport’ knitting time. ticket, this will include a return bus from Lerwick. Pick up from Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick at 17.20 and returning after the event at approximately 22.00.

Shetland Wool Week Shetland Flock Book Makers’ Market 2019 & Fine Fleece Saturday 5th October, 1100 - 1600 Prizegiving Supper and Dance with Vi-Spring Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Saturday 5th October, 1900 - 2330 Location: Anderson High School, North Loch Drive, Lerwick Event Provider: Flock Book Society Box Office Booking: N/A Location: Tingwall Hall, Tingwall Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking: Yes Cost: FREE Spaces: 180 (57 spaces for the bus)

A great chance to meet local makers and Cost: £20.00 (with transport); £15.00 purchase beautiful Shetland wool pieces, (without transport) many not available in shops! There will be light lunches, coffee and cake available too. Round off your Wool Week and enjoy a social Please note the Anderson High School is a evening with traditional Shetland fiddle music, short walk from the Clickimin Leisure Centre, Shetland dancing and a light supper. Meet where there is additional parking. islanders and crofters and learn about the raw material that brings us all together. See Box o ice bookings the trophies being awarded to this year’s prize can be made at winners following the annual Flock Book show and Shetland fine wool competition. Bus www.thelittleboxo ice.com/ picks up from Islesburgh Community Centre shetlandwoolweek Car Park, Lerwick at 1900 (for those who choose the transport option).

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Join me on an unforgettable journey to discover Shetland and our unique textile heritage. My tours are designed to give an insight into Shetland’s knitting traditions and local textile industry. Each trip o ers a carefully planned blend of workshops and classes aimed at opening up the world of Shetland knitting, with walks and excursions to introduce the landscape and history of the islands. You will visit some of Shetland’s most scenic locations and sample delicious local produce too. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime-holiday.

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Tour Around a Bressay Flock Book Croft Tour: Fair Isle Experience Island Croft with Chris Dyer Gremista and Lunna Farms Monday 30th September; Thursday 3rd Sat 28th Sept 0900 – 1300*; 1300 – 1615*; 1630 – 1900 October, 0815 - 1730; Friday 4th October, Sun 29th Sept 0900 – 1230*; 1230 – 1615*; 1630 – 1900 Sunday 29th September, 0815 – 1300 Mon 30th Sept 0900 – 1300*; 1300 – 1630*; 1630 – 1900 0815 - 1630 Tue 1st Oct 0900 – 1300*; 1300 – 1630*; 1630 – 1900 Wed 2nd Oct 0900 – 1300*; 1300 – 1630*; 1630 – 1900 Event Provider: Flock Book Society Fri 4th Oct 0900 – 1300*; 1300 – 1630*; 1630 – 1900 Event Provider: Mati Ventrillon Sat 5th Oct 0900 – 1300*; 1300 – 1615*; 1630 – 1900 Location: Pick up from Islesburgh Community Sun 6th Oct 0900 – 1230*; 1230 – 1615*; 1630 – 1900 Centre Car Park, Lerwick at 0815 Location: Fair Isle (pick up and drop off at Viking Bus Station, Lerwick) Event Provider: Chris Dyer Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Location: Garths Croft, Bressay Spaces: 57 Spaces: 6 Box Office Booking: Yes Cost: £34.00 Cost: £220.00 Spaces: 8 Join a member of the Flock Book Society A unique experience to immerse yourself into Cost: £40.00 or £50.00* includes lunch on this half day croft tour. Begin with a short visit to Gremista Farm, Lerwick and hear from Fair Isle’s history and culture. Learn about Fair Isle patterns and colours directly from the A truly unique opportunity to join local crofter crofter Eric Graham and see his top quality white flock sheep being gathered by border knitters, discover Fair Isle’s amazing history Chris Dyer on an exclusive walk through the on a guided tour of its museum, hear stories agricultural year in Shetland, looking at the collie dogs. From here, head north east to the stunning location of Lunna in and see a about the South from one of the variety of native Shetland sheep and fleeces. keepers while admiring the view from the top Chris’s croft is mixed with pigs, turkeys, hens, traditionally run family farm with Flock Book Rams, a beef herd, goats and poultry. Lunch of its tower, and have lunch at a guesthouse. fruit, vegetables, trees and drystone dykes Please note this event can only take place if alongside his beautifully coloured sheep. The is included at the Vidlin Hall where there will also be a display of prizewinning fleeces and all 6 places are booked. In the event of bad morning and early afternoon tours (*) are weather, this trip may be cancelled. Includes inclusive of a light lunch. local arts and crafts to buy (cash only). Wear clothing suitable for the outdoors. all travel including a 25 minute flight.

BOOK NOW JOIN US Uradale Farm: Organic Tour to Native Shetland Sheep with Monday 30th September, 0845 - 1730 Ronnie and Jakob Eunson Event Provider: Island Vista Sunday 29th, Monday 30th September, Wednesday 2nd October, Friday 4th October, Location: Pick up from Shetland Musuem Saturday 5th October, 1100 - 1330 and Archives Car Park, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick

Event Provider: Uradale Farm Box Office Booking: Yes Location: Uradale Farm, East Voe, Spaces: 45 Box Office Booking: Yes Cost: £72.00 Spaces: 12 Travel north to the stunning cliffs of Eshaness, visit the Tangwick Haa museum, view the Cost: £25.00 Drongs and then travel to Ollaberry Hall to try spinning and carding, see how a hap is See native Shetland sheep up close with put together and how a cardigan/jumper sheepdogs. Listen indoors to a talk on the is prepared for putting on a jumper board. breed, the history and the fleeces. Ask Refreshments and lunch provided. See questions and feel the wool direct off the website for full itinerary. sheep. Retire to farm house for lunch of soup, BOX OFFICE BOOKINGS bannocks, tabnabs, tea and coffee. Vegetarian option available. Opportunity to buy Uradale CAN BE MADE AT yarns in house. Please wear suitably warm clothing. *If you would like to combine this WWW.THELITTLEBOXOFFICE.COM/ tour with an afternoon Bohus knitting class SHETLANDWOOLWEEK see pages 26, 33, 48, 62, 65.

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Shetland Museum and Jamieson’s of Visit Yell By Bus Archives Textiles Tours Shetland Mill Tour Tuesday 1st October or Wednesday 2nd Monday 30th September, Wednesday 2nd Monday 30th September or Wednesday 2nd October, 0745 - 1830 October, Friday 4th October, 1030 or 1430 October, 1400 - 1800 Event Provider: Yell Bus Event Provider: Shetland Museum and Event Provider: Jamieson’s of Shetland Location: Islesburgh Community Centre Car Archives Location: Pick up from ‘Welcome to Shetland’ Park, King Harald Street, Lerwick Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, sign on Esplande, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 16 Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 33 Cost: £65.00 Spaces: 15 Cost: £15.00 Cost: £5.00 Come and Visit Yell with a local bus driver on a Tour of Jamieson’s of Shetland wool mill. Take “Yell Bus”. You will visit the Old Haa Museum, Join Shetland Museum & Archives Visitor our bus out to Sandness on the west coast of The Shetland Gallery, GlobalYell, Mary’s, The Services Assistants for a tour of the Textile Shetland and be guided around Shetland’s Craft Hut and the Ulsta Craft Fair. You will have displays. The Textile Collection is Recognised only spinning mill. You will see all processes lunch at Lj’s Diner, (included in the cost). as a collection of national significance. Tour needed to turn raw wool from our sheep into You will meet Shetland Ponies and Shetland lasts approximately 30 minutes. , Knitwear and woven cloth. Bus leaves coloured sheep, plus see some beautiful from ‘Welcome to Shetland’ sign at Lerwick’s views. Esplanade.

Wool Sorting and Tour of the Isle of Bressay Grading Demonstration with Douglas Coutts with Oliver Henry Monday 30th September & Friday 4th Monday 30th September, Wednesday 2nd & October, 1045 - 1500 Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1500 Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Location: Bressay Ferry Terminal, Lerwick Woolbrokers LTD) Box Office Booking: Yes Location: Jamieson& Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Spaces: 16 Box Office Booking: N/A Cost: £47.00 Come along to the offi cial Shetland Wool Week hub to meet Spaces: N/A This tour takes you throughout the picturesque fellow Wool Weekers. Cost: FREE island of Bressay with guide Douglas Coutts. Located in the Gadderie at the Shetland A ten minute ferry ride takes you from Lerwick Museum & Archives, it’s the perfect place to Join this year’s SWW patron Oliver Henry as he town centre to an island filled with wildlife, relax and knit throughout the week, pick up shows you behind the green Woolstore doors archaeology, lochs and history. Tour includes your membership pack and fi nd out what’s of Jamieson & Smith. A wool man for over 50 a visit to a croft - including sheep! Price happening each day. There is also a handy years this tour offers an interesting insight for includes transport and lunch. See website noticeboard where you can leave messages all wool lovers and producers alike and has for details. to swap tickets and share lifts. become a Wool Week must-do! It can be cold Drop-in 10am–7pm for coffee in the woolstore so ensure to wrap up warm. (Sundays 10am–5pm). Emma Louise’s Coffee Shop is situated upstairs.

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Visit the Isle of Foula Flock Book Croft Tour: Explore Bigton: Sheep, Tuesday 1st October, 0910 - 1700 Vementry, Ollaberry Ponies & St. Ninian’s Isle and Islesburgh Tuesday 1st October, Thursday 3rd October, Event Provider: Magnus Holbourn Tuesday 1st October, 0945 – 1730 Friday 4th October, 1415 - 1715 Location: Foula (pick up and drop off at Viking Bus Station, Lerwick) Event Provider: Flock Book Society Event Provider: Island Trails Box Office Booking: Yes Location: Pick up from Islesburgh Community Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Centre Car Park, Lerwick Spaces: 7 Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Cost: £205.00 Spaces: 8 (16 for the Friday tour) Spaces: 40 Cost: £45.00 Take a trip to the remote and breath-taking Cost: £50.00 isle of Foula, where you will meet crofters and Explore the Bigton area with local tour guide, see native sheep in this rugged environment. Meet some of the people behind Shetland’s James Tait, in a small group tour. See colourful Your guide will tell you about the natural and Shetland sheep close up and fleeces from cultural history of this unique island, home to top quality flocks. Travel west to the Vementry Estate and visit a glorious, hidden part of the 2019 clip. Meet native Shetland ponies the famous Foula Wool and the location for at Bigton Farm and visit St. Ninian’s Isle the 1937 film Edge of the World. Transport, Shetland. Here you will meet Hamish Hunter and his family, and see white and moorit connected via a sand tombolo (causeway). flights and island hospitality included. Wool Hear local stories and folklore. and fleeces will be available to buy (cash (brown) sheep being gathered by his border only). Wear clothing and footwear suitable collie dog. Enjoy lunch at the Ollaberry Hall for rough ground and inclement weather. In and visit the popular knitwear exhibition. On the event of bad weather this trip may be the journey back, stop at Islesburgh Farm, cancelled. and find out what characteristics make Shetland sheep and their wool stand out in the wool industry. Wear clothing suitable for the outdoors.

Textiles Tour at Shetland Lerwick Walking Tour College, University of the and Taste of Shetland Highlands and Islands Tuesday 1st or Thursday 3rd October, 1715 Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd October, 1345 - 2100 - 1415 Event Provider: Island Vista Event Provider: University of the Highlands Location: Meet at Diana Fountain, Victoria and Islands, Shetland College Pier, Lerwick Location: Shetland College, Gremista, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 20 Spaces: 18 Cost: £67.00 Cost: FREE This walking tour of Lerwick will take in the A 30 minute tour of Shetland College: recently restored Tolbooth, picturesque University of the Highlands and Islands Textile Lodberries, Lerwick Town Hall and Fort Department and Textile Facilitation Unit. Join Charlotte. We then finish off with a lovely a tour to see our fantastic knitting, weaving meal in the Peerie Shop Café, where you can and silk screen printmaking workshops; meet sample some of our fantastic local produce students and staff and find out more about and enjoy live local music. See website for Box o ice bookings our courses and the work produced at UHI. full itinerary. can be made at Discover the T.F.U., where technicians work with electronic knitting machines. Booking www.thelittleboxo ice.com/ required. shetlandwoolweek

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Tour to Unst Jamieson’s of Shetland Tour to South Mainland Wednesday 2nd October, 0745 - 1830 Mill Tour (no transport) Sunday 6th October, 0845 - 1515 Friday 4th October, 1100 - 1200 or 1430 Event Provider: Island Vista - 1530 Event Provider: Island Vista Location: Shetland Museum Car Park, Hay’s Location: Shetland Museum Car Park, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Event Provider: Jamieson’s of Shetland Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Location: Jamieson’s of Shetland, Sandness Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 45 Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 30 Cost: £79.00 Spaces: 15 Cost: £75.00 Cost: £5.00 Join us for a tour to Unst, the most northerly Travel to the most southerly point of inhabited island in Britain and see the most Tour of Jamieson’s of Shetland wool mill. Take mainland Shetland, with your local guide. northerly point of the UK. See a tapestry made a tour out to Sandness on the west coast of Discover 5,000 years of history at , by the widow of a pilot lost during WWII. The Shetland and be guided around an important archaeological site. Meet two main event is at the Unst Heritage Centre and only spinning mill. You will see all processes separate groups of sheep and learn how they Haroldswick Hall. Lunch provided. needed to turn raw wool from our sheep into fit into the industry. Visit Quendale Mill, a Yarn, Knitwear and woven cloth. Please note - restored water mill. Lunch provided. no transport provided for this tour.

Westside Tour - Ponies, Tour to Whalsay BOOK NOW JOIN US Sheep, Shetland Sheepdogs Friday 4th October, 1245 - 1900 and Art Gallery Event Provider: Island Vista Wednesday 2nd or Thursday 3rd October, 0930 - 1230 Location: Shetland Museum Car Park, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Event Provider: Go Shetland Tours Box Office Booking: Yes Location: Shetland Museum Car Park, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Spaces: 30 Box Office Booking: Yes Cost: £75.00 Spaces: 18 Join your local guide on this trip to Whalsay, the Bonnie Isle, where you will spend the Cost: £48.00 afternoon seeing the various demonstrations/ crafts in the Symbister Hall. There will also be Visit Marion at Tresta, with the family’s ponies, a guided tour around the isle. Refreshments sheep and Shetland sheepdogs. Marion’s are included. See website for full itinerary. family have lived here for several generations and she will be happy to chat to you, while you view the animals. Bonhoga Gallery has exhibitions of contemporary arts and crafts, BOX OFFICE BOOKINGS and a small shop selling unusual gifts. Price includes guided scenic drive, transport and CAN BE MADE AT refreshments. WWW.THELITTLEBOXOFFICE.COM/ SHETLANDWOOLWEEK

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Get Makkin Fair Isle Drop Spindling for Beginners Introduction to Fair Isle Saturday 28th September, 0900 - 1400 with Deborah Gray Knitting with Donna Smith Saturday 28th September, 0930 - 1230 Saturday 28th September, 1000 - 1300 Event Provider: Amanda Pottinger and Janet Irvine Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Donna Smith Woolbrokers LTD) Location: Whalsay Heritage and Community Location: Shetland Museum & Archives, Hay’s Centre, Hillhead, Whalsay Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Dock, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 8 Cost: £55.00 Cost: £55.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Beginner During this class participants will learn how Learn to knit Fair Isle in the traditional way to knit in the round, using 3 double pointed Deborah Gray travels the world teaching using two colours at one time by knitting a needles and a knitting belt. Choose from spinning and working with fleece. Join her as small sample in the round. We will discuss a range of pure Shetland wool colours and she teaches you how to use a drop spindle so ways to improve your colour work skills (such patterns, and create a hand knitted cushion, you can spin your own yarn anywhere using as how to hold the yarn) and how to choose headband or iPad cover of your own design. J&S combed tops. Spindles provided with the colour. See website for materials. All materials, tea, coffee and home bakes will option to buy after the class from Deborah. be provided, please bring packed lunch.

