24 Sep – 2 Oct 2016

www.shetlandwoolweek.com /shetlandwoolweek @ShetlandWoolWk /shetlandwoolweek Welcome to Wool Week 2016

ince its birth seven years ago, Partners and Sponsors S Shetland Wool Week has grown into an internationally acclaimed festival celebrating Shetland’s fantastic textile heritage.

We are proud of our sheep, our textile industry and our pristine environment. Everyone behind Shetland Wool Week makes a real effort to celebrate all aspects of wool and textiles in Shetland – from the farm to the brokers, from the mill to and cloth and beyond to design and creation; history, heritage, culture and education are all crucial too.

This year there will be an extensive range of exhibitions, classes, workshops and lectures, covering many different subjects including , spinning, dyeing, and lace as well as lots of other fascinating subjects.

Events will take place from Fair Isle right up to Shetland’s most northerly island of , famous for its beautiful lacework, with many locations in between.

The Shetland Wool Week committee and organisers bid a very warm welcome to everyone attending Shetland Wool Week 2016.

For more detailed descriptions of events visit www.shetlandwoolweek.com

Cover image: Alexander Mazurov 2 | Shetland Wool Week 2016 A note from the Shetland Wool Week 2016 patron

Partners and Sponsors was very proud and excited to be asked I to be Shetland Wool Week patron for 2016. I am extremely passionate about Shetland’s textile culture and heritage. I actually got my job at Jamieson and Smith by helping out at the second Shetland Wool Week, so I have seen the festival grow from strength to strength every year. I have met so many people from all over the world every year at Wool Week and I’m really looking forward to this year’s event, although it will be a very busy time for me!

I think it is so important for Shetland’s next generation to embrace the culture we are extremely lucky to be born into, and I am continually inspired by textiles new and old being made here. I have been collecting vintage Shetland knitwear for a number of years now and I love to take inspiration from the pieces I buy from charity shops and online.

My Crofthoose hat design features a motif I am known for using. I hope it inspires you to knit it, but also think about our heritage, and how we can keep Shetland’s Ella Gordon skills alive, while updating them for our modern lives. www.ellagordon.wordpress.com

Through my blog and online it is so easy to connect with people from all over, and it makes me so happy to know how many people would love to come here and experience Shetland Wool Week. I hope to make Shetlanders proud of our heritage, and share with whoever I can how much I love Shetland wool and Shetland knitting.

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 3 Exhibitions, Open Studios & Open Days

Nielanell Open Studio Burra Bears Open Studio Ruth Brownlee & Mary Saturday 24th September – Sunday 2nd Saturday 24th September – Sunday 2nd Fraser’s Pop-up Exhibition at October, 0900 – 1700 October, 1000 – 1600 Seawinds Event Provider: Nielanell Event Provider: Burra Bears 24th September – 2nd October (closed Thursday 29th September), 1000 – 1700 Location: Hoswick, Sandwick Location: Meadows Road, Houss, , ZE2 9LE Event Provider: Ruth Brownlee Box Office Booking:N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Location: 45 Commercial Street, Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Cost: FREE Cost: FREE Spaces: N/A Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A Cost: FREE The Alternative Shetland Knitwear. Visit the studio/shop to find unexpected knitwear, Head towards the East side of Burra Isle and Skill Level: N/A glorious handspun and scrumptious batts discover where the original Shetland Teddy in exotic fibres. Inventive knit collections in Bear is created. Meet Wendy in her workshop Mary Fraser striking colours and distinctive textures using and hear how the first Burra Bear was made Contemporary, fun yet functional products luxurious wool combinations. Designed and over 19 years ago using a recycled Fair Isle using local textiles, fair isle knit and Shetland made in Shetland. Distinctly Nielanell… jumper. tweed. Designed for Comment. Ruth Brownlee Ruth is an award winning landscape painter based in Sandwick. There will be small paintings and limited edition prints available.

Open Studio with Ninian The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Making it Contemporary Saturday 24th September – Saturday 1st – Open Studio Exhibition October, 0900 – 1730 Saturday 24th, Wednesday 28th & Friday Tuesday 20th September – Sunday 16th 30th September, 1000 – 1600 October, 1000 – 2100 Event Provider: Ninian Location: 80 Commercial Street, Lerwick, Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Event Provider: Shetland Museum & Archives / Kathy Coull ZE1 0DL Location: Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum & Box Office Booking:N/A Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Street, Lerwick Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Cost: FREE Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Skill Level: N/A Cost: FREE Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A Joanna and her team are allowing you a Skill Level: N/A sneaky peek behind the scenes, to see where A collection of modern textiles from and how they design and make their knitwear. Just along from the Queen’s Hotel, opposite Shetland College. Come and see the next Drop into the shop and let your mind wander Bains Beach in the historic Lodberries area generation of designers’ work! Be inspired and your creative juices flow! of Lerwick, encounter textile techniques by the revitalisation of old fabric-making in progress, in knit, weave, hand-spinning, techniques, as well as the incorporation of felting and hand-finishing. Fair Isle Home- more contemporary textiles. Created on hand Grown and Woolwork, sheepskins and looms, V-Bed knitting machines, domestic contemporary designs are brought to you from knitting machines and electronic Shimas. Fair Isle especially for Wool Week. Space is limited, but feel free to drop by with your own makkin’ and join in the fun!

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Edges and Extremes Sheila McGregor Focus ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition Display Exhibition Saturday 20th August – Sunday 2nd October, Saturday 20th August – Sunday 2nd October, Saturday 24th September – Sunday 2nd 1000 – 2100 1000 – 2100 October, 1100 – 1700

Event Provider: Shetland Museum & Archives Event Provider: Shetland Museum & Archives Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Location: Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum & Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Location: Fine Art, Commercial Street, Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Textile Gallery, First Floor, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick 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: FREE Cost: FREE Cost: FREE Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A

This exhibition is a collaborative project by In 1981 Sheila McGregor published The ShetlandOrganics Community Interest visual artist Sally Booth and poet Evlynn Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle Knitting. Company present and offer for sale the finest Sharp, exploring the remote edges of land. She recently donated a large part of her organic yarns and garments. See listings for Artworks and poetry inspired by people, place research archive to Shetland Museum. workshops, demonstrations and visit to an and industry. Knitting by Annie Henry and Alice This material will be on display for the first organic farm. Johnson will be on display. time, including many items of knitwear she collected during her research.

The 19th Century Pattern Unst Heritage Centre Open Traditional Sunday Teas Books Project Exhibition Day: “Yarn wi Unst Spinners with Exhibition of Saturday 20th August – Sunday 2nd October, and Makkers” Knitwear 1000 – 2100 Wednesday 28th September, 1100 – 1600 Sunday 2nd October, 1400 – 1630

Event Provider: Shetland Museum & Archives Event Provider: Unst Spinners and Knitters Event Provider: Bressay Development Ltd Group Location: Shetland Museum and Archives Location: Bressay Community Hall foyer, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Location: Unst Heritage Centre, , Box Office Booking:N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Unst Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Cost: £2.50 entry + teas/fancies Cost: FREE Spaces: N/A Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A Cost: £3/£2 concession Skill Level: N/A Experience traditional Sunday Teas at the Shetland Museum and University of Glasgow Bressay Community Hall and enjoy an present a display of knitted lace samples Chat to local knitters and spinners, see exhibition of Bressay knitwear. Expert knitters from 19th century pattern books. It forms knitting displays including fine lace. Local will be on hand to share their skills so you part of a project to assess published knitwear for sale. Entrance fee £3 or £2 might want to bring your knitting along with ‘Shetland’ patterns, examining how closely concession, no booking required. you. Free transport between Bressay ferry & they resemble motifs used in Shetland lace hall provided on request – call 07547 280 knitting. 040. Exhibitions, Open Studios Talks, Tours, Shows & Drop-ins & Open Days

Exhibition of Fair Isle Knitting Drop-in Knitting, Spinning Shetland Wool Week Through the Ages and Wheel Clinic Opening Reception Wednesday, Friday, Saturdays and Sundays, Saturday 24th, Monday 26th, Wednesday Sunday 25th September, 1830 – 2130 1400 – 1700 28th and Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1230 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Heritage and Community Centre Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Bowls Hall, Clickimin Leisure Complex Location: Whalsay Heritage and Community Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Centre, Hillhead, Whalsay Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Spaces: 100 Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Cost: £15.00* Cost: FREE Cost: £2.00 Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A Join us as we open Shetland Wool Week Bring your knitting, spinning problems, and 2016! – meet the makers, visiting instructors Whalsay Heritage and Community Centre’s let’s work them out together. Stay for coffee or and fellow wool enthusiasts. Garments and summer exhibition is Fair Isle Knitting Through lunch. We will have an experienced Hoswick other textiles made from Shetland wool will the Ages; take a nostalgic look at how knitting tutor hosting some sessions (see website for be on hand. We ask participants to wear their has evolved over the years. Self service tea, details). Come play with us and soak up the Shetland Wool Week Crofthoose hat. Enjoy a coffee and biscuits available. Local crafts woolly atmosphere in Hoswick. glass of wine and nibbles, before the opening for sale. address and evening’s activities hosted by Shetland Wool Week organisers and special guests! *Shetland Wool Week members do not need a ticket for this event.