Weaving for Beginners Spindle Spinning and - Shetland Tweed the Muckle Wheel Saturday 28th September, 0945 - 1600 Saturday 28th September, 1000 - 1300

Event Provider: GlobalYell Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Location: GlobalYell, 4 Sellafirth Business Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Park, Yell Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 5 Spaces: 4 Come along to the offi cial Cost: £65.00 Cost: £45.00 Shetland Wool Week hub to meet fellow Wool Weekers. Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Beginner

Located in the Gadderie at the Shetland Join us for a workshop to learn how to weave Use a variety of drop spindles using Shetland Museum & Archives, it’s the perfect place to on pre-warped looms, using some of the wool to create yarn. Try out the Muckle, relax and knit throughout the week, pick up beautiful, traditional patterns from Shetland’s Great or Walking Wheel. Materials and use your membership pack and fi nd out what’s happening each day. There is also a handy tweed history. All materials supplied and of equipment provided. Please note the noticeboard where you can leave messages lunch. premises are opposite Bain’s Beach and have to swap tickets and share lifts. a high step and narrow entrance. Drop-in 10am–7pm for coffee (Sundays 10am–5pm). Emma Louise’s Coffee Shop is situated upstairs.

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The Gunnister Man’s Gravit Hoop as a Loom Introduction to Traditional Saturday 28th September, 1000 - 1700 Saturday 28th September, 1100 - 1400 Fair Isle Tams/Berets with Linda Shearer Event Provider: Helen Robertson Event Provider: AAMOS Designs (2-part workshop) Location: Hall, ZE2 9QW Location: The String, 88 Commercial Street, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th September, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes 1400 - 1700 Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 12 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Spaces: 10 Cost: £120.00 Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Cost: £65.00 Lerwick Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Box Office Booking: Yes Visit the site of the Gunnister Man’s grave, dating from around 1700 and hear the You will learn how to make your circular Spaces: 10 story of his discovery. Then begin to knit loom from an embroidery hoop, how to Cost: £110.00 The Gunnister Man’s Gravit (scarf), a design warp up as well as a number of unusual and inspired by the motif on his socks and the traditional weaving/tapestry techniques to Skill Level: Intermediate layers of peat he was found under. Double create unique circular woven designs, which knit Foula Wool is included as well as a light can be displayed in your home on a wall or This is a two-part workshop over Saturday lunch. See website for transport details and as coasters and table mats. Please note the and Sunday afternoons where you will learn further information. venue is at the top of steep narrow stairs, the basics of knitting a traditional Fair Isle there is no disabled access. tam/beret. Part one will get you started on the body of the hat, and in part two we will concentrate on the crown and finishing off. A selection of Shetland yarn will be available. See website for additional information.

Felted Miniature Sheep Sheep Inspired Brooches Saturday 28th September, 1030 - 1300 Saturday 28th September, 1400 - 1630

Event Provider: Clair Aldington and Amy Event Provider: Clair Aldington and Amy Colvin Colvin Location: Shetland Rural Centre, Staneyhill, Location: Shetland Rural Centre, Staneyhill, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 14 Spaces: 14 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels

Create your own miniature Shetland Sheep. Using a variety of felting techniques create a Starting with a wire frame, you will build up 2D or 3D brooch inspired by Shetland sheep your sheep with yarn wrapping and needle and wool. You will have the opportunity to get felting using Shetland wool. Using the unique up close to study and sketch native Shetland venue of the Shetland Rural Centre (Livestock sheep breeds. Shetland sheep sales will be market) you will have the opportunity to get taking place in the venue during the day and up close to study and sketch native Shetland there is a cafe on site. All materials, tea, coffee sheep breeds. All materials, tea, coffee and and biscuits provided. Box o ice bookings biscuits provided. can be made at www.thelittleboxo ice.com/ shetlandwoolweek

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Plying Techniques Introduction to Cockleshell Beginners’ Fair Isle with Asita Krebs Lace with Rachel Hunter with Janette Budge Saturday 28th September, 1400 - 1700 Saturday 28th September, 1400 - 1700 Saturday 28th September, 1400 - 1700

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Shetland Museum & Archives, Hay’s Lerwick Lerwick Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 10 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Beginner

Many plying techniques are possible on a This class will introduce you to the Cockleshell This is a three-hour class for those new to Fair drop spindle but what does that mean for your lace pattern: a very well-known and Isle or stranded knitting. We will cover ways to knitting? We will learn how plyed yarns can recognisable pattern in the Shetland lace attach new colours, how to carry your yarn at be built up (cording) and what these yarns tradition. You will learn how to knit a basic the back (floats), achieve an even tension and are best used for. We will get to know three stitch – and not so basic Cockleshell motif tips on colour choice and patterns. Knitting different types of plying techniques, which and be provided with pattern notes so you with two colours in the round is optional. also have their own uses. Please bring your can complete a scarf. You will also be shown The class is open to all ages. See website for own drop spindle. See website for details. how to ‘dress’ or block your scarf and you will materials and homework. investigate colour combinations. See website for skills and materials.

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Contemporary Fair Isle Warp-Weighted Fair Isle Yoke Bags Textiles Printing Workshop Loom Weaving with with Janette Budge Sunday 29th September, 0930 - 1230 or Elizabeth Johnston and Jeannie Tulloch 1400 - 1700 Sunday 29th September, 0945 - 1630 Sunday 29th September, 1000 - 1300

Event Provider: Gaada Projects C.I.C. Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Da Auld Methodist Kirk, Bridge End, Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Burra Isle, ZE2 9LD Sandwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 6 Spaces: 4 Spaces: 14 Cost: £85.00 Cost: £115.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate

This dynamic textiles printing workshop takes A unique opportunity to weave on a loom This class gives you an opportunity to practise place in a 125 year old kirk. Design and which was in common use in Shetland blending colours, try a knitting belt and knit handprint your very own contemporary Fair for thousands of years. Learn the weaving with two colours. You will learn the techniques Isle repeating pattern. Led by Royal College process on this ancient, but simple and of the traditional “star and tree” yoke pattern of Art master printmakers who will teach you versatile loom. Students will make a warp, in style, giving you the skills how to screenprint beautiful ombre fades on tie it on the loom and weave a piece of cloth needed for knitting a yoke jumper or cardigan. textiles using their range of special ‘Shetland’ suitable for a place mat, pot stand or holder. Hear of the knitting way of life, 40 years ago pigments. Then print your unique design on Includes materials and lunch. from the tutors’ experience. See website for quality textiles to take home! materials and homework.

Heavenly Handpainting on Colours of Shetland and Steeking with Sock Blanks with Niela Kalra Lace with Anne Eunson Barbara Cheyne Sunday 29th September, 0945 - 1245 or Sunday 29th September, 1000 - 1300 Sunday 29th September, 1000 - 1300 1330 - 1630 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Lerwick Lerwick Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 8 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £60.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: All Levels In this class you will take inspiration from the In this class you will knit in the round a small Let your imagination go wild - design and beautiful Shetland landscape to create your piece of work in two colours – part pattern and paint your own blank, which has been individual colourways. You can have some part . The steek will be cut and neatened pre-knitted locally using beautiful Shetland fun creating colour wraps with Shetland wool. in the traditional Shetland method. Other yarn, with Nielanell, textile designer. Once From your chosen colours you will go on to types of finishing will be shown. See website dyed, re-ball your masterpiece and knit into knit Shetland lace samples or be adventurous for materials, homework and skills required. matching socks, mittens or that special lace and begin your own unique mobius cowl. See shawl. Become a yarn designer for (half) a website for materials. day! Materials included. Email Niela at info@ nielanell.com with any questions.

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The Magic of Double Felted Vases and Bowls Hoop as a Loom Knitting for Beginners (2-part workshop) Sunday 29th September, 1100 - 1400 with Meret Buetzberger Sunday 29th September & Sunday 6th Event Provider: AAMOS Designs Sunday 29th September, 1000 - 1300 October, 1030 - 1300 Location: The String, 88 Commercial Street, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Clair Aldington and Amy Lerwick Colvin Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Location: Staney Hill Hall, Lerwick Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £65.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 14 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £50.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: All Levels You will learn how to make your circular Skill Level: Beginner loom from an embroidery hoop, how to warp up as well as a number of unusual and With the technique you Come along to this 2-day workshop and create your own 3D object with wet and dry traditional weaving/tapestry techniques to knit two right sides in one with two different create unique circular woven designs, which colours and you get a reversible piece. It’s felting techniques. On the first day you will make your object using wet felting techniques. can be displayed in your home on a wall or ideal for shawls, cowls and hats, but you as coasters and table mats. Please note the can also use it for cardigans and jumpers. This will then be washed and dried ready for embellishing and dry needle felting to venue is at the top of steep narrow stairs, In this class you will be shown this amazing there is no disabled access. technique and take your knitting skills a step decorate it during the second workshop. further. See website for materials. Refreshments included.

Thrummed Mittens Make Two Hardcase Mood Boards & Colour with Hélène Driesen Notebooks with Mary Fraser with Joanna Hunter Sunday 29th September, 1000 - 1300 Sunday 29th September, 1000 - 1700 Sunday 29th September, 1100 - 1400

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Ninian Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Lerwick Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 4 Cost: £55.00 Cost: £90.00 Cost: £65.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels

Learn how to make these wonderfully warm Make two hardcase notebooks, using Join local designer Joanna Hunter in her 20th and fun mittens that have tufts (thrums) card, graph and plain papers, linen thread, year of designing and producing knitwear, for of wool knitted into the fabric and which headbands and adhesive. An introduction a workshop developing mood boards and originated in Newfoundland. Participants will to the traditional skill of bookbinding playing with colour. She’ll lead you through the receive yarn, roving, Hélène’s pattern, stitch incorporating a textile element in a ready processes she uses to design collections and marker and ultra suede sew-on tag. See made Fair Isle knitted cover. Mary will take you then push your boundaries to see colour in website for homework, materials and skills through each each stage step-by-step. You will new ways whilst being inspired by the array of required. leave the class with two completed books and yarns around you. Includes coffee and cake. the skills and knowledge to make many more.

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Felted Jewellery Intermediate Bohus Spin to Knit with Sunday 29th September, 1400 - 1630 with Trollenwol Ruth Robinson Sunday 29th September, 1400 - 1700 Sunday 29th September, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Clair Aldington and Amy Colvin Event Provider: Trollenwol and Uradale Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Staney Hill Hall, Lerwick Location: Uradale Farm, East Voe, Scalloway Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 14 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced Skill Level: All Levels Come along and hand felt a unique piece of In this class we will start a project (wrist jewellery. You can choose from a necklace, warmer or leg warmers) in the Bohus style. In this class we will go through the process earrings or brooch. We will be using needle The project will be knitted in the round and we of skeining correctly, measuring, working out felting techniques with natural Shetland wool will be practising working with 2 or 3 colours meterage using different methods and how to and vibrant merinos as well as beads and in one row (and for the very skilled, 4) and in wash the skein. Working out sparkle. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. the meantime knit stitches on the wrong side sizes for your handspun will be discussed and and purl stitches on the right side. The Bohus- using wraps-per-inch (wpi) tools we will learn like pattern will be more intricate. The project to calculate quantities of yarn for a project. can be finished at home after the workshop. The importance of swatch planning and Materials provided. See website for transport. recording your calculations by these methods If you would like to combine this class with will be highlighted. See website for homework. a morning tour of Uradale farm and lunch please see page 16.

Herbal Tea Blending for Colourwork from Inspiration Shaping of Shawls Knitters with Suze Walker with Terri Malcolmson with Asita Krebs Sunday 29th September, 1400 - 1630 Sunday 29th September, 1400 - 1700 Sunday 29th September, 1400 - 1700

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Cost: £20.00 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate

At this workshop local medical herbalist Suze Practise colourwork by drawing inspiration There is so much you can do with shaping. In Walker will discuss some of the common from something you already own. Inspiration this class we will learn six different shaping medical conditions that can arise due to can be taken from anything from photographs techniques for shawls and how to combine knitting. You will then learn about the native to pottery, and in this class we will be working them. We will knit at least one mini sample in plants that can be used to treat these on a few of the techniques Terri uses to do whichever style you choose. We will also learn conditions through discussion and a tea this. Whether you want to make a cushion to different ways to and . See tasting session. You will also get to devise your match your curtains or a hat to match your website for needles and skills required. own unique blend of dried herbs to take home glasses, these techniques will help. See with you and use as an herbal tea. website for materials.

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CLASSES MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

Introduction to Machine Mood Boards & Colour Fleece Preparation Knitting: Hand Tool with Joanna Hunter for Handspinning with Techniques Monday 30th September, 0930 - 1230 or Deborah Gray Monday 30th September, 0915 - 1630 1400 - 1700 Monday 30th September, 0930 - 1230

Event Provider: Andrea Williamson Event Provider: Ninian Event Provider: Deborah Gray Location: Andrea Williamson’s Workshop Location: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Location: Market House, (Voluntary Action Brough, Whalsay Lerwick Shetland) 14 Market St, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 3 Spaces: 4 Spaces: 10 Cost: £115.00 Cost: £65.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner

Shetland textile designer Andrea Williamson Join local designer Joanna Hunter in her 20th Good preparation is essential for easy and shares her machine knitting enthusiasm and year of designing and producing knitwear, for satisfying spinning. Using an unwashed experience in this introductory class. Learn a workshop developing mood boards and Shetland fleece, learn how to sort it into how to create interesting knitted fabrics on playing with colour. She’ll lead you through the different qualities before learning different a single bed domestic machine. Using hand processes she uses to design collections and preparation techniques for spinning woollen tools to transfer stitches for shaping and then push your boundaries to see colour in and worsted yarns. Discuss methods and techniques to make hems, cables and hand new ways whilst being inspired by the array of merits of washing fleece before or after tool lace. Delicious refreshments included. yarns around you. Includes coffee and cake. spinning. Spin your prepared fleece at home Please note there is a high step to access or learn how at one of Deborah’s drop-spindle this venue. spinning classes. Materials included.

Machine Knit a Cushion Quotidian Colourwork Fair Isle Knitting With Cover at Shetland with Felicity Ford Hazel Tindall College, UHI Monday 30th September, 0930 - 1230 Monday 30th September, 0930 - 1230 Monday 30th September, 0930 - 1600 Event Provider: KNITSONIK Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers LTD) Event Provider: Shetland College: UHI Location: Market House (Voluntary Action Location: Shetland College, UHI, Gremista, Shetland), 14 Market Street, Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Lerwick, ZE1 0PX Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 15 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 6 Cost: £65.00 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £95.00 Skill Level: Advanced Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Intermediate Learn to translate your favourite things into The Textile Department at Shetland College: stranded colourwork using the KNITSONIK Join Shetland’s Hazel Tindall on the UHI is hosting this full day class teaching system. Bring a treasured object or photo from techniques of Fair Isle knitting. In this class basic machine knitting techniques which will which to develop your creative ideas. You’ll you will learn the techniques of two colour allow you to make a two colour patterned also need your preferred needles for working knitting and steeking as well as gaining tips envelope cushion cover. It will cover threading small-circumference stranded colourwork from one of Shetland’s most well known up and knitting on a domestic machine, in the round with fingering weight yarn; 2.5- knitters. Before the class knit up 41 stitches creating a basic , and utilising pre- 3.25mm depending on your tension. Knitters using jumper weight (4ply) and 3mm needles installed patterns from the Brother Stitch must know how to knit stranded colourwork into 5 rows of moss stitch. World 1 pattern book. All materials provided, in the round. but not lunch.