Traditional Sunday Teas Island Inspiration Tour Informal Makkin Sessions with the Shetland Guild of Sunday 25th September, 0930 – 1230 Various sessions all week, 1100 – 1600 daily Spinners, Weavers and Dyers (weather dependant) and 1400 – 1600 on Sundays Sunday 2nd October, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Joanna Hunter Event Provider: Museum Event Provider: Shetland Guild of Spinners, Location: Havera (small island south of Location: Scalloway Museum, Castle Street, Weavers and Dyers Burra) Scalloway Location: Tingwall Community Hall Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Spaces: 7 Spaces: N/A Spaces: N/A Cost: £50.00 Cost: £0 but a £3.00 entry applies if you wish to visit the museum Cost: £4.00 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A Join Joanna Hunter and her father Bobby on an inspirational boat trip to the island of Informal sessions at the Scalloway Museum Join members of the Shetland Guild of Havera. They will show you wildlife en-route, with experienced knitters, 11 am to 4 pm. Spinners, Weavers and Dyers for Traditional walk through the island to explore the scenery Spinning demonstration on 27 September Sunday Teas. The afternoon will include an and visit the ruined settlement, viewing from 12 noon to 4 pm. Makkin’ & Yakkin’ exhibition of members’ work, along with expert knitted items made by it’s inhabitants. Please session on Thursday from 7 pm (great fun with demonstrations of spinning and knitting. note this trip is weather dependant. Must be teas and homebakes). prepared to climb in and out of a boat on to a beach and walk up steep hills. Meeting point: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Lerwick.

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Fair Isle Experience Shetland College Textile Wool Sorting & Grading Monday 26th September, 0900 – 1700 Department Tour Demonstration with Oliver Monday 26th September, Tuesday 27th, Henry Event Provider: Mati Ventrillon Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th, Monday 26th, Wednesday 28th & Friday 30th Location: Fair Isle Friday 30th, 1345 September, 1400 – 1500

Box Office Booking:Yes Event Provider: Shetland College Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Spaces: 6 Location: Room C2, Shetland College Woolbrokers Ltd) Cost: £200.00 Box Office Booking:N/A Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Skill Level: All Spaces: N/A Box Office Booking:N/A Cost: FREE Immerse yourself into Fair Isle’s history and Spaces: N/A culture. Learn about Fair Isle patterns and Skill Level: N/A colours, discover Fair Isle’s amazing history, Cost: FREE admire the view from the , have Tour our fantastic range of textile equipment Skill Level: N/A lunch at the Old Fish Store and enjoy an and workshops, learn about the courses we afternoon tea with fellow islanders. run at University of the Highlands and Islands. See behind the green Wool Store doors and Note: Due to Fair Isle’s unique geographical See the Textile Facilitation Unit in action – location this event may be cancelled at short take a peep inside the hub of wool many designers (national and international industry. Take a tour around the converted notice in the case of adverse weather, in which clients) get their products made here. case you will receive a full refund. This event church and police station at the North Road can only take place if all 6 places are booked. stores and watch Oliver Henry of Jamieson Lunch and transport included. & Smith sorting and grading Shetland Wool. An interesting insight for all wool lovers and producers.

Weaving in Hoswick – Talk Being a Knitter in Shetland Jamieson’s of Shetland and Tour in 2016 Tour of Spinning Mill and Monday 26th September to Friday 30th Monday 26th September, 1930 – 2100 Knitwear Factory September, 1230 Monday 26th & Wednesday 28th September Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Pick up 1400, drop off 1730 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Lerwick Event Provider: Jamieson’s of Shetland Box Office Booking:N/A Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Jamieson’s of Shetland, Sandness Spaces: N/A Spaces: 110 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: FREE Cost: £6.00 Spaces: 40 Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A Cost: £10.00 Skill Level: N/A Enjoy a chat with Cecil Duncan, former weaver Join Shetland Wool Week 2016 Patron Ella at the Hoswick Woollen Mill while he shows Gordon in an evening talk about being a Come and visit Shetland’s only spinning mill! you round the looms and textile machinery. modern knitter in the traditional landscape Our coach will take you to Sandness for a See sample swatches and examples of of Shetland. Ella will show you items from guided tour of the factory. You can see the full historically significant Shetland weaving. her large collection of vintage and traditional process – grading, scouring, dyeing, carding, knitwear and discuss how traditional and knitting and linking. From fleece to garment all vintage design inspires her knitting. under one roof! Bus leaves from ‘Welcome to Shetland’ sign at Lerwick’s Esplanade.

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Did Shetlanders knit their Monique Boonstra Fair Isle Makes Its Mark own furniture? Showcase Wednesday 28th September, 1715 – 1830 A Talk by Dr. Ian Tait Tuesday 27th September, 1700 – 2000 Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Tuesday 27th September, 1830 – 2100 Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Bod of Event Provider: Shetland Museum and Woolbrokers Ltd) Gremista, Lerwick Archives Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Spaces: 15 Lerwick Box Office Booking:N/A Cost: £3.00 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: N/A Skill Level: N/A Spaces: 115 Cost: FREE Cost: £6.00 Skill Level: N/A Stories, myths and mystery surround the development of Fair Isle knitting. Join Anne Skill Level: N/A Monique Boonstra from the Netherlands is Sinclair from Fair Isle who will informally fascinated by fine and has a discuss the Fair Isle exhibition she has Since the first people settled 6,000 years ago curated at the Shetland Textile Museum. 150 Shetlanders lived by self-reliance. They made huge interest in Shetland lace knitting. Join her at Jamieson & Smith as she shows some years of colourful history! Cost includes a their own tools, farm and boat equipment, welcome drink and a “nibble”. buildings, garments, and toys. A knitted of her beautiful work and answers questions, shawl was no more or less important to life drop in. than a spade; everything was crucial in a subsistence economy.

An Evening with Islesburgh Tour to Unst & Yell Stitches From The Stacks Spinning and Knitting Group Wednesday 28th September, 0815 – 1700 Wednesday 28th September, 1900 – 2100 Tuesday 27th September, 1900 – 2130 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Library Event Provider: Islesburgh Spinners & Location: Pick up from Shetland Museum Location: Shetland Library, Lerwick Knitters and Archives car park at 08.15 prompt Box Office Booking:N/A Location: Islesburgh Community Centre Box Office Booking:Yes Gymnasium, Lerwick Spaces: N/A Spaces: 35 Box Office Booking:N/A Cost: FREE Cost: £75.00 Spaces: N/A Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: N/A Cost: FREE Come by the library to browse through our Skill Level: N/A Join us on a journey through Shetland and extensive collection of knitting and craft discover our unique textile heritage whilst books. Try our special ‘woolly themed’ puzzle. You are invited to spend an evening with a exploring our beautiful northern islands Bring your works in progress and stay for an group whose members include some of the with a local guide. This tour will travel to the evening of browsing, chatting and crafting with most experienced and talented spinners and most northerly isles in Britain: Unst and Yell, tea and homebakes. knitters in Shetland. It is a great chance to where there will be opportunities to spend socialise with members and other visitors and time viewing panoramic sights and to learn to enjoy traditional 8 o’clocks (tea and cakes, more about Shetland’s knitwear and textile etc). Do bring your knitting. industry. Lunch provided. Bus leaving front of Islesburgh Community Centre at 8.15am, punctuality is essential.

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 9 Talks, Tours, Shows & Drop-ins

In Search of Lace, Tweed, Tour to Whalsay Shetland Museum and and Haps: Three projects Thursday 29th September, 1115 – 2000 Archives Textile Tours Wednesday 28th September, 1930 – 2100 Thursday 29th September, 1500 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Whalsay Event Provider: Shetland Museum and Archives Location: Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Location: Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, Spaces: 25 Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £60.00 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 115 Skill Level: N/A Spaces: 12 Cost: £6.00 Cost: £5.00 Skill Level: N/A On this tour you will visit Whalsay Heritage and Community Centre to view this year’s knitwear Skill Level: N/A Join Carol Christiansen (Shetland Museum), exhibition and you will have the opportunity Andy Ross (Global Yell) and Louise Scollay to chat with local historians and knitters to Join Shetland Museum and Archives Visitor (KnitBritish) as they each discuss their find out how knitting has evolved through the Services Assistants for a tour of the Textile respective research projects on 19th century decades. After we will take a trip to Shoard, a displays. The Textile Collection is Recognised knitted lace patterns, Shetland tweed and famous charity shop where local knitwear can as a collection of national significance. tweed weavers, and haps. often be purchased. You will also meet local knitters at ‘Tak your sock’ night in local hall. Lunch and refreshments provided. Bus leaving from the Shetland Museum and Archives car park at 11.15am. Punctuality is essential.