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My Perfect Button with Lacework for Lazy Making Silver Fair Helen Robertson Knitters with Dj Stefek Isle Buttons Monday 30th September, 0930 - 1630 Monday 30th September, 0945 - 1245 or Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1230 or 1330 - 1630 1400 - 1630 Event Provider: Helen Robertson Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Red Houss Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Prince Alfred Street, Lerwick Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Red Houss, East Burra Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 6 Spaces: 2 Spaces: 12 Cost: £120.00 Cost: £90.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Intermediate Create your perfect enamel button set. Making three sterling silver Fair Isle patterned Bring your own favourite yarn or garment to A class designed for those who want to knit silver buttons etched with traditional patterns match coloured enamels and using a range lace but are intimidated by the possibility from Shetland knitters. See website for of enamelling techniques create your own of a stressful knitting project or having yet transport. unique buttons. All materials, equipment another project relegated to the “when I have and lunch provided. You will enamel up to 8 more time” pile. This year’s Lacework for Lazy buttons size 25mm (1 inch) and 4 buttons Knitters class features a shawl with a fun size 45mm (13/4 inch). construction fully customisable for whatever size and design you desire.

Swedish Twined Knitting Demystify Natural Dyeing From Lace to Chunky (Tvåändsstickning) with Elizabeth Johnston - Knitting Traditional Monday 30th September, 0930 - 1230 Monday 30th September, 0945 - 1630 Shetland Lace Patterns in Heavier Organic Yarns Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week with Sheila Fowlie Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Bod of Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1300 Gremista, Lerwick Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Spaces: 10 Spaces: 4 Location: Fine Art, Commercial Street, Lerwick Cost: £45.00 Cost: £115.00 Box Office Booking:Yes Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Beginner Spaces: 6 Swedish knitter Brita Hövenmark will teach Discover the beauty of natural dyes where Cost: £40.00 you the old Swedish technique of twined each colour compliments the next. A class knitting. This is an old traditional way of to investigate and demystify the natural dye Skill Level: Intermediate knitting, where you knit with two alternating process. With just a few dye stuffs, fleece and/ strands of yarn, thus producing a warm, or natural coloured yarns, white, as well as This introductory course will show you how durable and very beautiful item. See website greys and fawns – let’s see how many colours easy it is to knit lace, how traditional Shetland for materials. we can achieve. Bring an apron. Fleece, yarn, lace patterns can be used with different and dye stuffs are provided. weight yarns and different sized needles and how you can knit with 1-ply lace yarn on large needles to produce an ethereal effect. Yarns provided but please bring your own needles any sizes 3.5mm - 10mm.

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Basic Brioche Stitch Fair Isle Yoke Bags Traditional Shetland and How to Knit It with Janette Budge Haps with Donna Smith with Amy Detjen and Jeannie Tulloch Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1300 Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1300 Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1300 Event Provider: Donna Smith Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 14 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £55.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Intermediate Learn the basics of 2-colour Brioche in the Learn about the traditional Shetland lace hap round by beginning a lovely, reversible cowl. This class gives you an opportunity to practise construction where the hap is knitted from You will learn the basic Brioche stitch and blending colours, try a knitting belt and knit the outside towards the centre. You will be how to avoid the confusion at the end of the with two colours. You will learn the techniques guided through knitting a mini hap using this row. The class gives you a foundation to many of the traditional “star and tree” yoke pattern technique. There will be examples of haps on more advanced Brioche projects! See website in circular knitting style, giving you the skills display for you to study. for materials. needed for knitting a yoke jumper or cardigan. Hear of the knitting way of life, 40 years ago from the tutors’ experience. See website for materials and homework.

Spin to Knit with Dorset Buttons with 25 Shades from One Natural Ruth Robinson Tania Ashton Jones Dye Bath with Julia Billings Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1300 Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1300 Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1700

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Lerwick Lerwick Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £90.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels

In this class we will go through the process Learn how to make buttons from your leftover Discover the joys of natural dyeing and the of skeining correctly, measuring, working out ends of wool to embellish and add a personal diversity of shades available from just one meterage using different methods and how to finishing touch to your handknits. Join Tania dyeplant. This class covers all the essential wash the skein. Working out knitting needle of TJFrog to learn about the techniques and steps involved in transferring the colour found sizes for your handspun will be discussed and history of the heritage craft, Dorset Button in plants onto fibre to give you the skills and using wraps-per-inch (wpi) tools we will learn making. Using Shetland wool, start with the confidence to start dyeing on your own. to calculate quantities of yarn for a project. famous Crosswheel design and explore stitch The importance of swatch planning and variations to design your own. Materials recording your calculations by these methods included. will be highlighted. See website for homework.

30 For more detailed descriptions of events, including transport, materials or homework required please visit www.shetlandwoolweek.com Jamieson's of Shetland Would like to welcome you to Wool Week 2019

With over 225 colours, we are sure to have the perfect colour for your next project!

Jamieson's of Shetland Jamieson's Spinning Commercial Street, Lerwick Sandness 9am-5pm Mon-Sat & Sun 29th 9am-5pm Mon-Fri 10.00am-4pm Sunday 6th Oct 10.30am - 4pm Sat 28th www.jamiesonsofshetland.co.uk We love to hear from you, socialise with us @jamiesonsofshetland Please use #jamiesonsofshetland when tagging us to ensure we definitely see it CLASSES MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

Advanced Shetland Lace Hoop as a Loom Introduction to Magic Loop with Anne Eunson and Monday 30th September, 1100 - 1400 Knitting with Deborah Gray Kathleen Anderson Monday 30th September, 1330 - 1630 Event Provider: AAMOS Designs Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1700 Location: The String, 88 Commercial Street, Event Provider: Deborah Gray Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Location: Market House, (Voluntary Action Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Shetland) 14 Market St, Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £65.00 Spaces: 15 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £42.00 Cost: £110.00 Skill Level: Beginner You will learn how to make your circular Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced loom from an embroidery hoop, how to Master the magic loop technique for knitting warp up as well as a number of unusual and You will have the opportunity to design your any diameter tube or circle on a long circular traditional weaving/tapestry techniques to needle. Great for socks, hats, gloves, sleeves. own motifs/patterns on graph paper and test create unique circular woven designs, which them out in knitted form. There will be a variety No more dpns or cable changes. Knit a gadget can be displayed in your home on a wall or pouch, mug cosy or a circular mat. Yarn and of intricate Shetland lace patterns for you as coasters and table mats. Please note the to choose from. You will be shown examples refreshments provided. Bring a 3mm 100cm venue is at the top of steep narrow stairs, long circular needle. Recommended as of knitted shawls and other garments to there is no disabled access. enable you to see how different patterns can preparation for Friday’s two-at-a-time toe-up be combined to create unique designs. See sock knitting workshop. website for materials.

Learn Shaping, , Shetland Colours Charting and Knitting an Fair Isle and Pleating with Felicity Ford Afterthought Heel in Fair Isle from a Puffin! Monday 30th September, 1330 - 1630 Socks with Lesley Smith Monday 30th September, 1000 - 1700 Monday 30th September, 1330 - 1630 Event Provider: KNITSONIK Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Market House (Voluntary Action Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers LTD) Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Shetland), 14 Market Street, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 15 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £65.00 Spaces: 5 Cost: £100.00 Skill Level: Advanced Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Create your own stranded colourwork based Skill Level: Intermediate Knitwear Designer Tina Vejlo Andersen/ on Shetland. We’ll explore how to edit the Kastaniestrik has designed a small puffin landscape through knitting, using inspiring Join Lesley Smith in this class focusing on especially for Shetland Wool Week that you photos of Shetland and a carefully curated afterthought heels for Fair Isle socks. You will be able to knit in this class. To shape and yarn palette. Bring your preferred needles will leave with the skills to chart and knit give the puffin finesse, we will use several for working small-circumference stranded patterned heels and toes onto socks. Lesley types of increases and decreases, intarsia colourwork in the round with fingering will provide charts and samples to show how knitting for the body, Fair Isle knitting for the weight yarn; 2.5-3.25mm depending on the techniques work and you will have sample head and beak. You will learn how to knit a your tension. Knitters must know how to knit socks to knit heels into. Yarn provided but that will form the beak. See website for stranded colourwork in the round. bring 3mm and 3.5mm DPNs. materials and skills required.

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Fair Isle Fused Glass Playing with Colour Steeking with Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 with Donna Smith Barbara Cheyne Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Glansin Glass Location: Lerwick Boating Club, 12 Event Provider: Donna Smith Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Commercial Street, Lerwick Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £85.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £55.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Intermediate Fancy trying something different? Join local glass artist Cheryl Jamieson for a chance to Delve into the exciting world of colour in Fair In this class you will knit in the round a small make Fair Isle patterns in glass. You will make Isle knitting. During class we will look at how piece of work in two colours – part pattern and either one large hanger or two small ones, to choose and use colour for a swatch during part steek. The steek will be cut and neatened using sample patterns or bring your own. class and how you can plan colour in your in the traditional Shetland method. Other Please note the class takes place on the first future projects. You will be able to choose from types of finishing will be shown. See website floor and there is no lift. a large selection of Shetland yarns provided for materials, homework and skills required. for your swatch.

Knit a Circular Fair Intermediate Bohus Knitting a ‘Taste of Isle Table Mat with Trollenwol Muhu’ with Tori Seierstad Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 and Judith Nilsen Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Event Provider: Trollenwol and Uradale Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Location: Uradale Farm, East Voe, Scalloway Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Spaces: 12 Spaces: 6 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £40.00 Cost: £50.00 Spaces: 15 Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced Skill Level: Intermediate Cost: £55.00 In this class we will start a project (wrist Skill Level: Intermediate In this introductory course Hazel Tindall will warmer or leg warmers) in the Bohus style. show you how to knit a Fair Isle circular table The project will be knitted in the round and we With Vottelauget (The Mitten Guild) Tori mat using Shetland organic jumper weight will be practising working with 2 or 3 colours Seierstad and Judith Nilson have published yarn (provided). Bring along four 3.5mm or in one row (and for the very skilled, 4) and in the Norwegian mitten book ‘Eventyrvotter’ 3.25 double-pointed needles 20-30cm long the meantime knit stitches on the wrong side (Fairy Tale Mittens). In this class they teach or your preferred needles for working in small and purl stitches on the right side. The Bohus- the participants to work the cuff of Tori’s diameters in the round, a blunt needle and like pattern will be more intricate. The project mitten design ‘A Taste of Muhu’. These . can be finished at home after the workshop. colourful mittens are inspired by the knitting Materials provided. See website for transport. patterns and colours of Muhu, Estonia. The If you would like to combine this class with cuff features different decorative braids. See a morning tour of Uradale farm and lunch website for materials and skills required. please see page 16.

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The Magic of Double Spindle Spinning and Mother Astrop Knitting for Beginners the Muckle Wheel Monday 30th September, 1830 - 2130 with Meret Buetzberger Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Sandwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 4 Cost: £50.00 Spaces: 12 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Beginner Mother Astrop is a knitting technique Skill Level: Beginner Use a variety of drop spindles using Shetland developed around 1900 by Ebba Astrup which wool to create yarn. Try out the Muckle, she used to knit scarves for her orphanage With the Double Knitting technique you children in Norway. With different colours and knit two right sides in one with two different Great or Walking Wheel. Materials and use of equipment provided. Please note the motifs the children could recognise their own colours and you get a reversible piece. It’s scarf. This intriguing technique combines ideal for shawls, cowls and hats, but you premises are opposite Bain’s Beach and have a high step and narrow entrance. colour and patterns in garter and slip stitch can also use it for cardigans and jumpers. giving very graphic results which can be In this class you will be shown this amazing utilized in original garment designs. technique and take your knitting skills a step further. See website for materials.

Needle Felted Orca Picture More is More: Cuffs, Knit Your Own Bangle Monday 30th September, 1400 - 1700 Basques and Trims Monday 30th September, 1900 - 2200 Monday 30th September, 1830 - 2130 Event Provider: Sea Star Crafts, Shetland Event Provider: Helen Robertson Location: St. Magnus Church Hall, Lerwick Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Prince Alfred Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £40.00 Spaces: 8 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Needle felt an orca picture on Jamieson’s of Skill Level: Intermediate Shetland tweed. Take away your picture in a Knit your own bangle using Shetland yarn. box frame. All equipment is provided - just enhances a design and can add a Bangles are available in two sizes. Patterns bring yourself. Wheelchair accessible. real finishing touch to a garment. Elizabeth and instructions are given for Fair Isle, slip from Shetland Handspun, leads this class stitch and lace designs. Tea, coffee and cake on ribs that are typically used by Shetland is provided. This is a relaxing class. knitters; a coloured K2, P2 rib; a FI patterned rib; and a double fabric rib. Use these ribs for cuffs, basques, necks, facings, pockets, patches, whatever comes to mind.

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CLASSES TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER

Introduction to Machine Mood Boards & Colour A Norwegian Challenge Knitting: Fair Isle with Joanna Hunter with Hadewych Tuesday 1st October, 0915 - 1630 Tuesday 1st October, 0930 - 1230 Tuesday 1st October, 0945 - 1245

Event Provider: Andrea Williamson Event Provider: Ninian Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Andrea Williamson’s workshop Location: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Brough, Whalsay Lerwick Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 3 Spaces: 4 Spaces: 10 Cost: £115.00 Cost: £65.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels

Shetland textile designer Andrea Williamson Join local designer Joanna Hunter in her 20th An opportunity to investigate stranded knitting shares her machine knitting enthusiasm and year of designing and producing knitwear, for (Fair Isle) the Norwegian way with Hadewych, experience in this introductory class. Learn a workshop developing mood boards and an experienced tutor. Using two colours how to knit Fair Isle on a brother domestic playing with colour. She’ll lead you through (and occasionally three...) we will hold both . Knit sample swatches the processes she uses to design collections threads in the left hand and control the carry with different pattern sequences and simple and then push your boundaries to see colour threads on the back – the Norwegian way. We colour changes, choose a favourite to make in new ways whilst being inspired by the array will discuss sleeves, measuring and steeks, into a small finished piece like headband or of yarns around you. Includes all materials, and end the day with a problem solving hand warmers to take home. Materials and coffee and cake. session. refreshments provided. Please note there is a high step to access this venue.

Quotidian Colourwork Light Up Your Lace Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop with Felicity Ford Tuesday 1st October, 0930 - 1700 Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1245 Tuesday 1st October, 0930 - 1230 Event Provider: Helen Robertson Event Provider: Bigton Hall Event Provider: KNITSONIK Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Prince Alfred St, Lerwick Location: Market House (Voluntary Action Box Office Booking:Yes Shetland), 14 Market Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 9 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 13 Cost: £120.00 Skill Level: Beginner Cost: £65.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Advanced Cecil Tait of Paparwark shows you how to Create your own knitted wire lampshade. hand-make a beautiful, simple, timber shawl Learn to translate your favourite things into Patterns and instructions are given for five pin and brooch using knives and chisels. stranded colourwork using the KNITSONIK lampshades ranging from plain knitting to Unlock your inner whittler! Cost includes system. Bring a treasured object or photo from complex lace. Take home your completed use of tools and materials. Email cecil@ which to develop your creative ideas. You’ll lamp. All materials and a light lunch is paparwark.co.uk for further information. A fun also need your preferred needles for working provided. class for everyone! Lunch (not included in small-circumference stranded colourwork the cost) is available at the Bigton Hall. See in the round with fingering weight yarn; 2.5- website for transport information. 3.25mm depending on your tension. Knitters must know how to knit stranded colourwork in the round.

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Create Your Own Crochet with Nan Smith Fae Ewe tae You Mood Board Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1245 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: NorNova Knitwear Event Provider: Bigton Community Hall Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Spaces: 8 Spaces: 6 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Intermediate

Get your creative juices flowing! Have a An introduction to understanding basic The traditional way of Shetland preparation project in mind or just want to have fun; join crochet stitches. Participants can choose and spinning, using original methods. You tutor and local textile designer Jennifer Tait, what they would like to crochet: flowers such will learn how to prepare raw and unwashed for a morning where you can either focus as a daisy, a rose, or a coaster and a granny fleece, carding, spinning for lace, either single your mind on an existing project or simply try square. See website for materials. ply or plied. Fleeces and tops for spinning will something new and have fun playing around be provided. Wheels will be made available, with colours, ideas and materials. Unlock but please bring your own if preferred. your inner designer! See website for transport information. Lunch (not included in the cost) is available at the Bigton Hall.

Shetland Oo with Thrummed Slippers BOOK NOW JOIN US Oliver Henry with Hélène Driesen Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Cost: £55.00 Cost: £55.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate

Join SWW Patron Oliver Henry to learn from Learn how to make these wonderfully warm his 50 years’ experience in the Shetland and fun slippers that have tufts (thrums) wool industry. He will explain how he judges of wool knitted into the fabric and which Shetland fleeces, what he looks for in grading originated in Newfoundland. Hélène will also fleeces and his approach to sorting wool and explain how to modify the slippers for one or its preparation for end use. Scouring wool will two different cuff options. Participants will be discussed and Oliver will provide you with receive yarn, roving, Hélène’s pattern, stitch BOX OFFICE BOOKINGS a recipe for washing that special Shetland markers and an ultra suede sew-on tag with fleece. Includes all materials. her logo. See website for homework, materials CAN BE MADE AT and skills required. WWW.THELITTLEBOXOFFICE.COM/ SHETLANDWOOLWEEK

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Steeking with Fair Isle Fused Glass Learn About Natural Barbara Cheyne Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 or 1400 Dye Plants and Make Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 - 1700 a ‘Colours of Shetland’ Sample Cushion Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Glansin Glass Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Lerwick Boating Club, 12 Lerwick Commercial Street, Lerwick Event Provider: Spindrift Crafts Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Spaces: 12 Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £50.00 Cost: £85.00 Spaces: 9 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £60.00 In this class you will knit in the round a small Fancy trying something different? Join local piece of work in two colours – part pattern and glass artist Cheryl Jamieson for a chance to Skill Level: All Levels part steek. The steek will be cut and neatened make Fair Isle patterns in glass. You will make in the traditional Shetland method. Other either one large hanger or two small ones, Meet local Natural Dye Artist Bunchy and types of finishing will be shown. See website using sample patterns or bring your own. learn about dye plants growing in Shetland, for materials, homework and skills required. See website for materials. Please note the and see wool dyed beautiful colours. Learn class takes place on the first floor and there how to use a pin loom and to make small is no lift. woven squares. Continue at home and make a cushion showing the ‘Colours of Shetland’. A pin loom, hook, wool to make 18 squares, and handouts included.

Making Silver Fair Plain Weave Is Not Isle Buttons Just PLAIN Weave! Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1230 or 1400 Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 - 1630 Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Event Provider: Red Houss Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Location: Red Houss, East Burra Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 2 Spaces: 4 Come along to the offi cial Cost: £90.00 Cost: £50.00 Shetland Wool Week hub to meet fellow Wool Weekers. Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Beginner

Located in the Gadderie at the Shetland Making three sterling silver Fair Isle patterned Participants will learn the basics of weaving Museum & Archives, it’s the perfect place to silver buttons etched with traditional patterns while experiencing the design possibilities of relax and knit throughout the week, pick up from Shetland knitters. See website for working with the natural colours of Organic your membership pack and fi nd out what’s happening each day. There is also a handy transport. Shetland Wool. By the end of the class noticeboard where you can leave messages participants will have woven a piece of fabric to swap tickets and share lifts. for further development or display. Drop-in 10am–7pm for coffee (Sundays 10am–5pm). Emma Louise’s Coffee Shop is situated upstairs.

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Shetland Knitting Belt Spindle Spinning and Shetland Lace with and Raepin String the Muckle Wheel Elizabeth Johnston Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 Tuesday 1st October 1330 - 1630

Event Provider: Janette Budge Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers LTD) Location: Bigton Hall, Bigton Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Street, Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 4 Cost: £48.00 Spaces: 12 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: Beginner Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: Beginner Practise using a Shetland style leather Skill Level: Intermediate knitting belt and long double pointed needles. Use a variety of drop spindles using Shetland After a few rows, try adding a raepin string wool to create yarn. Try out the Muckle, Join Shetland Handspun’s Elizabeth Johnston at the bottom of your knitting to discover Great or Walking Wheel. Materials and use and delve into the details and possibilities if this changes your tension, speed and of equipment provided. Please note the of Shetland lace knitting using Jamieson & knitting position. We will also look at different premises are opposite Bain’s Beach and have Smith wool. You will leave with the skills to techniques for holding your yarns during Fair a high step and narrow entrance. plan your Shetland inspired lace designs. Isle knitting. See website for materials and Sample yarn provided, bring 3mm needles. homework.

Dressing Shetland Knitwear Fair Isle Colourwise Shetland Flowers with Rachel and Freya Hunter Tuesday 1st October, 1100 -1600 with Felicity Ford Tuesday 1st October, 1000 - 1300 Tuesday 1st October, 1330 - 1630 Event Provider: Unst Heritage Centre Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Unst Heritage Centre, Haroldswick, Event Provider: KNITSONIK Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Unst Location: Market House (Voluntary Action Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Shetland), Market Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Cost: £70.00 Spaces: 15 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Cost: £65.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Advanced Colour blending in Fair Isle knitting using This class will introduce you to the traditional inspiration from Unst’s natural landscape Explore Shetland’s flowers through stranded and not so traditional methods of or with Mary Robertson. Learn to blend colours colourwork and learn how to turn your ideas ‘dressing’ Shetland knitwear. You will learn and to produce a pattern both as a graph and into a stunning floral shawl. This class adapts actively take part in dressing a Shetland hap ultimately as a knitted sample. Take home the Efflorescent shawl design to Shetland. shawl using a traditional hap board and you a portfolio of colourway ideas and your own Bring your preferred needles for working will also learn how to dress scarves, gloves, Fair Isle sample. Materials supplied but small-circumference stranded colourwork hats, socks and berets. please bring a packed lunch. See website for in the round with fingering weight yarn; 2.5- transport. 3.25mm depending on your tension. Knitters must know how to knit stranded colourwork in the round.

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The Perfect Finish with Spinning Supported Cast Ons and Cast Offs Wilma Malcolmson Using Short Shetland with Julia Billings Tuesday 1st October, 1330 - 1630 Fleece with Asita Krebs Tuesday 1st October, 1400 - 1700 Tuesday 1st October, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Sandwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £50.00 Spaces: 12 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Experienced Beginner Skill Level: All Levels Wilma Malcolmson, Shetland Designer, leads There are many, many ways of getting your this class in knitted finishing techniques. Supported spindles are very common in knitting on your needles – it is simply a Discover the key to lift your work to a new Asia and are especially advantageous for question of working out which method is most level. Learn skills including, (kitchener very thin threads or short-stapled fine wool. suitable for the project in mind. In this 3-hour stitch), sewing seams, picking up stitches, Because the spindle is supported by placing class, learn a series of different methods of mending dropped stitches. email info@ it in a bowl, no weight is placed on the thread. beginning and ending, including the longtail, shetlanddesigner.co.uk with any questions. Using this method even Shetland fleece with provisional and tubular cast-ons and the Materials supplied. a short staple can be spun into a lace thread. sewn, three-needle and i-cord cast-offs, as Materials will be supplied. well as how to estimate how much yarn each requires and how to pair cast-on and cast-off to match. See website for materials and skills required.

Designing a Traditional Basic Brioche Stitch Fair Isle Motif with and How to Knit It Terri Malcolmson with Amy Detjen Tuesday 1st October, 1400 - 1700 Tuesday 1st October, 1400 - 1700

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels

In this class we will be discussing what makes Learn the basics of 2-colour Brioche in the a traditional Shetland motif and the reasons round by beginning a lovely, reversible cowl. behind some of the most common shapes You will learn the basic Brioche stitch and used. We will discuss size, placement, spacing how to avoid the confusion at the end of the and yarn dominance before diving in to design row. The class gives you a foundation to many some of your own. Terri will also touch on more advanced Brioche projects! See website Box o ice bookings how she uses motifs to help with colourwork for materials. can be made at projects. See website for materials. www.thelittleboxo ice.com/ shetlandwoolweek

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Natural Dyeing: Mordants From Fleece to Yarn - First Painting with Wool with and Colour Variation Steps in Preparing Wool from Wilma Malcolmson with Ria Burns ShetlandOrganics Fleeces Tuesday 1st October, 1830 - 2130 Tuesday 1st October, 1400 - 1700 Tuesday 1st October, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Sandwick Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 8 Spaces: 4 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £15.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Learn the skills of subtle colour blending In this workshop we will investigate the During this workshop participants will be under the expert guidance of Wilma effect that mordants have on the outcome introduced to Shetland organic fleeces and Malcolmson, Shetland Designer. Draw on of natural dyes on Shetland wool. The mini the characteristics that determine their Wilma’s knowledge and experience to create hanks provided will have been mordanted suitability for combing or carding. The course your own timeless colour palette from the vast with mineral salts as well as plant-based will also provide instruction on how to comb choice of colours which will be provided in mordants. We’ll evaluate their sustainability, or card the raw fleece to make tops/rolags/ this class. You will then use these colours to effectiveness and the colours they produce. slivers for spinning into yarns suitable for knit your own phone cover or sampler. Bring You will leave with several mini hanks naturally knitting and weaving. Fleece/combs/carders/ 3mm DPNs. coloured with a range of hues. All yarn and dye spindles/spinning wheel will be available. materials provided but please bring an apron and notebook.

BOOK NOW JOIN US Lino Printing for the Cover The Final Step: Washing of Your Own Wool Journal and Blocking Lace (or with Linda Richardson any Knitwear...) Tuesday 1st October, 1400 - 1800 Tuesday 1st October, 1830 - 2130

Event Provider: Peerie Shop Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Upstairs above Peerie Shop Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 6 Spaces: 10 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: All Levels Create your own original bookplate for your knitting - wool journal with local artist Linda Let Anne Eunson demystify the secrets of Richardson. Cut a lino block which is then proper washing and blocking for you. Learn to hand printed onto the cover of an A5 journal. prepare, wash and stretch (block) lace and Suitable for all abilities. All materials included. knitwear. Often the most feared part of the Please note this class takes place at the top finishing process, Anne will guide you through BOX OFFICE BOOKINGS of steep narrow stairs. a number of simple steps which will ensure CAN BE MADE AT that your final piece reflects all the effort you put into the knitting. WWW.THELITTLEBOXOFFICE.COM/ SHETLANDWOOLWEEK

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Shetland Amenity Trust Explore Shetland’s stories Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick Shetland Crofthouse Museum – the hub from which to start a journey of near – step back in exploration into Shetland’s unique heritage time to life in the 19th century and culture (free entry)

Experience our breathtaking scenery Discover ancient Shetland and wildlife & Iron Age Village Lighthouse, Nature Reserve & Visitor at Sumburgh – lying undiscovered for over 2000 years, join us as we uncover Centre – immerse yourself the mystery, myth and legend in the spectacular sights and sounds

Open during Shetland Wool Week – see website for opening times

For more information, bookings and opening times please see our website or contact us [email protected] Tel. 01595 694688 www.shetlandamenity.org/discover

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Knitted Secrets, Illusions Colourwork and Steeking Shetland Lace Bracelet and Code with Deborah Gray with Mary Henderson Wednesday 2nd October, 0930 - 1630 Wednesday 2nd October, 0930 - 1230 Wednesday 2nd October, 0930 - 1230 Event Provider: Helen Robertson Event Provider: Deborah Gray Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Location: Private Location in Central Lerwick Woolbrokers LTD) Location: Market House, (Voluntary Action Box Office Booking:Yes Shetland) 14 Market St, Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £120.00 Spaces: 15 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £49.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Create your own beautiful Shetland Skill Level: Intermediate Lace bracelet. You will learn wire knitting Learn three new techniques to bring mystery techniques. Choose from silver or gold plated and intrigue to your knits, with hidden motifs Join Mary Henderson, designer and Fair Isle wire and clasps. Choose your colour of edging or messages and introducing new twists enthusiast as she teaches colourwork and freshwater pearls. Choose your bracelet on a traditional Shetland motif. Includes steeking (cutting your knitting!) with J&S pattern from the two available or create your knotted steek. 3 full balls of Shetland wool yarns. Wool provided but bring 3mm and own. A light lunch is included. yarn included. Bring 2.75 and 2.5 mm dpns 3.25/3.5mm dpns or circular needles long or needles for your preferred way of working enough for magic loop. small diameters in the round.

Contemporary Fair Isle Weave Workshop at Spinning for Fair Isle with Textiles Printing Workshop Shetland College, UHI Elizabeth Johnston Wednesday 2nd October, 0930 - 1230 or Wednesday 2nd October, 0930 - 1600 Wednesday 2nd October, 0945 - 1630 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Shetland College, UHI Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Gaada Projects C.I.C. Location: Shetland College UHI Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Da Auld Methodist Kirk, Bridge End, Sandwick Burra Isle Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 5 Spaces: 6 Spaces: 6 Cost: £95.00 Cost: £110.00 Cost: £85.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Come along to the Textile Department at Shetland College UHI and join textile designer Join Elizabeth of Shetland Handspun, and This dynamic textiles printing workshop takes and weave lecturer Edina Szeles to explore discover how to get tones of natural and dyed place in a 125 year old kirk! Design and different patterns and weave techniques to colour that blend into Fair Isle patterns (or any handprint your very own contemporary Fair create your own wool fabric. See website for garment). Mix colours for a consistent shade Isle repeating pattern. Led by Royal College further details. or a . With natural and dyed of Art master printmakers who will teach you fleece and top, we will mix and modify to find how to screenprint beautiful ombre fades on blends and shades which will be stunning in textiles using their range of special ‘Shetland’ any design. pigments. Then print your unique design on quality textiles to take home!

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Double Knitting and Touchy Feely at da Böd Create Your Own Marlisle - A Journey Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1130 Mood Board into the Reversible Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1245 Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Wednesday 2nd October, 0945 - 1630 Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Böd of Event Provider: Bigton Community Hall Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Gremista, Lerwick Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Sandwick Spaces: 14 Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £12.00 Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 10 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £110.00 Come “out of hours” and experience the Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced Get your creative juices flowing! Have a Shetland Textile Museum in a way not project in mind or just want to have fun; join normally available to the general public. Touch Unravel the mystery of double knitting and tutor and local textile designer Jennifer Tait, the various items in our Handling Collection, for a morning where you can either focus Marlisle with Hadewych. Master the art of handle a few items from our main Collection knitting two fabrics simultaneously on one your mind on an existing project or simply try (gloves provided), enjoy Cream Teas and something new and have fun playing around pair of needles. The fabric is inseparable, and browse our exhibitions and shop. interlocked. Learn how to carry two threads with colours, ideas and materials. Unlock your to work this technique easily. Following a inner designer! Lunch (not included in the practice session, work a small sampler with cost) is available at Bigton Hall. motifs to producing a positive and negative side, a reversible textile.

Mood Boards & Colour Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop with Joanna Hunter Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1245 Wednesday 2nd October, 0930 - 1230 or 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Bigton Hall Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Event Provider: Ninian Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Lerwick Spaces: 9 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £45.00

Spaces: 4 Skill Level: Beginner Come along to the offi cial Cost: £65.00 Shetland Wool Week hub to meet Cecil Tait of Paparwark shows you how to fellow Wool Weekers. Skill Level: All Levels hand-make a beautiful, simple, timber shawl pin and brooch using knives and chisels. Located in the Gadderie at the Shetland Join local designer Joanna Hunter in her 20th Unlock your inner whittler! Cost includes Museum & Archives, it’s the perfect place to relax and knit throughout the week, pick up year of designing and producing knitwear, for use of tools and materials. Email cecil@ paparwark.co.uk for further information. A fun your membership pack and fi nd out what’s a workshop developing mood boards and happening each day. There is also a handy playing with colour. She’ll lead you through the class for everyone! Lunch (not included in the cost) is available at the Bigton Hall. See noticeboard where you can leave messages processes she uses to design collections and to swap tickets and share lifts. then push your boundaries to see colour in website for transport information. new ways whilst being inspired by the array of Drop-in 10am–7pm for coffee yarns around you. Includes coffee and cake. (Sundays 10am–5pm). Emma Louise’s Coffee Shop is situated upstairs.