Uradale Farm – Organic Shetland Tweed: A delve into Baltic Knitting Night Native the Shetland Archives Thursday 29th September, 1930 – 2100 Thursday 29th September and Friday 30th Thursday 29th September, 1400 September, 1100 – 1300 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Museum and Location: Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Archives Lerwick Location: Uradale Farm, East Voe, Scalloway Location: Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 115 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Cost: £6.00 Spaces: 30 Cost: £15.00 Skill Level: N/A Cost: £5.00 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: N/A An evening of Baltic knitting design. Finnish Organic Native Shetland Sheep on the farm; native Outi Kater will discuss what inspires look through fleeces in a wide range of A look into the archival documents, samples and informs her knitwear design, from gorgeous natural colours, and chat about what and photographs that tell the story of traditional crafts in Finland to Shetland wool farming/crofting in Shetland is really like. Shetland’s tweed industry. Join archival and and knitting techniques. Estonian Kristi Jõeste Soup and bannock lunch provided. Transport curatorial staff for a short talk to discover the will talk about six Estonian traditional mitten is not included but can be arranged – contact story of the Shetland tweed industry. and glove knitting techniques, used 150 years [email protected]. ago by the local peasant women and her attempts to renew these skills, ornaments, colours and materials today.

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Shetland Flock Book & Get Makkin’ Fair Isle Basics of Fine Fleece Prizegiving with Saturday 24th September, 0900 – 1400 writing with Outi Kater Vispring Saturday 24th September, 1000 – 1130 Event Provider: Amanda Pottinger Saturday 1st October, 0900 – All Day Location: Whalsay Heritage and Community Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Flock Book/SLMG Centre Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Shetland Rural Centre, Staney Hill, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:N/A Cost: £50.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: N/A Skill Level: 2/3 Cost: £25.00 Cost: FREE Skill Level: All Learn how to knit Fair Isle in the round, using Skill Level: N/A double pointed needles and a knitting belt. Join Finnish born Shetland designer Outi Choose from a range of pure Shetland Wool This is the only accredited sale of native Kater for an informal session on the basics of colours and patterns and begin to create a knitting pattern writing. Get insights into how Shetland rams and ram lambs, at which it is hand knitted cushion of your own design. anticipated that entries may total over 200 to turn your knitting projects into patterns that Materials, refreshments and transport on can be published and that knitters love to knit. from over 40 breeders. Judging will take place Whalsay included. Please bring a packed from 09.00 -12.00 and the sale will take lunch. Yarn will be provided. place from 14.00 where Vi-Spring will present annual prizes for fine fleece.

Makers’ Market Traditional Fair Isle Hats/ Steeking and cutting with Saturday 1st October, 1100 – 1600 Tams Barbara Cheyne Saturday 24th September, 0930 – 1430 Saturday 24th September, 1000 – 1300 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: Linda Shearer Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Location: Public Hall, Whalsay Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Box Office Booking:N/A Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: N/A Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Cost: FREE Cost: £55.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: 3 Skill Level: 1 A great chance to meet local makers and Join Shetland knitters Linda Shearer and purchase beautiful Shetland wool pieces, Ina Irvine and try your skills at using DPN’s Barbara Cheyne will show you traditional many not available in shops! Enjoy tea, coffee and a knitting belt. In this class you will methods of steeking used in Shetland for fair and cake whilst you shop. choose from a selection of colours of wool isle knitting and lace. Materials provided, but and knit a traditional Fair Isle hat or beret/ bring examples if you have queries. tam. Materials, light lunch and transport on Whalsay included. Please bring 3 DPNs, size 3.25mm and/or 3.5mm.

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Introduction to Fair Isle Spinning Wheel Basket Taking Inspiration from Yokes with Hazel Tindall Workshop Vintage Knitwear with Ella Saturday 24th September, 1000 – 1300 Saturday 24th September, 1600 – 1800 Gordon Sunday 25th September, 1000 – 1300 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop / Kathy Coull Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking: Yes Spaces: 4 Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 12 Cost: £20.00 Skill Level: 4 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: 1 Learn about knitting Fair Isle yokes by studying examples and practice knitting a Make a handy little reed basket with a Join Ella Gordon as she shows you some of section of yoke to learn about the shaping. braided handle to hang on your spinning her vintage pieces and talks through how you The instructor’s handout gives information to wheel and keep all your bits and bobs at can inspiration and techniques from design your own yoked jumper. hand. All materials supplied to complete vintage knitting. Have a close look at some your basket. Refreshments provided. Please of her collection and see how traditional email if you have any special dietary or other colour choices and skills can be translated to requirements: [email protected]. modern knitting. Bring a notebook, pen and camera and be ready to share ideas.

British Fisherman’s Knits Mittens from Finland with with Julia Billings I’m going to Outi Kater Saturday 24th September, 1000 – 1700 Sunday 25th September, 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: 12 Spaces: 12 Cost: £85.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: 3

Explore the history and how-to of the knitter’s Learn about Finland’s mitten knitting heritage hallowed ground, the British fisherman’s and knit a swatch using traditional Finnish jumper; while delving into history, regional motifs and Jamieson & Smith yarns. Bring styles, construction and materials, we’ll short double pointed needles or circular combine traditional stitch patterns to create needles for use with 4 ply weight yarns. Yarn a design for a shoulder bag. Materials – and choice of patterns supplied. instructions will be provided once bookings Box office bookings are finalised. can be made at www.thelittleboxoffice.com/ shetlandwoolweek

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 13 Classes Sunday 25th September

Steeks are not Difficult 25 Shades from One Shetland Felted Postcards Sunday 25th September, 1000 – 1300 Dyebath with Julia Billings Sunday 25th September, 1500 – 1800 Sunday 25th September, 1000 – 1700 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Amy Colvin & Clair Aldington Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Peerie Shop Cafe Lerwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Spaces: 20 Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £34.00 Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 3 Cost: £85.00 Skill Level: All Come along and hand felt a Shetland Don’t be afraid of steeks because it is so easy postcard using your favourite Shetland scene and quick when you use the right wool and Discover the joys of natural dyeing and the as inspiration. We will be using needle felting take time. In this workshop we work a small diversity of shades available from just one techniques with natural Shetland wool and circular piece which we cut and finish with dyeplant! Working with a series of different vibrant merinos. You can even ‘write’ in yarn a border. yarns, we’ll explore the essential steps on the back of the felt postcard. The felting involved in transferring the colour found in workshop will be led by two local artists Amy plants onto fibre. Includes non-strenuous walk Colvin and Clair Aldington. Materials and of area to identify dye plants. refreshments included. Bring photos and sketch books for inspiration.

Mini Taatit Rug Workshop Shaping in Knitwear with Sunday 25th September, 1000 – 1600 Marjolein Reichert Sunday 25th September, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop / Kathy Coull Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Shetland Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Street, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes HUB Spaces: 4 Spaces: 12 Cost: £65.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: 3 Come along to the official Learn about and try out the processes Shaping in knitwear means that you use Shetland Wool Week involved in making Taatit Rugs, unique increases and decreases. But how do you do hub to meet fellow Wool traditional Shetland bedcovers, and create that, what are the differences, advantages your own mini rug out of Fair Isle Home-Grown and disadvantages and where do you place Weekers, pick up your Wool and Uradale Shetland Organic Yarns. them… All of this is explained and exercised in membership pack and Materials and light lunch included. this workshop. find out what’s happening each day. Drop-in 10am – 9pm for a coffee or evening bar service.

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Classes Monday 26th September

Fair Isle Knitting with Hazel Introduction to Magic Loop Fair Isle Silver Button Tindall Knitting with Deborah Gray Making Monday 26th September, 0930 – 1230 Monday 26th September, 0930 – 1300 Monday 26th September,1000 – 1230 or 1400 – 1630 Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Deborah Gray Woolbrokers Ltd) Event Provider: Mike Finnie Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Location: Red Houss, East Burra, Shetland Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 2 Spaces: 12 Cost: £35.00 Cost: £75.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 3 Master the Magic Loop technique for knitting Visit Burra Isle and make yourself Fair Isle Join Shetland’s Hazel Tindall on the world any diameter tube or circle on a long circular patterned silver buttons to use on your hand famous techniques of Fair Isle Knitting. This needle. Knit a phone cover. Yarn provided, knits. The course includes silver for 3 large class will give you the skills and knowledge bring a 3mm 100mm long circular needle. buttons. If time permits and you want to make to use traditional Shetland skills in your Recommended as preparation for Friday’s more, additional silver can be purchased. Tea/ colourwork knitting; sample yarn will be sock knitting workshop. coffee/cake included. provided with the opportunity to purchase more. Before the class knit up 60 stitches using 2 ply jumper weight or 4ply yarn into 5 rows of seed stitch worked back and forth.