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Making Silver Fair Knitting a Mini Traditional Making the Cut - Isle Buttons Shetland Lace Hap Introduction to Steeking Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1230 or in Organic Yarn with with Donna Smith 1400 - 1630 Sheila Fowlie Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1300 Wednesday 2nd October, 0930 - 1330 Event Provider: Red Houss Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Red Houss, East Burra Event Provider: Shetland Organics CIC Location: Islesburgh Commuity Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 2 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £90.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 6 Skill Level: Beginner Cost: £50.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Making three sterling silver Fair Isle patterned Skill Level: All Levels silver buttons etched with traditional patterns Take the fear out of knitting steeks and cutting from Shetland knitters. See website for your knitting! During the class Donna will transport. This course will show you how easy it is to knit your own mini Shetland ‘Hap’ on two needles discuss various ways of knitting steeks and from Sheila’s own pattern and how to scale it finishing work once it has been cut. You will up to a full sized version. Yarn will be provided, knit a small piece of Fair Isle with a steek but please bring your own size 4mm needles. and then cut it at the end. You will also pick Circular needles can be used if you prefer. up stitches at the edge of the steek. There will be some examples of finished garments knitted using steeks on display. See website for materials.

Fair Isle Yoke Bags Fae Ewe tae You with Janette Budge Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1300 and Jeannie Tulloch Event Provider: NorNova Knitwear Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1300 Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Spaces: 6 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 14 Skill Level: Intermediate Cost: £50.00 The traditional way of Shetland preparation Skill Level: Intermediate and spinning, using original methods. You will learn how to prepare raw and unwashed This class gives you an opportunity to practise fleece, carding, spinning for lace, either single blending colours, try a knitting belt and knit ply or plied. Fleeces and tops for spinning will with two colours. You will learn the techniques be provided. Wheels will be made available, of the traditional “star and tree” yoke pattern but please bring your own if preferred. in circular knitting style, giving you the skills Box o ice bookings needed for knitting a yoke jumper or cardigan. can be made at Hear of the knitting way of life, 40 years ago from the tutors’ experience. See website for www.thelittleboxo ice.com/ materials and homework. shetlandwoolweek

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CLASSES WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER

Knit Your Teddy Bear Try a Lace Sampler Sustainable Natural a Yoked Cardigan with Nan Smith Dyeing with Ria Burns Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1700 Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1700 Wednesday 2nd October, 1330 - 1630

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers LTD) Location: Shetland Museum & Archives, Hay’s Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Dock, Lerwick Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 8 Spaces: 12 Cost: £90.00 Cost: £90.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner In this class you will learn to knit a yoked In this class you will knit a lace sampler. cardigan for a teddy bear in the traditional You’ll have the chance to try various Shetland Join Ria Burns on this introduction to the Shetland way – in one day! You will learn lace patterns, such as old shell, new shell, techniques of natural dyeing with wool, and about the construction of traditional Shetland cockleshell, horseshoe, ring, fir cone, leaf, the vibrant colours that can be achieved yoked garments. You will also be introduced bead, and others, as well as garter stitch, through dyeing with responsibly foraged to some key skills including Fair Isle knitting, stocking stitch and moss stitch. See website plants and food waste. We will work with the steeking (cutting your knitting), buttonholes, for materials. undyed shades of J&S Shetland Heritage and picking up stitches. Please see website Naturals to create a range of hues. All yarn for materials and homework. and dye materials provided but please bring an apron.

Collaborative, Drop Spindle Spinning for Bohus Knitting for Commemorative Colourwork Beginners with Deborah Gray Beginners with Trollenwol with Felicity Ford Wednesday 2nd October, 1330 - 1430 Wednesday 2nd October, 1400 - 1700 Wednesday 2nd October, 1000 - 1700 Event Provider: Deborah Gray Event Provider: Trollenwol and Uradale Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Market House, (Voluntary Action Location: Uradale Farm, East Voe, Scalloway Shetland) 14 Market St, Lerwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Cost: £40.00 Spaces: 12 Cost: £42.00 Skill Level: Beginner/intermediate Cost: £90.00 Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Advanced In this class you will learn the story of the A drop spindle is the ideal way to learn to spin Swedish Bohus Stickning. We will begin the Learn how to swatch for, and design, a your own unique yarns. Skills transferable to technique with 2 colours in 1 row and in the commemorative blanket square. This class the spinning wheel. Deborah has developed a meantime purl on the right side and knit on is based on a celebratory blanket pattern very successful way of teaching this relaxing the wrong side of the knit work. Knitting back conceived by Kate Davies and uses the and satisfying craft. Shetland wool and and forth will be practised with these skills. KNITSONIK system to explore creative spindles provided. If you attended Deborah’s We will be experimenting with colours and processes of commemoration. Bring your ‘Fleece preparation’ class on Monday this is practising several patterns that will give a preferred needles for working small- your chance to learn to spin your prepared Bohus effect. Materials provided. See website circumference stranded colourwork in the fibre. for transport. If you would like to combine this round with fingering weight yarn; 2.5-3.25mm class with a morning tour of Uradale farm and depending on your tension. lunch please see page 16.

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Try a Knitting Belt Make a Medieval Bound Mini Taatit Rug Workshop and Raepin String Notebook with a Fair Isle Wednesday 2nd October, 1400 - 1730 with Hazel Tindall and Shetland Tweed Cover Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Wednesday 2nd October, 1400 - 1600 Wednesday 2nd October, 1400 - 1700 Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Street, Lerwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 4 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £50.00 Spaces: 18 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: Beginner Cost: £35.00 Cost: £50.00 Learn with reference to Carol Christiansen’s Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: All Levels book ‘Taatit Rugs, the Pile Bedcovers of Shetland’, and try out the processes involved Try using a knitting belt, and a raepin string Join Mary Fraser in this class where she to create your own mini-rug out of Shetland to discover if your knitting tension and/or will guide you through how to make a small yarns. Materials provided. NB. the premises speed improves. See website for materials medieval bound notebook with a partly are opposite Bain’s Beach and have a high and homework. exposed spine. By the end of the class you will step and narrow entrance. have made your own book and have the skills and knowledge to make many more.

Herbal Tea Blending for Embroidered Sheep Brooch BOOK NOW JOIN US Knitters with Suze Walker Wednesday 2nd October, 1400 - 1700 Wednesday 2nd October, 1400 - 1630 Event Provider: Sea Star Crafts, Shetland Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: St. Magnus Church Hall, Greenfield Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Place, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Spaces: 10 Cost: £35.00 Cost: £20.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Make an embroidered sheep brooch. At this workshop local medical herbalist Suze Embroider a sheep using Jamieson’s of Walker will discuss some of the common Shetland wool on a pre-felted wool base. medical conditions that can arise due to Edge your brooch with crystal beads. All knitting. You will then learn about the native equipment provided and light refreshments. plants that can be used to treat these Wheelchair accessible. conditions through discussion and a tea tasting session. You will also get to devise your BOX OFFICE BOOKINGS own unique blend of dried herbs to take home with you and use as an herbal tea. CAN BE MADE AT WWW.THELITTLEBOXOFFICE.COM/ SHETLANDWOOLWEEK

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Swedish Twined Knitting Mood Boards & Colour Knit a Mini Shetland Hap (Tvåändsstickning) with Joanna Hunter with Anne Eunson and Thursday 3rd October, 0930 - 1230 Thursday 3rd October, 0930 - 1230 Kathleen Anderson Thursday 3rd October, 0945 - 1630 Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Event Provider: Ninian Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Böd of Location: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Gremista, Lerwick Lerwick Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Sandwick Spaces: 10 Spaces: 4 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £45.00 Cost: £65.00 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £110.00 Skill Level: All Levels Swedish knitter Brita Hövenmark will teach Join local designer Joanna Hunter in her 20th you the old Swedish technique of twined year of designing and producing knitwear, for With expert lace knitters, Anne and Kathleen, knitting. This is an old traditional way of a workshop developing mood boards and you will start to knit your own 1 foot square knitting, where you knit with two alternating playing with colour. She’ll lead you through Shetland Lace hap (shawl). You will be shown strands of yarn, thus producing a warm, the processes she uses to design collections the traditional way of how the pieces are durable and very beautiful item. See website and then push your boundaries to see colour knitted and then grafted together. Once armed for materials. in new ways whilst being inspired by the array with these skills, you will then be able to knit of yarns around you. Includes all materials, any size of hap you desire in the future. See coffee and cake. website for materials.

Shetland Lace with Machine Knit a Toorie at Knitting Across Borders – Elizabeth Johnston Shetland College: UHI from Estonia to Shetland Thursday 3rd October, 0930 - 1230 Thursday 3rd October, 0930 - 1600 Thursday 3rd October, 0945 - 1630

Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Shetland College: UHI Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Woolbrokers LTD) Location: Shetland College, Gremista, Lerwick Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Sandwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 6 Spaces: 6 Spaces: 12 Cost: £95.00 Cost: £110.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Intermediate The Textile Department at Shetland College: UHI are hosting a full day workshop of A rare opportunity to learn the skill of knitting Join Shetland Handspun’s Elizabeth Johnston machine knitting skills, where you will be intricate Estonian borders. Hadewych studied and delve into the details and possibilities taught basic techniques, allowing you to make under the renowned Estonian designer, Riina of Shetland Lace knitting using Jamieson & a customised toorie (hat) by the end of the Tonberg and will pass on this knowledge Smith wool, you will leave with the skills to day. See website for further details. with Riina’s blessing. Knit these traditional plan your Shetland Inspired lace designs. and exciting edgings which you can use in Sample yarn provided, bring 3mm needles. fresh and innovative projects. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn new ways of crossing knitting borders. See website for materials.

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Making Silver Fair Shawl Pin Whittle Pushing the Boundaries Isle Buttons Workshop with Cecil Tait of Plain Weave Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1230 or Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1245 Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1300 1400 - 1630 Event Provider: Bigton Hall Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Event Provider: Red Houss Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Location: Red Houss, East Burra Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 9 Spaces: 2 Spaces: 4 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £90.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Intermediate Cecil Tait of Paparwark shows you how to Making three sterling silver Fair Isle patterned hand-make a beautiful, simple, timber shawl Participants will stretch the boundaries of silver buttons etched with traditional patterns pin and brooch using knives and chisels. the structure of plain weave using various from Shetland knitters. See website for Unlock your inner whittler! Cost includes techniques with Organic Shetland Yarns. At the transport information. use of tools and materials. Email cecil@ end of the class participants will have woven paparwark.co.uk for further information. A fun a piece of fabric for further development or class for everyone! Lunch (not included in for display. the cost) is available at the Bigton Hall. See website for transport information.

Create Your Own Nalbinding (Viking knitting) Mood Board Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1300 or Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1245 1400 - 1700

Event Provider: Bigton Community Hall Event Provider: Shetland Amenity Trust, Archaeology Section Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Location: Old Scatness Broch, Sumburgh Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Spaces: 10 Cost: £45.00 Come along to the offi cial Cost: £50.00 Shetland Wool Week hub to meet Skill Level: All Levels fellow Wool Weekers. Skill Level: Beginner Get your creative juices flowing! Have a Located in the Gadderie at the Shetland project in mind or just want to have fun; join A chance to try nalbinding (Viking knitting) in Museum & Archives, it’s the perfect place to tutor and local textile designer Jennifer Tait, the Old Scatness visitor centre/textile room. relax and knit throughout the week, pick up for a morning where you can either focus Tour of the site and reconstruction buildings your membership pack and fi nd out what’s included. With Shetland’s Archaeology Team, happening each day. There is also a handy your mind on an existing project or simply try something new and have fun playing around Val Turner, Chris Dyer and Dot Redshaw. Leave noticeboard where you can leave messages with needle, wool, and instructions. to swap tickets and share lifts. with colours, ideas and materials. Unlock your inner designer! Lunch (not included in the Drop-in 10am–7pm for coffee cost) is available at the Bigton Hall. (Sundays 10am–5pm). Emma Louise’s Coffee Shop is situated upstairs.

52 For more detailed descriptions of events, including transport, materials or homework required please visit www.shetlandwoolweek.com For delicious home-grown produce, groceries, crafts, knitwear and gifts visit our Farm Shop & Café in Cunningsburgh (we are on the main A970 road between Sumburgh & Lerwick). FARM SHOP AND CAFÉ FARM SHOP AND CAFÉ Toilets, parking, amazing views, disabled access, visitor information, free Wifi and lots more! 01950 477 790 www.mackenziesfarmshop.co.uk

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KNITSONIK Bunting: Design a Glove with Crowning Glory with Shetland Edition Terri Malcolmson Donna Smith with Felicity Ford Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1300 Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1300 Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1300 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Donna Smith Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Shetland Museum & Archives, Hay’s Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Dock, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £55.00 Cost: £65.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Advanced Use the templates provided to design your The top of Fair Isle hats can be decreased in Design and cast on a celebratory bunting own pair of gloves. We will discuss the several ways, which can create very effective triangle. This class is based on Liz Ashdowne’s different parts of gloves and their functionality decorative patterns on the crown. During pattern from the KNITSONIK Stranded from a design point of view. We will cover class we shall look at some of the different Colourwork Playbook. Bring your preferred colour and motifs on both sides of the glove, decreases often used in hat shaping and needles for working small-circumference as well as finger styles. See website for you will have a chance to design part of a stranded colourwork in the round with materials and homework. crown and knit a small swatch. See website fingering weight yarn; 2.5-3.25mm depending for materials. on your tension. Knitters must know how to knit stranded colourwork in the round.

Learn About Natural Furoshiki Bag with Cockleshell Headband Dye Plants and Make Chihiro Sato Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1600 a ‘Colours of Shetland’ Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1300 Sample Cushion Event Provider: Sandra Williamson Textiles Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Services Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1300 Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: North Ness Public Hall, Ulsta, Yell Event Provider: Spindrift Crafts Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Lerwick Spaces: 12 Cost: £50.00 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Beginner Spaces: 9 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £60.00 In this class you will learn the art of knitting Let’s make a ‘Furoshiki Bag’ with Shetland the cockleshell lace pattern, this is a well Skill Level: All Levels yarn. In this class Chihiro will teach the way known traditional Shetland lace pattern. You to fold a knitted rectangle into a bag using an will learn how to knit using beads shading Meet local Natural Dye Artist Bunchy and ‘origami’ technique. See website for materials your colours, and hand finishing of your learn about dye plants growing in Shetland, and homework. headband, and how to dress it too. Lunch and see wool dyed beautiful colours. Learn included, please see website for materials how to use a pin loom and to make small and transport. woven squares. Continue at home and make a cushion showing the ‘Colours of Shetland’. A pin loom, hook, wool to make 18 squares and handouts included.

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Fair Isle Sampler Hoop as a Loom From Fleece to Yarn - First with Nan Smith Thursday 3rd October, 1100 - 1400 Steps in Preparing Wool from Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1700 ShetlandOrganics Fleeces Event Provider: AAMOS Designs Thursday 3rd October, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: The String, 88 Commercial Street, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Cost: £65.00 Spaces: 4 Cost: £90.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Cost: £15.00 You will learn how to make your circular Skill Level: All Levels Knit a Fair Isle sampler in the round using loom from an embroidery hoop, how to warp up as well as a number of unusual and charts for a variety of patterns used in During this workshop participants will be Shetland knitwear. A good class for those traditional weaving/tapestry techniques to create unique circular woven designs, which introduced to Shetland organic fleeces and wishing instruction in basic stranded two- the characteristics that determine their colour knitting the Shetland way (in the round) can be displayed in your home on a wall or as coasters and table mats. Please note the suitability for combing or carding. The course or experimenting with classic Fair Isle patterns will also provide instruction on how to comb and colours. The sampler can be used as a venue is at the top of steep narrow stairs, there is no disabled access. or card the raw fleece to make tops/rolags/ reference device to develop a larger garment. slivers for spinning into yarns suitable for See website for materials. knitting and weaving. Fleece/combs/carders/ spindles/spinning wheel will be available.