Mood Boards & Colour with Light Up Your Lace – Wire Estonian Joanna Hunter Knit Lace Lampshade with Kristi Jõeste Monday 26th September, 0930 – 1230 or Monday 26th September, 0930 – 1630 Monday 26th September, 1000 – 1300 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Helen Robertson Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Joanna Hunter Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Ninian, 80 Commercial Street, Prince Alfred St, Lerwick Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 4 per class Cost: £120.00 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £55.00 Skill Level: 3 Skill Level: 3-5 Skill Level: All Join experienced Wire Lace Knitter, Helen Estonian medieval-style mitten knitting Join local designer Joanna Hunter, at her shop Robertson, to create your own Shetland methods with thin needles, 1.25 mm. The Ninian, for a workshop in developing mood Lace Wire Lampshade. Choose from several course will include a brief talk on Estonian boards and playing with colour. Let Joanna different lace designs or create your own. mittens, braided cast-on with two colours, lead you through the processes she uses to Learn the technique of wire knitting and take twisted braid with two colours, and stranded design collections and be inspired by the home your very own lampshade. Includes knitting. Yarn will be provided. array of yarns around you. Cost includes all materials and light lunch. Please bring two materials, coffee and cake. 6mm dpns.

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Classes Monday 26th September

Knitting the Thumb Gusset Twoendknitting, Twined The Dye Spell: Do you Dare? with Tori Seierstad Knitting Monday 26th September, 1000 – 1600 Monday 26th September, 1000 – 1300 Monday 26th September, 1000 – 1300 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Bod of Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Gremista, Lerwick Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £110.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 10 Skill Level: All Cost: £45.00 Cost: £35.00 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: 2 Discover the addiction that is dyeing. Banish the fear of colour… Yarn, tops, fleece, silk With Vottelauget (The Mitten Guild) Tori An old, traditional and unique way of knitting and other exotics – nothing will be safe from Seierstad has published the Norwegian mitten from Sweden. Using two threads and twisting our kettles, cauldrons, ovens, steamers, book “Eventyrvotter”. In this class she teaches them alternately makes beautiful and strong microwaves and handpaints. Work magic the thumb gusset Selbu style and “sore” knitting. Knitting suitable for mittens and whilst designing and painting fibre, yarn thumb, and answers your questions about gloves. and a sock blank. We dare you not to mitten knitting in general. You can choose become addicted… Materials and lunch between patterns of different difficulty, with provided. Contact us for help with transport. or without colourwork. What yarn to bring [email protected] depends on the chosen pattern.

Sheila Fowlie, Shetland Lace A Norwegian Challenge 25 Shades from One Shawls – Lace knitting with Monday 26th September, 1000 – 1600 Dyebath with Julia Billings organic wool Monday 26th September, 1000 – 1700 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Monday 26th September, 1000 – 1300 Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Lerwick Spaces: 10 Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £90.00 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Skill Level: 2 Spaces: 6 Cost: £85.00 Cost: £40.00 An opportunity to investigate stranded knitting Skill Level: All (Fair Isle) the Norwegian way with Hadewych, Skill Level: 2 an experienced tutor. Knitting with 2 colours Discover the joys of natural dyeing and the – and occasionally 3 – with both threads diversity of shades available from just one Learn the art of lace knitting using in the left hand, and controlling the carry ShetlandOrganics lace weight wool. Students dyeplant! Working with a series of different threads on the back. Discussion of sleeves, yarns, we’ll explore the essential steps will be introduced to different lace patterns, measuring, and steeks. Lunch and materials adjusting tension, choosing the right pattern involved in transferring the colour found in provided. For help with transport, contact us: plants onto fibre. Includes non-strenuous walk and advice on finishing and dressing your [email protected] garment. A basic knowledge of knitting of area to identify dye plants. Materials will required. Materials provided. be provided

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Shetland Lace with Elizabeth Try a Knitting Belt with Hazel Dingle Dangle Sheep Johnston Tindall Monday 26th September, 1600 – 1700 Monday 26th September, 1330 – 1630 Monday 26th September, 1400 – 1600 Event Provider: Shetland Museum and Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Archives Woolbrokers Ltd) Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 16 Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Cost: £35.00 Cost: £6.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 3 “Children’s Workshop Practice knitting with a belt, without and with Join Shetland’s Elizabeth Johnston to a raepin string, to discover if this alters your Come along and sew a felt sheep decoration, understand the details and possibilities tension and speed. Yarn will be provided. no experience required. Ages: 5-8. of Shetland Lace using Jamieson & Smith yarns. You will leave with the skills to plan your Shetland inspired lace designs. Sample yarn provided, bring 3.00mm needles.

Estonian Circular Knitting Demonstration of Monk’s Taat Chat at Da Böd with Kristi Jõeste Belt weave technique with Monday 26th September, 1715 -1815 Monday 26th September, 1400 – 1700 Alicja Tyburska Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Monday 26th September, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Bod of Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Gremista, Lerwick Lerwick Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £12.00 Spaces: 6 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 3-5 Cost: £15.00 Join Shetland Museum curator Carol Skill Level: 1 Estonian medieval-style mitten knitting Christiansen for an informal discussion about taatit rugs – their design and colour, methods with thin needles, 1.25 mm. The Monk’s belt is a decorative type of folk course will include a brief talk on Estonian construction, and importance in the Shetland weaving known all around Europe. Simple in household. Taatit rugs from Shetland Museum mittens, braided cast-on with two colours, structure, it offers countless possibilities of twisted braid with two colours, and stranded and Shetland Textiles Museum will be pattern combinations. See Alicja Tyburska available for close-up viewing. knitting. Yarn will be provided demonstrate this technique on an antique Polish loom using organic Shetland wool. You can try weaving as well.

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 19 Classes Classes Monday 26th September Tuesday 27th September

Woolly Words Folded Book Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop Drop Spindling with Deborah Origami Monday 26th September, 1830 – 2130 Gray Monday 26th September, 1830 – 2030 Tuesday 27th September, 0930 – 1230 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Deborah Gray Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers Ltd) Location: Radio Room, Islesburgh Community Box Office Booking:Yes Centre, Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Spaces: 9 Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £38.00 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Skill Level: 1 Spaces: 10 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 1 Tutor Cecil Tait of Paparwark shows you how to hand-make a beautiful simple timber Skill Level: 2 Upcycle an unwanted hardback book to shawl pin using knives and chisels. Unlock create a quirky decorative item with a word your inner whittler! Cost includes use of tools Deborah Gray travels the world teaching – wool related of course! – folded into the and materials. Email [email protected] spinning and working with fleece, join her as page edges. Folded books make unusual for further information. A fun class for she teaches you how to use a drop spindle personalised gifts or souvenirs. Materials anyone. For help with transport, contact us: so you can spin your own yarn anywhere provided. Non-woolly words also available. [email protected]. using Jamieson & Smith Combed Tops (spindles provided with the option to buy from Deborah) This class is suitable for anyone at intermediate/beginner level.

Improvers Spinning Class Design-a-knit a Toorie Monday 26th September, 1830 – 2130 (2 day workshop) Tuesday 27th September & Wednesday 28th Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week September, 0930 – 1530 Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Shetland Event Provider: Shetland College Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Room C2, Shetland College Spaces: 10 HUB Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £40.00 Spaces: 6 Skill Level: 2 Cost: £200.00 Do you want to advance your spinning skills Skill Level: 1-3 and techniques, do you have queries that Come along to the official need to be resolved? Or just don’t know what Shetland Wool Week Come along to the Shetland College textile next. This class is for any level of spinner who hub to meet fellow Wool department where you will learn the basic wishes to improve their knowledge and ability. techniques of domestic machine knitting and Cost includes wheel use and materials. Weekers, pick up your make a custom toorie (hat) to take home. Use membership pack and existing pre-programmed patterns or create find out what’s happening your own unique pattern using Designaknit 8 software to knit your design using the Brother each day. Drop-in Electroknit machines. Materials included. 10am – 9pm for a coffee or evening bar service.

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Fabulous Felt, Wire Knit, Fair Isle Silver Button Calculations in Knitwear with Enamel Jewellery with Helen Making Marjolein Reichert Robertson Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1230 or Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1300 Tuesday 27th September, 0930 – 1630 1400 – 1630 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Mike Finnie Event Provider: Helen Robertson Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Location: Red Houss, East Burra, Shetland Lerwick Prince Alfred St, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 2 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Cost: £75.00 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £95.00 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: 1 Visit Burra Isle and make yourself Fair Isle You love the pattern but not the wool… or the Create fabulous jewellery using felt, knit and patterned silver buttons to use on your hand is different, and you still want to knit enameling techniques. Create rolled felt knits. The course includes silver for 3 large that pattern… This course explains why and necklaces and wristwraps. Decorate with wire buttons. If time permits and you want to make how you can do the calculations so that the knit and finish with enamelled pendants and more, additional silver can be purchased. Tea/ sweater really fits you. beads. Includes materials and light lunch. coffee/cake included.

Basics of Knitting Pattern An Introduction to Fair Isle Gradient Discovery Day writing with Outi Kater Yokes with Hazel Tindall for Spinners – Dyeing and Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1130 Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1300 Fleece Preparation Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1600 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Lerwick Lerwick Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 8 Cost: £25.00 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £110.00 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 4 Skill Level: All

Join Finnish born Shetland designer Outi Learn about knitting Fair Isle yokes by Play with colour and luxuriate in a day full Kater for an informal session on the basics of studying examples and practice knitting a of gradients. Discover innovative ways of knitting pattern writing. Get insights into how section of yoke to learn about the shaping. dyeing tonal and hue-based gradients using to turn your knitting projects into patterns that The instructor’s handout gives information to Shetland tops, fleece and handpaints. Later can be published and that knitters love to knit. design your own yoked jumper. we explore further methods of achieving exciting and original gradients with drum and electric carders. Materials and lunch provided.

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 21 Shetland Heritage Shop Shetland Textile Heritage, Delivered.

Shetland Heritage Shop is located in Shetland Museum and Archives Tel: 01595 741562 home of the Recognised Textile Collection www.shetlandheritageshop.com

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ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700

Saturday 24th September Shaping in Knitwear with Marjolein Reichert 1400 – 1700

Get Makkin’ Fair Isle 0900 – 1400 Informal Makking Sessions 1400 – 1600

Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700 Exhibition of Fair Isle Knitting through the Ages 1400 – 1700

Traditional Fair Isle Hats/Tams 0930 – 1430 Shetland Felted Postcards 1500 – 1800

Basics of Knitting Pattern Writing 1000 – 1130 Shetland Wool Week Opening Reception 1830 – 2130 Drop-in Knitting, Spinning and Wheel Clinic 1000 – 1230

Steeking and Cutting with Barbara Cheyne 1000 – 1300

An Introduction to Fair Isle Yokes with Hazel Tindall 1000 – 1300 Monday 26th September

The Fair Isle Textile Workshop – Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Fair Isle Experience 0900 – 1700

Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700

British Fisherman’s Knits with Julia Billings 1000 – 1700 Fair Isle Knitting with Hazel Tindall 0930 – 1230

Ruth Brownlee & Mary Fraser’s Pop-up Exhibition at Seawinds 1000 – 1700 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 0930 – 1230

Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Introduction to Magic with Deborah Gray 0930 – 1300

Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Light Up Your Lace – Wire Knit Lace Lampshade 0930 – 1630

The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Fair Isle Silver Button Making 1000 – 1230

Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 2100 Drop-in Knitting, Spinning and Wheel Clinic 1000 – 1230

ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700 Estonian Circular Knitting with Kristi Jõeste 1000 – 1300

Informal Makking Sessions 1100 – 1600 Knitting the Thumb Gusset with Tori Seierstad 1000 – 1300

Exhibition of Fair Isle Knitting through the Ages 1400 – 1700 Sheila Fowlie, Shetland Lace Shawls – Lace knitting with organic wool 1000 – 1300 Spinning Wheel Basket Workshop 1600 – 1800 Two-end Knitting, Twined Knitting 1000 – 1300

Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Sunday 25th September A Norwegian Challenge 1000 – 1600 The Dye Spell: Do You Dare? 1000 – 1600 Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700 25 Shades from One Dyebath 1000 – 1700 Island Inspiration Tour 0930 – 1230 Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Taking Inspiration from Vintage Knitwear 1000 – 1300 Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Mittens from Finland 1000 – 1300 The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Steeks Are Not Difficult! 1000 – 1300 Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 2100 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Informal Makking Sessions 1100 – 1600 Mini Taatit Rug Workshop 1000 – 1600 ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700 Ruth Brownlee & Mary Fraser’s Pop-up Exhibition at Seawinds 1000 – 1700 Weaving in Hoswick – Talk and Tour 1230 25 Shades from One Dyebath 1000 – 1700 Shetland Lace with Elizabeth Johnston 1330 – 1630 Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Shetland College Textile Department Tour 1345 Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Wool Sorting and Grading Demonstration with Oliver Henry 1400 – 1500 The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Try a Knitting Belt with Hazel Tindall 1400 – 1600 Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 2100

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Fair Isle Silver Button Making 1400 – 1630 Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 2100

Estonian Circular Knitting with Kristi Jõeste 1400 – 1700 Explore the Versatility of Organic Wool 1100 – 1300

Alicja Tyburska – Demonstrating Monk’s Belt weave technique 1400 – 1700 Create a Fine Lace Knit Sampler or Scarf 1100 – 1600

Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 1400 – 1700 Informal Makking Sessions 1100 – 1600

Jamieson’s of Shetland Pick up 1400 ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700 Tour of Spinning Mill and Knitwear Factory Drop off 1730 Weaving in Hoswick – Talk and Tour 1230 Dingle Dangle Sheep 1600 – 1700 Steeking with Mary Henderson 1330 – 1630 Taat Chat at Da Böd 1715 – 1815 Shetland College Textile Department Tour 1345 Woolly Words Folded Book Origami 1830 – 2030 Fair Isle Silver Button Making 1400 – 1630 Improvers Spinning Class 1830 – 2130 Steeking and Cutting with Barbara Cheyne 1400 – 1700 Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop 1830 – 2130 Getting the Perfect Finish with Hazel Tindall 1400 – 1700 Being a Knitter in Shetland with Ella Gordon 1930 – 2100 Taking Inspiration from Vintage Knitwear with Ella Gordon 1400 – 1700

Dingle Dangle Sheep 1600 – 1700 Tuesday 27th September Monique Boonstra Showcase 1700 – 2000 An Evening with Islesburgh Spinning and Knitting Group 1900 – 2130 Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700 More is More: Cuffs, Basques and Trims 1830 – 2130 Drop Spindling with Deborah Gray 0930 – 1230 Mother Astrup 1830 – 2130 Design-a-knit a Toorie (2-day workshop, 27th & 28th) 0930 – 1530 Painting with Colour 1830 – 2130 Fabulous Felt, Wire Knit, Enamel Jewellery with Helen Robertson 0930 – 1630 Did Shetlanders knit their own furniture? 1930 – 2100 Basics of Knitting Pattern Writing 1000 – 1130

An Introduction to Fair Isle Yokes with Hazel Tindall 1000 – 1300 Wednesday 28th September Calculations in Knitwear with Marjolein Reichert 1000 – 1300 Tour to Unst & Yell 0815 – 1700 Fair Isle Silver Button Making 1000 – 1230 Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Knitting a Hap with Gudrun Johnston 0930 – 1230 Colour and Weave: Shetland Tweed with Kirsty Jean Brabin 1000 – 1600 Create Your Own Shawl Pin and Enamel Buttons 0930 – 1230 Mini Taatit Rug Workshop 1000 – 1600 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 0930 – 1230 Spinning Woollen and Worsted 1000 – 1600 Blending the Colours of Shetland with Deborah Gray 0930 – 1300 Lace Shawl Construction 1000 – 1600 Felted Sea Shores, Pebbles & Shells 1000 – 1230 Gradient Discovery Day for Spinners – Dyeing and Fleece Preparation 1000 – 1600 Fair Isle Silver Button Making 1000 – 1230

Estonian Glove Knitting with Kristi Jõeste 1000 – 1700 Drop-in Knitting, Spinning and Wheel Clinic 1000 – 1230

Moodboards, Colour and Swatches Knitting the Thumb Gusset with Tori Seierstad 1000 – 1300 with Joanna Hunter & Donna Smith 1000 – 1700 Beginning in Nalbinding 1000 – 1300 Ruth Brownlee & Mary Fraser’s Pop-up Exhibition at Seawinds 1000 – 1700 Sheila Fowlie, Shetland Lace Shawls – Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Lace knitting with organic wool 1000 – 1300

Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Advanced Two-end Knitting, Twined Knitting 1000 – 1300

The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 2100 A Rough Guide to Weaving with Kirsty Jean Brabin 1000 – 1600

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Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600

The Fair Isle Textile Workshop – Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Thursday 29th September

Mak A Gravit – In a Day! 1000 – 1600 Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700

Estonian Glove Knitting with Kristi Jõeste 1000 – 1700 Fair Isle Knitting with Hazel Tindall 0930 – 1230

British Fisherman’s Knits with Julia Billings 1000 – 1700 Traditional Shetland Haps with Donna Smith 1000 – 1300

Ruth Brownlee & Mary Fraser’s Pop-up Exhibition at Seawinds 1000 – 1700 Mittens from Finland 1000 – 1300

Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Doreen Brown – Knitting pattern making for hand and machine knitting 1000 – 1300 Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 2100 A Rough Guide to Weaving with Kirsty Jean Brabin 1000 – 1600 The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 2100 Mini Taatit Rug Workshop 1000 – 1600 Unst Heritage Centre Open Day: “Yarn wi’ Unst Spinners and Makkers” 1100 – 1600 Bugs and Bark – Playing with Natural Dyes 1000 – 1600

Informal Makking Sessions 1100 – 1600 Silk Spinning with a Difference 1000 – 1600

ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700 Double Faced Fabric Knitting 1000 – 1600

Weaving in Hoswick – Talk and Tour 1230 Bind your own Fair Isle Pattern Book 1000 – 1700