Beaded Dorset Buttons Drop Spindling for Beginners with Tania Ashton with Deborah Gray Thursday 3rd October, 1000 - 1700 Thursday 3rd October, 1330 - 1630

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers LTD) Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 8 Cost: £90.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Add an extra bit of sparkle to your hand knits with beaded Dorset Buttons made Deborah Gray travels the world teaching from Shetland wool. Join Tania of TJFrog to spinning and working with fleece. Join her as learn about the techniques and history of she teaches you how to use a drop spindle so the heritage craft, Dorset Button making. you can spin your own yarn anywhere using Experiment with wool weights, stitches, J&S combed tops. Spindles provided with the designs and ways of adding beads to create option to buy after the class from Deborah. Box o ice bookings your own beaded buttons or shawl brooch. can be made at Materials included. www.thelittleboxo ice.com/ shetlandwoolweek

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Shetland Oo with Design Your Own Mittens Mini Taatit Rug Workshop Oliver Henry with Tori Seierstad Thursday 3rd October, 1400 - 1730 Thursday 3rd October, 1400 - 1700 and Wenche Roald Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Thursday 3rd October, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Street, Lerwick Lerwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 4 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Cost: £50.00 Spaces: 15 Cost: £55.00 Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £55.00 Learn with reference to Carol Christiansen’s Skill Level: Intermediate Join SWW Patron Oliver Henry to learn from book ‘Taatit Rugs, the Pile Bedcovers of Shetland’, and try out the processes involved his 50 years’ experience in the Shetland With Vottelauget (The Mitten Guild) Tori wool industry. He will explain how he judges to create your own mini-rug out of Shetland Seierstad and Wenche Roald have published yarns. Materials provided. NB. the premises Shetland fleeces, what he looks for in grading the Norwegian mitten book ‘Eventyrvotter’ fleeces and his approach to sorting wool and are opposite Bain’s Beach and have a high (Fairy Tale Mittens). In this class they teach the step and narrow entrance. its preparation for end use. Scouring wool will participants to design their own colourwork be discussed and Oliver will provide you with mittens. During the class students will make a recipe for washing that special Shetland their own mitten pattern with their personal fleece. choice of cuff, thumb style, top decreases and colourwork pattern. See website for homework and materials.

BOOK NOW JOIN US Traditional Shetland Lino Printing for the Cover Haps with Donna Smith of Your Own Wool Journal Thursday 3rd October, 1400 - 1700 with Linda Richardson Thursday 3rd October, 1700 - 2100 Event Provider: Donna Smith Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Event Provider: Peerie Shop Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Location: Peerie Shop, Esplanade, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 6 Cost: £55.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Beginner

Learn about the traditional Shetland lace hap Create your own original bookplate for your construction where the hap is knitted from knitting - wool journal with local artist Linda the outside towards the centre. You will be Richardson. Cut a lino block which is then guided through knitting a mini hap using this hand printed onto the cover of an A5 journal. technique. There will be examples of haps Suitable for all abilities. All materials included. on display for you to study. See website for Please note this class takes place at the top BOX OFFICE BOOKINGS materials. CAN BE MADE AT of steep narrow stairs. WWW.THELITTLEBOXOFFICE.COM/ SHETLANDWOOLWEEK

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Knitting Socks Two- Mood Boards & Colour Fiss Knitting with at-a-time and Toe-up with Joanna Hunter Helen Robertson with Deborah Gray Friday 4th October, 0930 - 1230 or 1400 Friday 4th October, 0930 - 1630 Friday 4th October, 0930 - 1230 - 1700 Event Provider: Helen Robertson Event Provider: Ninian Event Provider: Deborah Gray Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Location: Market House, (Voluntary Action Location: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Prince Alfred Street, Lerwick Lerwick Shetland) 14 Market St, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 4 Spaces: 15 Cost: £120.00 Cost: £65.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: All Levels Conceived and designed by Helen Robertson, No more second-sock syndrome! Knit both Join local designer Joanna Hunter in her 20th and featured in ‘The Knitter’ magazine, Fiss socks at the same time, on one long circular year of designing and producing knitwear, for Knitting is an exciting new way to create needle. Knit them toe-up for perfect fit and a workshop developing mood boards and coloured designs. Three colours in one row are matching. Bring 100g sock yarn wound into playing with colour. She’ll lead you through the now possible while only knitting with 1 or 2 two equal balls and a 100cm long circular processes she uses to design collections and strands at a time. Learn how to Fiss Knit and needle in a suitable size for the yarn (2.5 then push your boundaries to see colour in about Helen’s range of motifs and designs - 3mm). Deborah’s Introduction to Magic new ways whilst being inspired by the array of using this technique. Materials and lunch Loop class (Monday) recommended as yarns around you. Includes coffee and cake. included. preparation.

Maakin a Fair Isle Cuff Up Your Game - Making Silver Fair with Alison Rendall Improvers’ Spinning Isle Buttons Friday 4th October, 0930 - 1230 Friday 4th October, 0945 - 1245 Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1230 or 1400 - 1630 Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Woolbrokers LTD) Event Provider: Red Houss Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Sandwick Location: Red Houss, East Burra Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 6 Spaces: 2 Spaces: 12 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £90.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Intermediate Do you want to advance your spinning skills Making three sterling silver Fair Isle patterned Join Alison Rendall, Shetlander and Fair Isle and techniques? Do you have queries that silver buttons etched with traditional patterns knitting enthusiast in this class which takes need to be resolved - or just don’t know what from Shetland knitters. See website for you through the technique of knitting a Fair next…. This class, with Elizabeth Johnston, is transport. Isle cuff for gloves or mittens. It can be added for any level of spinner who wishes to improve to any pattern and gives another layer of their knowledge and ability. The class will deal wool and interest around the wrists but still with each spinning process the students wish includes the stretchability of ribbing around to cover. the cuff. Wool provided but bring 3mm DPNs, scissors and a (grafting) tapestry needle.

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Touchy Feely at da Böd Steeking with From Lace to Chunky Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1130 Barbara Cheyne - Knitting Traditional Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1300 Shetland Lace Patterns Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum in Heavier Organic Yarns Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Böd of Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week with Sheila Fowlie Gremista, Lerwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1300 Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Spaces: 14 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Cost: £12.00 Lerwick Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Box Office Booking:Yes Skill Level: Intermediate Come “out of hours” and experience the Spaces: 6 Shetland Textile Museum in a way not In this class you will knit in the round a small Cost: £40.00 normally available to the general public. Touch piece of work in two colours – part pattern and the various items in our Handling Collection, part steek. The steek will be cut and neatened Skill Level: Intermediate handle a few items from our main Collection in the traditional Shetland method. Other (gloves provided), enjoy Cream Teas and types of finishing will be shown. See website This introductory course will show you how browse our exhibitions and shop. for materials, homework and skills required. easy it is to knit lace, how traditional Shetland lace patterns can be used with different weight yarns and different sized needles and how you can knit with 1-ply lace yarn on large needles to produce an ethereal effect. Yarns provided but please bring your own needles any sizes 3.5mm - 10mm.

Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop Finishing Your Knits Fair Isle Yoke Bag with Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1245 with Julia Billings Janette Budge Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1300 Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1300 Event Provider: Bigton Hall Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Janette Budge Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Bigton Community Hall, Bigton Lerwick Spaces: 9 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: Beginner Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Cecil Tait of Paparwark shows you how to Skill Level: Advanced Beginner hand-make a beautiful, simple, timber shawl Make your own Fair Isle Style pouch bag. An pin and brooch using knives and chisels. In this three-hour class, learn the essential opportunity to practise blending colours, try Unlock your inner whittler! Cost includes skills for putting together your hand-knitted a knitting belt and knit with 2 colours. You will use of tools and materials. Email cecil@ garments, such as seaming (including easy learn the techniques of the traditional “star paparwark.co.uk for further information. A fun shoulder seams using short-rows and three- and tree” yoke pattern in circular knitting style. class for everyone! Lunch (not included in needle cast-off), easing the various pieces Giving you the skills needed for knitting a yoke the cost) is available at the Bigton Hall. See to fit, grafting, weaving in ends, blocking, jumper or cardigan. website for transport information. sewing on buttons and more. See website for homework, materials and skills required.

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Introduction to Fair Isle Bundle Dye a Sock Blank Learn Shaping, Intarsia, Knitting with Donna Smith with Plants and Natural Fair Isle and Pleating Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1300 Dyes with Ria Burns from a Puffin! Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1300 Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1700 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £50.00 Spaces: 8 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: Beginner Cost: £50.00 Cost: £100.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate Learn to knit in the traditional Fair Isle way using two colours at one time by knitting a Learn the bundle dyeing technique to create a Knitwear Designer Tina Vejlo Andersen/ small sample in the round. We will discuss naturally unique and colourful Shetland wool Kastaniestrik has designed a small puffin ways to improve your colour-work skills (such sock blank. Using a selection of responsibly especially for Shetland Wool Week that you as how to hold yarn) and how to choose foraged leaves, flowers and dye plant extracts will be able to knit in this class. To shape and colour. See website for materials. we will decorate the sock blank (a knitted give the puffin finesse, we will use several length of fabric) and steam. After this we will types of increases and decreases, intarsia unwrap the bundles, revealing the colours and knitting for the body, Fair Isle knitting for the imprints left behind from the plants. All yarn head and beak. You will learn how to knit a and dye materials provided but please bring pleat that will form the beak. See website for an apron. materials and skills required.

The Future Magic of Design - The Difficult Make a Project/Workbook Double Knitting with Part with Niela Kalra with Mary Fraser Meret Buetzberger Friday 4th October, 0945 - 1630 Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1700 Friday 4th October, 1000 - 1300 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Sandwick Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Cost: £125.00 Cost: £90.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate Good design is crucial to the success of any Learn to make a book to map and record Do you like to knit with colour but struggle project. Often our struggle is finding the your knitting projects with plenty of pages with stranded work? Do you love to learn new pathway which translates the ideas/concepts for swatches, colour samples, photographs techniques and want to learn more about in our head – to a visible conclusion. Using and source materials. We will use a variety of reversible knitting? In this class Meret will playful and conceptual design studies, we will papers (blank, graph and card), bound in a show you all about ribbing, increasing and discover a way to make our ideas concrete ready prepared Fair Isle knitted cover with an decreasing in double knitting, giving you and achievable. We each will create an integrated back pocket. unlimited possibilities for your future double original path and design our own garment/ knit designs. The class is suitable for those textile. Lunch included. who can already double knit. See website for materials.

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Wilma Malcolmson www.shetlanddesigner.co.uk

Swarthoull, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, ZE2 9HB

Tel: 01595 477257 Email: [email protected]

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Blending the Colours of Four Fingers and a Thumb Creating the Effect with Fair Shetland with Deborah Gray with Elizabeth Johnston Isle with Terri Malcolmson Friday 4th October, 1330 - 1630 Friday 4th October, 1330 - 1630 Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1700

Event Provider: Deborah Gray Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Market House, (Voluntary Action Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Shetland) 14 Market St, Lerwick Sandwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 6 Spaces: 12 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate

Fibre blending. Delve deep into the world of Let’s perfect knitted gloves. Gloves are a In this three hour class we will discuss how colour in the Shetland landscape. Inspired relatively easy knit, but it‘s those fingers careful planning of colour and motifs can be by an iconic image of Shetland we will and thumbs that are tricky. Work on thumbs, used to alter the look of your knitting to make deepen our appreciation of colour while picking up stitches for fingers, and well- designs glow, stand out, fade, stripe or blend. blending evocative new shades using only shaped finger tips. Understand how to knit We will cover how to arrange colour to create primary-coloured and natural wool fibre. Your fingers for any size of glove and eliminate your desired effect and Terri will share how she unique blends can later be used for spinning, those pesky holes. Fair Isle, Lace, etc. can be swatches to quickly check how the colours are felt making or other crafts. Materials and included - try knitting 2-coloured fingers! See working together. See website for materials. equipment provided. Opportunity to purchase website for materials. hand carders.

Wristwarmer Colour Variations From Fleece to Yarn - First Bohus Knitting for with Mary Henderson Steps in Preparing Wool from Beginners with Trollenwol Friday 4th October, 1330 - 1630 ShetlandOrganics Fleeces Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1700 Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Trollenwol and Uradale Woolbrokers LTD) Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Location: Uradale Farm, East Voe, Scalloway Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £40.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 4 Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate Cost: £40.00 Cost: £15.00 Skill Level: Intermediate Skill Level: All Levels In this class you will learn the story of the Swedish Bohus Stickning. We will begin the Join Mary Henderson, designer and Fair Isle During this workshop participants will be technique with 2 colours in 1 row and in the enthusiast as she helps you choose colours introduced to Shetland organic fleeces and meantime purl on the right side and knit on for a set of wristwarmers using the same the characteristics that determine their the wrong side of the knit work. Knitting back motifs but working with light and dark shades suitability for combing or carding. The course and forth will be practised with these skills. focusing on the values of the colours and will also provide instruction on how to comb We will be experimenting with colours and how it changes the effect of the knitting. Yarns or card the raw fleece to make tops/rolags/ practising several patterns that will give a provided but bring 3mm and 3.25/3.5mm slivers for spinning into yarns suitable for Bohus effect. Materials provided. See website dpns or circular needles long enough for knitting and weaving. Fleece/combs/carders/ for transport. If you would like to combine this magic loop. Homework: using 4ply wool and spindles/spinning wheel will be available. class with a morning tour of Uradale farm and 3mm needles cast on 60 sts and K1, P1 rib lunch please see page 16. for 8 rounds.

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Introduction to Fair Isle Mini Taatit Rug Workshop A Lace Wall Hanging Yokes with Hazel Tindall Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1730 with Anne Eunson Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1700 Friday 4th October, 1830 - 2130 Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Street, Lerwick Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 4 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £50 Spaces: 8 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: Beginner Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Beginner Learn with reference to Carol Christiansen’s An introduction to knitting Fair Isle yokes. book ‘Taatit Rugs, the Pile Bedcovers of Join Anne and learn, or expand, your Learn how yoked jumpers are constructed Shetland’, and try out the processes involved knowledge of lace knitting. Choose a lace in Shetland. During the class you will knit a to create your own mini-rug out of Shetland pattern to suit your own knitting ability. In class small section of yoke to try colours and to yarns. Materials provided. NB. the premises you should be able to complete a small wall understand the shaping. See website for are opposite Bain’s Beach and have a high hanging but if you prefer to carry on knitting homework and materials. step and narrow entrance. you can turn any of the patterns into a scarf. Bring a ball of lace yarn and needles to suit.

Needle Felted Shetland Painting with Wool with Pony Wall Hanging on a Wilma Malcolmson Fair Isle Background Friday 4th October, 1830 - 2130 Friday 4th October, 1400 - 1700 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Sea Star Crafts, Shetland Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: St Magnus Church Hall, Greenfield Sandwick Place, Lerwick, ZE1 0AQ Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 8 Cost: £50.00 Come along to the offi cial Shetland Wool Week hub to meet Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: All Levels fellow Wool Weekers. Skill Level: Intermediate Learn the skills of subtle colour blending Located in the Gadderie at the Shetland under the expert guidance of Wilma Museum & Archives, it’s the perfect place to Needle felt a Shetland Pony on a pre-felted relax and knit throughout the week, pick up Malcolmson, Shetland Designer. Draw on fair isle background. Hang on a wood dowel your membership pack and fi nd out what’s (provided). All equipment provided and light Wilma’s knowledge and experience to create happening each day. There is also a handy refreshments. Wheelchair accessible. your own timeless colour palette from the vast noticeboard where you can leave messages choice of colours which will be provided in to swap tickets and share lifts. this class. You will then use these colours to knit your own phone cover or sampler. Bring Drop-in 10am–7pm for coffee 3mm DPNs. (Sundays 10am–5pm). Emma Louise’s Coffee Shop is situated upstairs.