The Perfect Finish 1330 – 1600 Moodboards, Colour and Swatches with Joanna Hunter & Donna Smith 1000 – 1700 Shetland Lace with Elizabeth Johnston 1330 – 1630 Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Create Your Own Shawl Pin and Enamel Buttons 1330 – 1630 Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Shetland College Textile Department Tour 1345 The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Wool Sorting and Grading Demonstration with Oliver Henry 1400 – 1500 Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 2100 Shetland Tweed: A Delve into the Shetland Archives 1400 – 1500 Uradale Farm – Organic Native Shetland Sheep 1100 – 1300 Fair Isle Silver Button Making 1400 – 1630 Informal Makking Sessions 1100 – 1600 Calculations in Knitwear with Marjolein Reichert 1400 – 1700 ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700 Mood Boards & Colour with Joanna Hunter 1400 – 1700 A Trip to Whalsay 1115 - 2000 Beginners’ Drop Spindle Spinning with Deborah Gray 1400 – 1700 Weaving in Hoswick – Talk and Tour 1230 Alicja Tyburska – Demonstrating Monk’s Belt weave technique 1400 – 1700 Colourwork with Mary Henderson 1330 – 1630 Exhibition of Fair Isle Knitting through the Ages 1400 – 1700 Shetland College Textile Department Tour 1345 Jamieson’s of Shetland Tour of Pick up 1400 Spinning Mill and Knitwear Factory Drop off 1730 Try a Knitting Belt with Hazel Tindall 1400 – 1600

Beginning in Nalbinding 1430 – 1730 Shades of Shetland with Donna Smith 1400 – 1700

Ink Block Printing with Wool onto Paper 1430 – 1730 Shetland Museum and Archives Textile Tour 1500 – 1600 Baa Baa Badges 1600 – 1700 Baltic Knitting Night 1930 – 2100 Spinning Wheel Basket Workshop 1600 – 1800

Dressing Lace 1830 – 2130

Knitting across Borders – from Estonia to Shetland 1830 – 2130 Friday 30th September

The Perfect Finish 1830 – 2130 Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700

Stitches From The Stacks 1900 – 2100 Knitting Socks Two-at-a-Time and Toe Up 0930 – 1300

In Search of Lace, Tweed and Haps: Three projects 1930 – 2100 Light Up Your Lace – Wire Knit Lace Lampshade 0930 – 1630

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Fair Isle Silver Button Making 1000 – 1230 Saturday 1st October Make a Wooden Needle and a Threading Hook 1000 – 1230 Shetland Flock Book & Fine Fleece Prizegiving with Vispring 0900 – All Day Design – The Difficult Part… 1000 – 1230 Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700 Drop-in Knitting, Spinning and Wheel Clinic 1000 – 1230 The Perfect Picture 0930 – 1300 An Introduction to Fair Isle Yoke with Hazel Tindall 1000 – 1300 Sumburgh Bonnet Linda Shearer & Ina Irvine 1000 – 1500 Shades of Shetland with Donna Smith 1000 – 1300 3D Wet Felted Vases (2-part workshop) 1000 – 1300 Cockleshell Lace Scarf for Beginners 1000 – 1300 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Sheila Fowlie, Shetland Lace Shawls – Lace knitting pattern making 1000 – 1300 Ruth Brownlee & Mary Fraser’s Pop-up Exhibition at Seawinds 1000 – 1700

Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 2100

The Fair Isle Textile Workshop – Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 2100

Four Fingers and a Thumb 1000 – 1600 The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 2100

Colours of Shetland & Lace with Anne Eunson 1000 – 1700 Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 2100

Spinning with Ruth Gough 1000 – 1700 Informal Makking Sessions 1100 – 1600

Ruth Brownlee & Mary Fraser’s Pop-up Exhibition at Seawinds 1000 – 1700 Makers’ Market 1100 -1600

Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 2100 ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700

Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 2100 The Perfect Picture 1330 – 1700

The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 2100 Exhibition of Fair Isle Knitting through the Ages 1400 – 1700

Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 2100

Uradale Farm – Organic Native Shetland Sheep 1100 – 1300 Sunday 2nd October Informal Makking Sessions 1100 – 1600 Nielanell Open Studio 0900 – 1700 ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700 Burra Bears Open Studio 1000 – 1600 Weaving in Hoswick – Talk and Tour 1230 Friends and Feast Day: A Play Day in Hoswick 1000 – 1600 Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop 1330 – 1600 Ruth Brownlee & Mary Fraser’s Pop-up Exhibition at Seawinds 1000 – 1700 Lace Knitting with Monique Boonstra 1330 – 1630 Random Colour Dyeing of Shetland Yarn 1100 – 1530 Shetland College Textile Department Tour 1345 ShetlandOrganics CIC – Exhibition 1100 – 1700 Wool Sorting and Grading Demonstration with Oliver Henry 1400 – 1500 Making it Contemporary Exhibition 1000 – 1600 Fair Isle Silver Button Making 1400 – 1630 Edges and Extremes Exhibition 1000 – 1600 Getting the Perfect Finish with Hazel Tindall 1400 – 1700 The 19th Century Pattern Books Project Exhibition 1000 – 1600 Blending Shetland Wool Tops with Ruth Gough 1400 – 1700 Sheila McGregor Focus Display 1000 – 1600 Traditional Shetland Haps with Donna Smith 1400 – 1700 Informal Makking Sessions 1400 – 1600 Alicja Tyburska – Demonstrating Monk’s Belt weave technique 1400 – 1700 Traditional Sunday Teas with Exhibition of Bressay Knitwear 1400 – 1630 Exhibition of Fair Isle Knitting through the Ages 1400 – 1700 Shetland Felted Postcards 1400 – 1700 Seaweed Jewellery 1430 – 1730 Exhibition of Fair Isle Knitting through the Ages 1400 – 1700 Spinning Wheel Basket Workshop 1600 – 1800 Traditional Sunday Teas with the Shetland Guild of Spinners, Wirds in Wirsit 1900 – 2130 Weavers and Dyers 1400 – 1700

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Visitors Welcome Tel: 01595 830275 Email: [email protected] www.shetlandjewellery.co.uk

katedaviesdesigns Taking the sheep off donnasmithdesigns #baablehat #knitting promoteshetland Meal beach in Burra. the hill. Some of these beauties will be sold #inspiredbyshetland #knittersofinstagram With around 1,700 miles of coastline, in at the Shetland flock book next weekend. #shetlandwoolweek Donna Smith #Shetland you’re never far from the sound #inspiredbyshetland Kate Davies and smell of the ocean. #inspiredbyshetland Kirsty Halcrow

We want to know how Shetland inspires you so use #inspiredbyshetland hashtag to share your wonderful photographs. We will also repost some of your photos on our @promoteshetland Instagram account, so remember to follow us. Happy Snapping! Classes Tuesday 27th September

Colour and Weave: Shetland Spinning Woollen and Explore the Versatility of Tweed with Kirsty Jean Worsted Organic Wool Brabin Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1600 Tuesday 27th September, 1100 – 1300 Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1600 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Event Provider: Kirsty Jean Brabin Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Lerwick Location: GlobalYell, 4 Sellafirth Business Box Office Booking:Yes Park, Yell, Shetland, ZE2 9DG Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 6 Cost: £90.00 Spaces: 5 Cost: £10.00 Skill Level: 2 Cost: £65.00 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: 2 Elizabeth of Shetland Handspun will take you through preparation and spinning of fleece A short event focusing on and highlighting the A step up from a ‘Rough Guide’, this workshop and top to achieve both woollen and worsted beauty of the Organic yarn, and its advantages will playfully explore colour and pattern to yarns. Prepare and spin both these yarns from in using it for various textile art projects: hand create tweed structures. Whether you produce combed, hand- and drum-carded fleece, as and machine knitting, weaving, with tips from a traditional or contemporary design, you will well as tops. Materials and lunch included. designers about incorporating Organic wool get to take your very own woollen fabric home into your project. with you. Lunch and yarns included.

Mini Taatit Rug Workshop Moodboards, Colour and Lace Shawl Construction Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1600 Swatches with Joanna Tuesday 27th September, 1100 – 1600 Hunter & Donna Smith Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week / Kathy Coull Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1700 Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Event Provider: Joanna Hunter & Donna Street, Lerwick Smith Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Location: East House, Burra Spaces: 12 Spaces: 4 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £90.00 Cost: £65.00 Spaces: 10 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: 1 Cost: £110.00 Investigate the elements of shawl construction with Anne Eunson and Kathleen Anderson, Learn about and try out the processes Skill Level: 3 sisters from a family of experienced shawl involved in making Taatit Rugs, unique knitters. Learn lace edges, picking up, knitting traditional Shetland bedcovers, and create Join local designers Joanna Hunter & Donna on, finishing and . Choose a pattern, your own mini rug out of Fair Isle Home-Grown Smith for a day full of creative fun. In the and begin your own lace project – scarf or mini Wool and Uradale Shetland Organic Yarns. morning session you’ll create mood boards shawl. Materials included. Please contact us Materials and light lunch included. and build colour palettes which you will use for help with transport: [email protected] to knit a Fair Isle swatch in the afternoon. All materials except knitting needles, provided. Coffee, cake and a light lunch provided.