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J&S Swatch for a Hat The Perfect Picture Fae Ewe tae You with Felicity Ford Saturday 5th October, 0945 - 1315 Saturday 5th October, 1000 - 1300 Saturday 5th October, 0930 - 1230 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: NorNova Knitwear Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Woolbrokers LTD) Sandwick Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Spaces: 10 Spaces: 6 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £50.00 Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate Cost: £56.00 Skill Level: Intermediate With social media and on-line selling so The traditional way of Shetland preparation prominent in our lives, we often struggle and spinning, using original methods. You Join Felicity Ford in this Hat-swatching class with producing accurate and interesting will learn how to prepare raw and unwashed exclusive to Jamieson & Smith. A forthcoming photographs. In this class we will consider fleece, carding, spinning for lace, either single KNITSONIK hat pattern features small, organic light, flash, aperture, speed, composition etc. ply or plied. Fleeces and tops for spinning will shapes and is specifically designed to reflect and post-picture processing. Let Austin de- be provided. Wheels will be made available, a wide variety of inspiration sources. Choose mystify the process and teach you how to take but please bring your own if preferred. yarns from a curated Shetland palette, and the perfect picture! design your own wearable souvenir. The price includes 8 full balls of Jumper Weight to take away with you. See website for needles required.

Introduction to Shetland The Future Magic of Lace: Auld Shell, New Double Knitting with Shell with Linda Shearer Meret Buetzberger Saturday 5th October, 1000 - 1300 Saturday 5th October, 1000 - 1300

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Cost: £50.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: Intermediate

Introduction to Shetland Lace knitting, using Do you like to knit with colour but struggle the ‘Auld Shell’ and ‘New Shell’ designs. In with stranded work? Do you love to learn new this class you will learn these basic designs techniques and want to learn more about and go on to knit a scarf or neckwarmer. A reversible knitting? In this class Meret will selection of shades of Shetland lace yarn will show you all about ribbing, increasingand Box o ice bookings be available, so you will have the opportunity decreasing in double knitting, giving you can be made at to play with colours in your design. See unlimited possibilities for your future double website for materials. knit designs. The class is suitable for those www.thelittleboxo ice.com/ who can already double knit. See website for shetlandwoolweek materials.

64 For more detailed descriptions of events, including transport, materials or homework required please visit www.shetlandwoolweek.com CLASSES SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER

Branding for Creative J&S Mitts-a-long Intermediate Bohus Businesses with Gail with Felicity Ford with Trollenwol Turpin Designs Saturday 5th October, 1330 - 1630 Saturday 5th October, 1400 - 1700 Saturday 5th October, 1000 - 1800 (including a 2-hour visit to the Makers’ Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Trollenwol and Uradale Woolbrokers LTD) Market) Location: Uradale Farm, East Voe, Scalloway Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Spaces: 12 Cost: £40.00 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £56.00 Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced Spaces: 8 Skill Level: Intermediate In this class we will start a project (wrist Cost: £90.00 warmer or leg warmers) in the Bohus style. Skill Level: All Levels Join Felicity Ford in this Mitts-a-long class The project will be knitted in the round and we exclusive to Jamieson & Smith for Shetland will be practising working with 2 or 3 colours In this practical workshop for creatives, we’ll Wool Week. Using the KNITSONIK system you in one row (and for the very skilled, 4) and in discover that branding is about much more will design a pair of mitts using J&S yarns, a the meantime knit stitches on the wrong side than just a logo: it is an essential part of curated palette and a Shetland inspiration and purl stitches on the right side. The Bohus- your business. Through group and individual chosen by Felicity. The price of this class like pattern will be more intricate. The project sessions, you’ll explore what your brand includes 8 full balls of 2ply Jumper Weight to can be finished at home after the workshop. is - and what it could be. This workshop will take away for finishing your mitts. See website Materials provided. See website for transport. include a long lunch break in order to make a for needles required. If you would like to combine this class with class visit to the Makers’ Market. See website a morning tour of Uradale farm and lunch for further details. please see page 16.

Felted Trows from Folklore Felted Shetland Postcards BOOK NOW JOIN US Saturday 5th October, 1030 - 1300 Saturday 5th October, 1400 - 1630

Event Provider: Clair Aldington and Amy Event Provider: Clair Aldington and Amy Colvin Colvin Location: Shetland Rural Centre, Staneyhill, Location: Shetland Rural Centre, Staneyhill, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 14 Spaces: 20 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels

Come along and hand felt your own Shetland Come along and hand felt a Shetland Trow inspired by traditional folklore tales, Postcard using your favourite Shetland scene using a mixture of felting techniques, stitching as inspiration. We will be using needle felting and embellishing. Let your imagination run techniques with natural Shetland wool and wild whilst learning about the secretive life vibrant merinos. You can even write your own of Trows and their Knowes! Tea, coffee and message in yarn on the back of your postcard. biscuits provided. Take along a sketch or image of your scene to BOX OFFICE BOOKINGS work from. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. CAN BE MADE AT WWW.THELITTLEBOXOFFICE.COM/ SHETLANDWOOLWEEK

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Contemporary Fair Isle A Shetland Photography Hoop as a Loom Textiles Printing Workshop Safari with Austin Taylor Sunday 6th October, 1100 - 1400 Sunday 6th October, 0930 - 1230 or 1400 Sunday 6th October, 0900 - 1700 - 1700 Event Provider: AAMOS Designs Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: The String, 88 Commercial Street, Event Provider: Gaada Projects C.I.C. Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Hoswick, Lerwick Location: Da Auld Methodist Kirk, Bridge End, Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Burra Isle, XE2 9LD Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 3 Cost: £65.00 Spaces: 6 Cost: £100.00 Skill Level: All Levels Cost: £85.00 Skill Level: All Levels Skill Level: All Levels You will learn how to make your circular Take a ‘Safari’ with Austin to some of his loom from an embroidery hoop, how to This dynamic textiles printing workshop favourite locations to learn how to use the warp up as well as a number of unusual and takes place in a 125 year old kirk! Design landscape as inspiration for showing off and traditional weaving/tapestry techniques to and handprint your very own contemporary contextualising your work, both with and create unique circular woven designs, which Fair Isle repeating pattern. Led by RCA without being worn. The colours of Shetland’s can be displayed in your home on a wall or master printmakers who will teach you how landscape naturally complement woolly as coasters and table mats. Please note the to screenprint beautiful ombre fades on creations and her beaches and buildings can venue is at the top of steep narrow stairs, textiles using their range of special ‘Shetland’ be an ideal backdrop for close-up detail or there is no disabled access. pigments. Then print your unique design on model photoshoots. quality textiles to take home!

Come along to the offi cial Shetland Wool Week hub to meet fellow Wool Weekers. Located in the Gadderie at the Shetland Museum & Archives, it’s the perfect place to relax and knit throughout the week, pick up your membership pack and fi nd out what’s happening each day. There is also a handy noticeboard where you can leave messages to swap tickets and share lifts. Drop-in 10am–7pm for coffee (Sundays 10am–5pm). Emma Louise’s Coffee Shop is situated upstairs.

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Saturday 28th September Sunday 29th September

Shetland Flock Book Show and Sale 2019 0900 - All Day Flock Book Croft Tour: Gremista and Lunna 0815 - 1300

Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 0900 - 1300 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 0900 - 1230

Get Makkin Fair Isle 0900 - 1400 Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1730

Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1730 Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1730

Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1730 Contemporary Fair Isle Textiles Printing Workshop 0930 - 1230

Drop Spindling for Beginners with Deborah Gray 0930 - 1230 Heavenly Handpainting on Sock Blanks with Niela Kalra 0945 - 1245

Weaving for Beginners - Shetland Tweed 0945 - 1600 Warp-Weighted Loom Weaving with Elizabeth Johnston 0945 - 1630

Introduction to Fair Isle Knitting with Donna Smith 1000 - 1300 Colours of Shetland and Lace with Anne Eunson 1000 - 1300

Spindle Spinning and the Muckle Wheel 1000 - 1300 Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge and Jeannie Tulloch 1000 - 1300

Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 Steeking with Barbara Cheyne 1000 - 1300

Joanna Hunter - Open Studio at Ninian 1000 - 1700 The Magic of Double Knitting for Beginners with Meret Buetzberger 1000 - 1300 The Gunnister Man’s Gravit 1000 - 1700 Thrummed Mittens with Helene Driesen 1000 - 1300 Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1900 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1900 Make Two Hardcase Notebooks with Mary Fraser 1000 - 1700 Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1900 Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1700 Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1900 Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1700 Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1900 Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1700 Felted Miniature Sheep 1030 - 1300 Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1700

Hoop as a Loom 1100 - 1400 Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1700

Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1400 Felted Vases and Bowls (2-part workshop) 1030 - 1300

Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1300 - 1615 Uradale Farm: Organic Native Shetland Sheep with Ronnie and Jakob Eunson 1100 - 1330 More Than a Happening 1300 - 1800 Hoop as a Loom 1100 - 1400 Sheep Inspired Brooches 1400 - 1630 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 1100 - 1400 Introduction to Traditional Fair Isle Tams/Berets with Linda Shearer (2-part workshop) 1400 - 1700 Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1400

Plying Techniques with Asita Krebs 1400 - 1700 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1230 - 1615

Introduction to Cockleshell Lace with Rachel Hunter 1400 - 1700 More Than a Happening 1300 - 1800

Beginners’ Fair Isle with Janette Budge 1400 - 1700 Heavenly Handpainting on Sock Blanks with Niela Kalra 1330 - 1630

Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1630 - 1900 Joanna Hunter - Open Studio at Ninian 1400 - 1600

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Felted Jewellery 1400 - 1630 From Lace to Chunky - Knitting Traditional Shetland Lace Patterns in Heavier Organic Yarns with Sheila Fowlie 1000 - 1300 Herbal Tea Blending for Knitters with Suze Walker 1400 - 1630 Spin to Knit with Ruth Robinson 1000 - 1300 Colourwork from Inspiration with Terri Malcolmson 1400 - 1700 Traditional Shetland Haps with Donna Smith 1000 - 1300 Contemporary Fair Isle Textiles Printing Workshop 1400 - 1700 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 Intermediate Bohus with Trollenwol 1400 - 1700 25 Shades from One Natural Dye Bath with Julia Billings 1000 - 1700 Introduction to Traditional Fair Isle Tams/Berets with Linda Shearer (2-part workshop) 1400 - 1700 Advanced Shetland Lace with Anne Eunson and Kathleen Anderson 1000 - 1700 Shaping of Shawls with Asita Krebs 1400 - 1700 Learn Shaping, Intarsia, Fair Isle and Pleating from a Puffin! 1000 - 1700 Spin to Knit with Ruth Robinson 1400 - 1700 Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1900

Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1630 - 1900 Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1900

Shetland Wool Week Welcome 1900 - 2100 Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1900

Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1900 Monday 30th September Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1900 Shetland Museum and Archives Textiles Tours 1030 Fair Isle Experience 0815 - 1730 Tour of the Isle of Bressay with Douglas Coutts 1045 - 1500 Tour to North Mainland 0845 - 1730 Uradale Farm: Organic Native Shetland Sheep with Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 0900 - 1300 Ronnie and Jakob Eunson 1100 - 1330

Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1730 Hoop as a Loom 1100 - 1400

Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1730 Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1400

Introduction to Machine Knitting: Hand Tool Techniques 0915 - 1630 Old Haa Exhibition and Demonstration Day 1200 - 1600

Fair Isle Knitting With Hazel Tindall 0930 - 1230 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1300 - 1630

Fleece Preparation for Handspinning with Deborah Gray 0930 - 1230 More Than a Happening 1300 - 1800

Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 0930 - 1230 Sustainable Knitwear: A Work in Progress with Ria Burns (Lunchtime Talk) 1315 - 1345 Quotidian Colourwork with Felicity Ford 0930 - 1230 Charting and Knitting an Afterthought Heel in Swedish Twined Knitting (Tvåändsstickning) 0930 - 1230 Fair Isle Socks with Lesley Smith 1330 - 1630

Machine Knit a Cushion Cover at Shetland College, UHI 0930 - 1600 Introduction to Magic with Deborah Gray 1330 - 1630

My Perfect Button with Helen Robertson 0930 - 1630 Lacework for Lazy Knitters with Dj Stefek 1330 - 1630

Lacework for Lazy Knitters with Dj Stefek 0945 - 1245 Shetland Colours with Felicity Ford 1330 - 1630

Demystify Natural Dyeing with Elizabeth Johnston 0945 - 1630 Meet the Designer: Behind the Scenes at Nielanell 1400 - 1445

Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1000 - 1230 Wool Sorting and Grading Demonstration with Oliver Henry 1400 - 1500

Basic Brioche Stitch and How to Knit It with Amy Detjen 1000 - 1300 Taat Chat with Dr Carol Christiansen at the Old Haa 1400 - 1530

Dorset Buttons with Tania Ashton Jones 1000 - 1300 Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1400 - 1630

Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge and Jeannie Tulloch 1000 - 1300 Fair Isle Fused Glass 1400 - 1700

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Intermediate Bohus with Trollenwol 1400 - 1700 Taat Chat at Da Böd 1000 - 1130

Knit a Circular Fair Isle Table Mat 1400 - 1700 Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1000 - 1230

Knitting a ‘Taste of Muhu’ with Tori Seierstad and Create Your Own Mood Board 1000 - 1245 Judith Nilsen 1400 - 1700 Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop 1000 - 1245 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 1400 - 1700 Crochet with Nan Smith 1000 - 1300 Needle Felted Orca Picture 1400 - 1700 Dressing Shetland Knitwear with Rachel and Freya Hunter 1000 - 1300 Playing with Colour wth Donna Smith 1400 - 1700 Fae Ewe tae You 1000 - 1300 Spindle Spinning and the Muckle Wheel 1400 - 1700 Fair Isle Fused Glass 1000 - 1300 Steeking with Barbara Cheyne 1400 - 1700 Learn About Natural Dye Plants and Make a The Magic of Double Knitting for Beginners with ‘Colours of Shetland’ Sample Cushion 1000 - 1300 Meret Buetzberger 1400 - 1700 Plain Weave Is Not Just PLAIN Weave! 1000 - 1300 Jamieson’s of Shetland Mill Tour 1400 - 1800 Shetland Knitting Belt and Raepin String 1000 - 1300 Shetland Museum and Archives Textiles Tours 1430 Shetland Oo with Oliver Henry 1000 - 1300 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1630 - 1900 Spindle Spinning and the Muckle Wheel 1000 - 1300 More is More: Cuffs, Basques and Trims 1830 - 2130 Steeking with Barbara Cheyne 1000 - 1300 Mother Astrop 1830 - 2130 Thrummed Slippers with Helene Driesen 1000 - 1300 Knit Your Own Bangle 1900 - 2200 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 A Journey with Shetland Oo with SWW Patron Oliver Henry 1930 - 2100 Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1900

Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1900 Tuesday 1st October Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1900 Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1900 Visit Yell By Bus 0745 - 1830 Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1900 Visit the Isle of Foula 0910 - 1700 Meet the Designer: Behind the Scenes at Nielanell 1100 - 1145 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 0900 - 1300 Café, Knitwear & Fleeces 1100 - 1600 Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1730 Fair Isle Colourwise 1100 -1600 Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1730 Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1400 Ulsta Craft Fair 0900 - 1800 Loops and Lunches 1230 - 1500 Introduction to Machine Knitting: Fair Isle 0915 - 1630 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1300 - 1630 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 0930 - 1230 Joanna Hunter - Open Studio at Ninian 1300 - 1700 Quotidian Colourwork with Felicity Ford 0930 - 1230 More Than a Happening 1300 - 2000 Light Up Your Lace 0930 - 1700 The Wayward Path of a Lawyer Turned Knit Designer with A Norwegian Challenge with Hadewych 0945 - 1245 Niela Kalra (Lunchtime Talk) 1315 - 1345

Drop-in Knitting, Spinning and Wheel Clinic 0945 - 1245 Shetland Flowers with Felicity Ford 1330 - 1630

Flock Book Croft Tour: Vementry, Ollaberry and Islesburgh 0945 - 1730 Shetland Lace with Elizabeth Johnston 1330 - 1630