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Estonian Glove Knitting with Steeking with Mary Taking Inspiration from Kristi Jõeste Henderson Vintage Knitwear with Ella Tuesday 27th September, 1000 – 1700 Tuesday 27th September, 1330 – 1630 Gordon Tuesday 27th September, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers Ltd) Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £85.00 Spaces: 12 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 3 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: 3 Skill Level: 1 Learn a variety of Estonian traditional decorative knitting techniques: special cast- Join Mary Henderson, designer and Fair Isle Join Ella Gordon as she shows you some of on, three types of braids, rosing-technique, enthusiast as she demonstrates steeking her vintage pieces and talks through how you and the glove-knitting method used by master (cutting your knitting!) and how to use it can gather inspiration and techniques from Kristi Jõeste. Yarn will be provided. in your Fair Isle knitting. Wool provided but vintage knitting. Have a close look at some knitters are asked to bring needles.This class of her collection and see how traditional is suitable for intermediate level knitters. colour choices and skills can be translated to modern knitting. Bring a notebook, pen and camera and be ready to share ideas.

Create A Fine Lace Knit Steeking and cutting with Sampler or Scarf Barbara Cheyne Tuesday 27th September, 1100 – 1600 Tuesday 27th September, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Unst Heritage Centre Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Shetland Location: Unst Heritage Centre, Haroldswick, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Unst Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes HUB Spaces: 6 Spaces: 12 Cost: £60.00 Cost: £45.00

Skill Level: 5 Skill Level: 1 Come along to the official Create a lace knit sampler to finish as a Barbara Cheyne will show you traditional Shetland Wool Week card or start a traditional lace scarf. Course methods of steeking used in Shetland for fair hub to meet fellow Wool includes instructions and tuition from local isle knitting and lace. Materials provided, but knitters, 1-ply cobweb or 1-ply supreme yarn, bring examples if you have queries. Weekers, pick up your 2 double pointed needles size 2.5mm, use membership pack and of knitting belt on the course. Tea/coffee find out what’s happening available. Bring packed lunch or make own arrangements. Knitters can see our knitting each day. Drop-in displays. 10am – 9pm for a coffee or evening bar service.

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 29 Classes Tuesday 27th September

Getting the Perfect Finish More is More: Cuffs, Painting with Colour with Hazel Tindall Basques and Trims Tuesday 27th September, 1830 – 2130 Tuesday 27th September, 1400 – 1700 Tuesday 27th September, 1830 – 2130 Develop your creative Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick potential on our Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £40.00 Contemporary Spaces: 12 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 2 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: 2 Learn the skills of subtle colour blending Textiles BAHons enhances a garment and can add under the expert guidance of Wilma Achieving the perfect finish to your knitting, a real finishing touch to a design. There is Malcolmson, Shetland Designer. Draw on including grafting and picking up stitches to an endless variety of rib. This class will work Wilma’s vast experience and create your own course. Do you want to give invisible joins. Yarn will be provided. on a coloured K2, P2, a fair isle patterned timeless colour palette which you will then use rib, and a double fabric rib. Materials to knit your own phone cover or sampler. Yarn included. Contact us for help with transport: provided, bring needles. www.shetlandhandspun.com. learn essential textile skills, make use of our Dingle Dangle Sheep Mother Astrup Tuesday 27th September, 1600 – 1700 Tuesday 27th September, 1830 – 2130 I’m going to Event Provider: Shetland Museum and Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week great facilities Archives Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes or just do something Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 10 Cost: £40.00 a little different? Cost: £6.00 Skill Level: 2

Skill Level: All Learn a knitting technique developed around 1900 by Ebba Astrup, which she used to For more info Children’s Workshop: Come along and sew a knit scarves for her orphanage children in felt sheep decoration, no experience required. Norway. With different colours and motifs the www.shetland.uhi.ac.uk/textiles Ages: 5-8 children could recognise their own scarf. This technique combines garter and slip stitch Faye Hackers: 01595 771504 giving very graphic results. Yarn provided, bring 3mm circular or dpn. Box office bookings Knitting by Rhea Kay, can be made at 2nd year BAHons Contemporary Textiles www.thelittleboxoffice.com/ Tours of our Textile Facilitation Unit and Machine shetlandwoolweek Knitting Classes are available during Wool Week 30 | Shetland Wool Week 2016 Develop your creative potential on our Contemporary Textiles BAHons course. Do you want to learn essential textile skills, make use of our great facilities or just do something a little different?

For more info www.shetland.uhi.ac.uk/textiles Faye Hackers: 01595 771504 Knitting by Rhea Kay, 2nd year BAHons Contemporary Textiles Tours of our Textile Facilitation Unit and Machine Knitting Classes are available during Wool Week Classes Wednesday 28th September

Knitting a Hap with Gudrun Mood Boards & Colour with Knitting the Thumb Gusset Johnston Joanna Hunter with Tori Seierstad Wednesday 28th September, 0930 – 1230 Wednesday 28th September, 0930 – 1230 or Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1300 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Woolbrokers Ltd) Event Provider: Joanna Hunter Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, 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 per class Cost: £45.00 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £55.00 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: N/A Skill Level: All With Vottelauget (The Mitten Guild) Tori Join Shetland born designer and author Join local designer Joanna Hunter at her shop Seierstad has published the Norwegian mitten Gudrun Johnston as she shows you how to Ninian, for a workshop in developing mood book “Eventyrvotter”. In this class she teaches understand the construction of a Shetland boards and playing with colour. Let Joanna the thumb gusset Selbu style and “sore” Hap. Leave with the skills to construct all the lead you through the processes she uses to thumb, and answers your questions about elements of the classic Shetland garment design collections and be inspired by the mitten knitting in general. You can choose yourself using Jamieson & Smith yarns. array of yarns around you. Cost includes all between patterns of different difficulty, with Bring 5mm double pointed needles and materials, coffee and cake. or without colourwork. What yarn to bring circular needles. This class is suitable for depends on the chosen pattern. any intermediate level knitters, sample yarn provided.

Create Your Own Shawl Pin Blending Colours of Felted Sea Shore, Pebbles & and Enamel Buttons Shetland with Deborah Gray Shells Wednesday 28th September, 0930 – 1230 or Wednesday 28th September, 0930 – 1300 Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1230 1330 – 1630 Event Provider: Deborah Gray Event Provider: Ana Arnett & Clair Aldington Event Provider: Helen Robertson Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Lerwick Lerwick – TBC Prince Alfred St, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 20 Spaces: 8 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £34.00 Cost: £50.00 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 1 Inspired by an iconic image of Shetland we Come along for a hand felting session, using Create your own unique beautiful enameled will deepen our appreciation of colour while found pebbles and shells from the beaches shawl pin and set of enameled buttons. blending evocative new shades using only as inspiration. Wet hand felting and needle Materials included. primary-coloured and natural wool fibre. Your felting techniques will be used. Make beautiful unique blends can later be used for spinning 3D decorative objects to remind you of or feltmaking. Materials provided. Shetland coastlines. Led by local artists Ana Arnett and Clair Aldington. Materials included. Bring along shells and pebbles collected for inspiration.

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Fair Isle Silver Button Advanced Two-end knitting, A Rough Guide to Weaving Making Twined Knitting with Kirsty Jean Brabin Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1230 or Wednesday 28th September,1000 – 1300 Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1600 1400 – 1630 Event Provider: Shetland Textile Museum Event Provider: Kirsty Jean Brabin Event Provider: Mike Finnie Location: Shetland Textile Museum, Bod of Location: Global Yell, 4 Sellafirth Business Location: Red Houss, East Burra, Shetland Gremista, Lerwick Park, Yell, Shetland ZE2 9DG Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 2 Spaces: 10 Spaces: 5 Cost: £75.00 Cost: £35.00 Cost: £65.00 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 3/4 Skill Level: 1

Visit Burra Isle and make yourself Fair Isle The old, traditional and unique way of knitting This workshop is a perfect place to start if patterned silver buttons to use on your hand from Sweden. Using two threads and adding you’re a weaving novice or want a refresher knits. The course includes silver for 3 large a third, twining them alternately, makes it course of the basics. Looms will be threaded buttons. If time permits and you want to make possible to knit very intricate patterns. already with different yarns and structures so more, additional silver can be purchased. Tea/ you will start weaving straight away! Lunch coffee/cake included. and yarns included.

Sheila Fowlie, Shetland Lace Beginning in Nålbinding Mak A Gravit – In a Day! Shawls – Lace knitting with Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1300 or Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1600 organic wool 1430 – 1730 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1300 Event Provider: & Iron Age Village Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Location: Old Scatness Broch & Iron Age Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Village, Sumburgh Lerwick Spaces: 4 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £95.00 Spaces: 8 Spaces: 6 Skill Level: 1/2 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £40.00 Beginners hand-frame knitting class with Skill Level: 1 Anne Eunson, Knitwear Designer. Using Skill Level: 2/3 Brother knitting machines, learn the basic use A chance to try nålbinding (Viking knitting) in of the machine and the built-in patterns. Play Learn the art of lace knitting using the Old Scatness visitor centre/textile room. with different stitches and weights of yarn, to ShetlandOrganics lace weight wool. Students A tour of the site and reconstruction buildings make a scarf (gravit) or snood. Cost includes will be introduced to different lace patterns, included. With Shetland’s Archaeology Team, lunch, use of knitting machines and yarn. adjusting tension, choosing the right pattern Val Turner, Chris Dyer and Dot Redshaw. Leave and advice on finishing and dressing your with needle, wool, instructions. garment. A basic knowledge of knitting required. Materials provided.