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The Perfect Finish with Wilma Malcolmson 1330 - 1630 Westside Tour - Ponies, Sheep, Shetland Sheepdogs and Art Gallery 0930 - 1230 Textiles Tour at Shetland College, University of the Highlands and Islands 1345 - 1415 Knitting a Mini Traditional Shetland Lace Hap in Organic Yarn with Sheila Fowlie 0930 - 1330 Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1400 - 1630 Weave Workshop at Shetland College, UHI 0930 - 1600 Basic Brioche Stitch and How to Knit It with Amy Detjen 1400 - 1700 Shetland Lace Bracelet 0930 - 1630 Cast Ons and Cast Offs with Julia Billings 1400 - 1700 Double Knitting and Marlisle - A Journey into the Reversible 0945 - 1630 Designing a Traditional Fair Isle Motif with Terri Malcolmson 1400 - 1700 Spinning for Fair Isle with Elizabeth Johnston 0945 - 1630 Fair Isle Fused Glass 1400 - 1700 Touchy Feely at da Böd 1000 - 1130 From Fleece to Yarn - First Steps in Preparing Wool from ShetlandOrganics Fleeces 1400 - 1700 Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1000 - 1230

Natural Dyeing: Mordants and Colour Variation Create Your Own Mood Board 1000 - 1245 with Ria Burns 1400 - 1700 Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop 1000 - 1245 Spinning Supported Using Short Shetland Fleece with Asita Krebs 1400 - 1700 Fae Ewe tae You 1000 - 1300

Lino Printing for the Cover of Your Own Wool Journal with Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge and Jeannie Tulloch 1000 - 1300 Linda Richardson 1400 - 1800 Making the Cut - Introduction to Steeking with Donna Smith 1000 - 1300 Explore Bigton: Sheep, Ponies & St. Ninian’s Isle 1415 - 1715 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1630 - 1900 Collaborative, Commemorative Colourwork with Felicity Ford 1000 - 1700 Lerwick Walking Tour and Taste of Shetland 1715 - 2100 Knit Your Teddy Bear a Yoked Cardigan 1000 - 1700 Painting with Wool 1830 - 2130 Try a Lace Sampler with Nan Smith 1000 - 1700 The Final Step: Washing and Blocking Lace (or any Knitwear…) 1830 - 2130 Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1900

An Evening with Islesburgh Spinners and Knitters 1900 - 21.30 Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1900

Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1900

Wednesday 2nd October Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1900 Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1900 Tour to Unst 0745 - 1830 Shetland Museum and Archives Textiles Tours 1030 Visit Yell By Bus 0745 - 1830 Uradale Farm: Organic Native Shetland Sheep with Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 0900 - 1300 Ronnie and Jakob Eunson 1100 - 1330

Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1730 Unst Heritage Centre Open Day 1100 - 1500

Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1730 Café, Knitwear & Fleeces 1100 - 1600

Ulsta Craft Fair 0900 - 1800 Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1400

Colourwork and Steeking with Mary Henderson 0930 - 1230 Loops and Lunches 1230 - 1500

Contemporary Fair Isle Textiles Printing Workshop 0930 - 1230 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1300 - 1630

Knitted Secrets, Illusions and Code with Deborah Gray 0930 - 1230 More Than a Happening 1300 - 1800

Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 0930 - 1230 Drop Spindle Spinning for Beginners with Deborah Gray 1330 - 1430

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Sustainable Natural Dyeing with Ria Burns 1330 - 1630 Knitting Across Borders – from Estonia to Shetland 0945 - 1630

Textiles Tour at Shetland College, University of the Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1000 - 1230 Highlands and Islands 1345 - 1415 Create Your Own Mood Board 1000 - 1245 Meet the Designer: Behind the Scenes at Nielanell 1400 - 1445 Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop with Cecil Tait 1000 - 1245 Wool Sorting and Grading Demonstration with Oliver Henry 1400 - 1500 Crowning Glory with Donna Smith 1000 - 1300 Try a Knitting Belt and Raepin String with Hazel Tindall 1400 - 1600 Design a Glove with Terri Malcolmson 1000 - 1300 Herbal Tea Blending for Knitters with Suze Walker 1400 - 1630 Furoshiki Bag with Chihiro Sato 1000 - 1300 Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1400 - 1630 KNITSONIK Bunting: Shetland edition with Felicity Ford 1000 - 1300 Bohus Knitting for Beginners with Trollenwol 1400 - 1700 Learn About Natural Dye Plants and Make a Contemporary Fair Isle Textiles Printing Workshop 1400 - 1700 ‘Colours of Shetland’ Sample Cushion 1000 - 1300

Make a Medieval Bound Notebook with a Fair Isle and Nalbinding (Viking knitting) 1000 - 1300 Shetland Tweed Cover 1400 - 1700 Pushing the Boundaries of Plain Weave 1000 - 1300 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 1400 - 1700 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 Embroidered Sheep Brooch 1400 - 1700 Cockleshell Headband 1000 - 1600 Mini Taatit Rug Workshop 1400 - 1730 Beaded Dorset Buttons with Tania Ashton 1000 - 1700 Jamieson’s of Shetland Mill Tour 1400 - 1800 Fair Isle Sampler with Nan Smith 1000 - 1700 Shetland Museum and Archives Textiles Tours 1430 Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1900 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1630 - 1900 Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1900 Woolly Thinking - Quiz Night and Buffet with Hazel Tindall and Janette Budge 1800 - 2100 Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1900

Tak Your Sock Night 1830 - 2030 Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1900

Behind the Scenes of the UK Knitting and Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1900 Crochet Guild (Talk) 1930 - 2100 Hoop as a Loom 1100 - 1400

Café, Knitwear & Fleeces 1100 - 1600

Thursday 3rd October Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1400

Fair Isle Experience 0815 - 1730 Loops and Lunches 1230 - 1500

Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1730 Joanna Hunter - Open Studio at Ninian 1300 - 1700

Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1730 Loops on Wires with Viveka Velupillai (lunchtime talk) 1315 - 1345

Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 0930 - 1230 Drop Spindling for Beginners with Deborah Gray 1330 - 1630

Shetland Lace with Elizabeth Johnston 0930 - 1230 Drop-in Knitting, Spinning and Wheel Clinic 1330 - 1630

Swedish Twined Knitting (Tvåändsstickning) 0930 - 1230 Textiles Tour at Shetland College, University of the Highlands and Islands 1345 - 1415 Westside Tour - Ponies, Sheep, Shetland Sheepdogs and Art Gallery 0930 - 1230 Meet the Designer: Behind the Scenes at Nielanell 1400 - 1445

Machine Knit a Toorie at Shetland College: UHI 0930 - 1600 Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1400 - 1630

Knit a Mini Shetland Hap with Anne Eunson and Design Your Own Mittens with Tori Seierstad and Kathleen Anderson 0945 - 1630 Wenche Roald 1400 - 1700

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From Fleece to Yarn - First Steps in Preparing Wool from Introduction to Fair Isle Knitting with Donna Smith 1000 - 1300 ShetlandOrganics Fleeces 1400 - 1700 Steeking with Barbara Cheyne 1000 - 1300 Nalbinding (Viking knitting) 1400 - 1700 The Future Magic of Double Knitting with Meret Buetzberger 1000 - 1300 Shetland Oo with Oliver Henry 1400 - 1700 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 Traditional Shetland Haps with Donna Smith 1400 - 1700 Design - The Difficult Part with Niela Kalra 1000 - 1630 Mini Taatit Rug Workshop 1400 - 1730 Learn Shaping, Intarsia, Fair Isle and Pleating from a Puffin! 1000 - 1700 Explore Bigton: Sheep, Ponies & St. Ninian’s Isle 1415 - 1715 Make a Project/Workbook with Mary Fraser 1000 - 1700 Lino Printing for the Cover of Your Own Wool Journal with Linda Richardson 1700 - 2100 Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1900

Lerwick Walking Tour and Taste of Shetland 1715 - 2100 Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1900

A Closer Look at Colour in Textiles 1730 - 1830 Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1900

Loops and Lunches 1800 - 2030 Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1900

Shetland Designers Inspirations and Collection Launch 1900 - 2100 Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1900

Elegant and Handsome Specimens of Knitting: Shetland Museum and Archives Textiles Tours 1030 Shetland Lace Close-up (Talk) 1930 - 2100 Tour of the Isle of Bressay with Douglas Coutts 1045 - 1500

Jamieson’s of Shetland Mill Tour (no transport) 1100 - 1200 Friday 4th October Uradale Farm: Organic Native Shetland Sheep with Ronnie and Jakob Eunson 1100 - 1330

Fair Isle Experience 0815 - 1630 Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1400

Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 0900 - 1300 Loops and Lunches 1230 - 1500

Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1730 Whalsay Welcomes Woolweek 1230 - 1900

Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1730 Tour to Whalsay 1245 - 1900

Knitting Socks Two-at-a-time and Toe-up with Deborah Gray 0930 - 1230 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1300 - 1630

Maakin a Fair Isle Cuff with Alison Rendall 0930 - 1230 This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain’s Knitted History (Lunchtime Talk) 1315 - 1345 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 0930 - 1230 Blending the Colours of Shetland with Deborah Gray 1330 - 1630 Fiss Knitting with Helen Robertson 0930 - 1630 Four Fingers and a Thumb with Elizabeth Johnston 1330 - 1630 Up Your Game - Improvers’ Spinning 0945 - 1245 Wristwarmer Colour Variations with Mary Henderson 1330 - 1630 Touchy Feely at da Böd 1000 - 1130 Wool Sorting and Grading Demonstration with Oliver Henry 1400 - 1500 Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1000 - 1230 A Little Weaving History from Shetland 1400 - 1530 Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop 1000 - 1245 Have a Go! 1400 - 1600 Bundle Dye a Sock Blank with Plants and Natural Dyes with Ria Burns 1000 - 1300 Making Silver Fair Isle Buttons 1400 - 1630

Fair Isle Yoke Bag with Janette Budge 1000 - 1300 Bohus Knitting for Beginners with Trollenwol 1400 - 1700

Finishing Your Knits with Julia Billings 1000 - 1300 Creating the Effect with Fair Isle with Terri Malcolmson 1400 - 1700

From Lace to Chunky - Knitting Traditional Shetland From Fleece to Yarn - First Steps in Preparing Wool from Lace Patterns in Heavier Organic Yarns with Sheila Fowlie 1000 - 1300 ShetlandOrganics Fleeces 1400 - 1700

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Introduction to Fair Isle Yokes with Hazel Tindall 1400 - 1700 Uradale Farm: Organic Native Shetland Sheep with Ronnie and Jakob Eunson 1100 - 1330 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 1400 - 1700 Meet the ShetlandPeerieMakkers 1100 - 1600 Needle Felted Shetland Pony Wall Hanging on a Fair Isle Background 1400 - 1700 Shetland Wool Week Makers’ Market 1100 - 1600

Mini Taatit Rug Workshop 1400 - 1730 Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1400

Explore Bigton: Sheep, Ponies & St. Ninian’s Isle 1415 - 1715 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1300 - 1615

Shetland Museum and Archives Textiles Tours 1430 J&S Mitts-a-long with Felicity Ford 1330 - 1630

Jamieson’s of Shetland Mill Tour (no transport) 1430 - 1530 Felted Shetland Postcards 1400 - 1630

Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1630 - 1900 Intermediate Bohus with Trollenwol 1400 - 1700

Sound of Shetland 1800 - 1900 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1630 - 1900

‘A Crofter’s Life in Shetland’ film night and meal 1800 - 2115 Shetland Flock Book 2019 Prizegiving, Supper and Dance with ViSpring 1900 - 2330 A Lace Wall Hanging with Anne Eunson 1830 - 2130

Painting with Wool 1830 - 2130

Shetland Wool Week Spree 2000 - 2300 Sunday 6th October

Tour to South Mainland 0845 - 1515

Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 0900 - 1230 Saturday 5th October Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1600 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 0900 - 1300 Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1600 Bound by the Land: Freed by the Sea 0900 - 1730 A Shetland Photography Safari with Austin Taylor 0900 - 1700

Nielanell Design Studio 0900 - 1730 Contemporary Fair Isle Textiles Printing Workshop 0930 - 1230

J&S Swatch for a Hat with Felicity Ford 0930 - 1230 Sharing, Sherry, Shortbread, and Cheese - Sunday Morning Play Time! 1000 - 1400 The Perfect Picture 0945 - 1315 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 Fae Ewe tae You 1000 - 1300 Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1700 Introduction to Shetland Lace: Auld Shell, New Shell with Linda Shearer 1000 - 1300 Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1700

The Future Magic of Double Knitting with Meret Buetzberger 1000 - 1300 Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1700

Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 - 1600 Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1700

Joanna Hunter - Open Studio at Ninian 1000 - 1700 Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1900

Branding for Creative Businesses with Gail Turpin Designs 1000 - 1800 Felted Vases and Bowls (2-part workshop) 1030 - 1300

Exploring Wool and Craft: Vivian Ross-Smith 1000 - 1900 Hoop as a Loom 1100 - 1400

Lace Knitting from the Sea 1000 - 1900 Speldiburn Cafe Exhibition 1200 - 1600

Nottingham-Shetland Knitted Lace Research Project 1000 - 1900 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1230 - 1615

Of the Land: Icelandic Wool 1000 - 1900 Contemporary Fair Isle Textiles Printing Workshop 1400 - 1700

Reconsider Wool 1000 - 1900 SGSWDK Sunday Teas, Exhibition and Demonstrations 1400 - 1700

Felted Trows from Folklore 1030 - 1300 Tour Around a Bressay Island Croft with Chris Dyer 1630 - 1900

74 For more detailed descriptions of events, including transport, materials or homework required please visit www.shetlandwoolweek.com Gift shop featuring select local makers

Exhibitions of Shetland lace knitting, Fair Isle and weaving

Open April 30th – October 5th Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 5pm Extra for Wool Week, 29th & 30th September

BÖD OF GREMISTA, LERWICK, ZE1 OPX TEL: 01595 694386

www.shetlandtextilemuseum.com

Gift shop featuring local crafts and knitwear

EXHIBITION OF TAATIT RUGS, SHETLAND LACE, FAIR ISLE KNITWEAR AND ARTWORK RELATING TO WOOL

Open 21st April–6th October Monday to Thursday 10am–4pm Saturday 10am–4pm, Sunday 2pm–5pm Admission Free Exhibiting at Vaila Fine Art TEAROOM SELLING TEA, COFFEE, SOFT DRINKS AND DELICIOUS HOMEMADE CAKES 61 Commercial Street, Lerwick Old Haa Museum, Burravoe, Yell 28 September – 6 October Telephone: 01957 722339 11am to 5pm www.oldhaa.com

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1 Islesburgh Community Centre 2 Shetland Museum and Archives Shetland Textile Museum 11 3 4 Sound Hall

16 5 Shetland Rural Centre 5 6 Anderson High School

20 7 Market House 2 8 St Magnus Church Hall, Greenfield Place 9 Lerwick Methodist Church

7 18 10 Shetland College, UHI, Gremista 11 Staney Hill Hall 6 13 12 Lodberrie Traders 19 21 17 13 Victoria Pier 1 14 22 15 9 12 14 Vaila Fine Art 15 Ninian 8 16 Jamieson and Smith 17 Jamieson’s of Shetland 18 Lerwick to Bressay Ferry Terminal 19 Peerie Shop Cafe 20 Mareel 21 Clickimin Leisure Complex 22 Lerwick Boating Club 4

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77 MAP OF SHETLAND

Maps for all SWW venues can be found on: www.shetlandwoolweek.com

78 TRAVEL TO AND AROUND SHETLAND

By Air There are several daily flights from the UK mainland to Sumburgh, Shetland including: Aberdeen (55 mins), Edinburgh (85 mins) and Glasgow (90 mins). All these airports are connected to London and other major European cities.

For further information visit www.loganair.co.uk

By Sea NorthLink Ferries sail from Aberdeen seven nights a week, year-round, arriving in Lerwick early the following morning. The voyage is overnight with access to a range of facilities including cabins, an on-board cinema and restaurant.

For more details visit www.northlinkferries.com

Getting Around There are many ways to explore Shetland, including hiring a car, taxi, bike or making use of the frequent bus services on offer. www.travel.shetland.org

Accommodation in Shetland For full details on accommodation in Shetland visit www.SHETLAND.org

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