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 33 Classes Wednesday 28th September

British Fisherman’s Knits Shetland Lace with Elizabeth Alicja Tyburska – with Julia Billings Johnston Demonstrating Monk’s Belt Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1700 Wednesday 28th September, 1330 – 1630 weave technique Wednesday 28th September, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers Ltd) Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Lerwick Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Cost: £85.00 Spaces: 6 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 2 Cost: £15.00 Skill Level: 3 Skill Level: 1 Explore the history and how-to of the knitter’s hallowed ground, the British fisherman’s Join Shetland’s Elizabeth Johnston to Monk’s belt is a decorative type of folk jumper. While delving into history, regional understand the details and possibilities weaving known all around Europe. Simple in styles, construction and materials, we’ll of Shetland Lace using Jamieson & Smith structure, it offers countless possibilities of combine traditional stitch patterns to create yarns. You will leave with the skills to plan your pattern combinations. See Alicja Tyburska a design for a shoulder bag. Materials – Shetland inspired lace designs. Sample yarn demonstrate this technique on an antique instructions will be provided once bookings provided, bring 3.00mm needles. Polish loom using organic Shetland wool. You are finalised. can try weaving as well.

Estonian Glove Knitting with The Perfect Finish Beginners’ Drop Spindle Kristi Jõeste Wednesday 28th September, 1330 – 1630 Spinning with Deborah Gray Wednesday 28th September, 1000 – 1700 Wednesday 28th September, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Event Provider: Deborah Gray Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 10 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £40.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: 1 Cost: £85.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 3 Wilma Malcolmson, Shetland Designer, leads Skill Level: 1 this class in knitted finishing techniques. Variety of Estonian traditional decorative Discover the key to lift your work to a new A drop spindle is the ideal way to learn to spin knitting techniques: special cast-on, three level. Learn skills including grafting (kitchener your own unique yarns. Skills are transferable types of braids, rosing-technique, and the stitch), sewing seams, picking up stitches, and to the spinning wheel. Deborah has over 35 glove-knitting method used by master Kristi mending dropped stitches. years’ experience of teaching this relaxing and Jõeste. Yarn will be provided. satisfying craft. Materials provided.

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Ink Block Printing with Wool Spinning Wheel Basket Knitting across Borders – onto Paper Workshop from Estonia to Shetland Wednesday 28th September, 1430 – 1730 Wednesday 28th September, 1600 – 1800 Wednesday 28th September, 1830 – 2130

Event Provider: Amy Colvin & Ana Arnett Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week / Kathy Coull Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Lerwick Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 20 Spaces: 4 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £20.00 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 1 A Dutch artist, teaching Estonian knitting in Experiment with yarn wrapped around wooden Shetland. Hadewych will pass on the skills of blocks and water-based inks to create simple Make a handy little reed basket with a braided these intricate Estonian border techniques, yet beautiful block prints on heavy cartridge handle to hang on your spinning wheel and learned from renowned Estonian designer, paper. The workshop will be led by two local keep all your bits and bobs at hand. All Riina Tonberg. Learn innovative yet traditional artists Amy Colvin and Ana Arnett. Materials materials supplied to complete your basket. ways of knitting fresh and exciting edgings. included. Refreshments provided. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn new ways of crossing knitting borders.

Baa Baa Badges The Perfect Finish Dressing Lace Wednesday 28th September, 1600 – 1700 Wednesday 28th September, 1830 – 2130 Wednesday 28th September, 1830 – 2130

Event Provider: Shetland Museum and Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Archives Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 10 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £40.00 Cost: £6.00 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: 1

Skill Level: 1 Wilma Malcolmson, Shetland Designer, leads In this workshop, Anne Eunson will take you this class in knitted finishing techniques. through traditional methods of ‘dressing’ lace Children’s workshop. Come and have a go Discover the key to lift your work to a new knitwear. You will learn how to prepare, wash at needle felting using Shetland wool and level. Learn skills including grafting (kitchener and stretch Shetland lace and openwork make a funky sheep badge to wear with pride! stitch), sewing seams, picking up stitches, and knitwear, including cardigans, shawls, scarves, Ages 9-12 mending dropped stitches. stoles and haps.

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 35 Classes Thursday 29th September

Fair Isle Knitting with Hazel Traditional Shetland Haps A Rough Guide to Weaving Tindall with Donna Smith with Kirsty Jean Brabin Thursday 29th September, 0930 – 1230 Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1300 Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1600

Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Kirsty Jean Brabin Woolbrokers Ltd) Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Global Yell, 4 Sellafirth Business Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Park, Yell, Shetland ZE2 9DG Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 5 Spaces: 12 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £65.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 3 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: 3 Learn about the traditional technique of This workshop is a perfect place to start if Join Shetland’s Hazel Tindall on the world Shetland lace hap construction where the hap you’re a weaving novice or want a refresher famous techniques of Fair Isle Knitting. This is knitted from the outside towards the centre. course of the basics. Looms will be threaded class will give you the skills and knowledge You will be given instructions and guided already with different yarns and structures so to use traditional Shetland skills in your through starting to knit your own mini hap you will start weaving straight away! Lunch colourwork knitting. Sample yarn will be using this technique. There will be examples and yarns included. provided with the opportunity to purchase of traditional haps on display. Yarn will be more. Before the class, please knit up 60 provided. stitches using 2-ply jumper weight or 4-ply yarn into 5 rows of seed stitch worked back and forth.

Mittens from Finland with Doreen Brown, Shetland Mini Taatit Rug Workshop Outi Kater Knitwear – Knitting pattern Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1600 Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1300 making for hand and machine knitting Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week / Kathy Coull Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1300 Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Lerwick Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Street, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Shetland Knitwear, Orcadia, Virkie Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 4 Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 8 Cost: £65.00 Skill Level: 3 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 1

Learn about Finland’s mitten knitting heritage Skill Level: 1 Learn about and try out the processes and knit a swatch using traditional Finnish involved in making Taatit Rugs, unique motifs and Jamieson & Smith yarns. Bring Demonstrations of traditional Fair Isle and traditional Shetland bedcovers, and create short double pointed or circular needles for lace knitting from the design stage on a PC, your own mini rug out of Fair Isle Home-Grown use with 4-ply weight yarns. Yarn and choice of through to working with colour both by hand Wool and Uradale Shetland Organic Yarns. patterns supplied. and machine, to the construction of the Materials and light lunch included. finished pieces by hand grafting, etc.

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61 Commercial Street, Lerwick

24 September to 2 October 11am to 5pm

www.shetlandorganics.com

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 37 Classes Thursday 29th September

Double Faced Fabric Knitting Silk Spinning with a Moodboards, Colour and Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1600 Difference Swatches with Joanna Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1600 Hunter & Donna Smith Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1700 Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Event Provider: Joanna Hunter & Donna Box Office Booking:Yes Smith Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 10 Location: East House, Burra Spaces: 10 Cost: £90.00 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £110.00 Skill Level: 2 Spaces: 10 Skill Level: 2 Hadewych, our international tutor from the Cost: £110.00 Netherlands, leads this workshop in double- An exciting class developing silk spinning Skill Level: 3 sided knitting. Master how to carry the two skills using different silk preparations and threads to work this technique more easily. spinning methods. Ruth Gough, of Wingham Afterwards, make a small sampler with motifs Join local designers Joanna Hunter & Donna Wool Work, brings her exceptional knowledge Smith for a day full of creative fun. In the to produce a positive and a negative side in to Hoswick Wool Week. Join us to explore the the fabric. Yarn and lunch is provided, bring morning session you’ll create mood boards joys of spinning with the most sensuous of and build colour palettes which you will use needles. Contact us for help with transport: fibres. Materials, use of wheels and lunch [email protected]. to knit a Fair Isle swatch in the afternoon. All included. Contact us for help with transport: materials except knitting needles, provided. [email protected]. Coffee, cake and a light lunch provided.

Bugs and Bark – Playing with Bind your own Fair Isle Try a Knitting Belt with Hazel Natural Dyes Pattern Book with Mary Tindall Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1600 Fraser Thursday 29th September, 1400 - 1600 Thursday 29th September, 1000 – 1700 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 16 Cost: £95.00 Spaces: 12 Cost: £35.00 Skill Level: All Cost: £85.00 Skill Level: 2 Join Elizabeth of Shetland Handspun and Skill Level: All discover the beauty of natural dyes. Discover Practice knitting with a belt, without and with the quantity and variety of colours and shades Join local Shetland Bookbinder Mary Fraser a raepin string, to discover if this alters your achievable. Demistify mordanting, and learn to make your very own hand-bound pattern tension and speed. Yarn will be provided. the dye process using both fleece and yarns. graph book covered in traditional Shetland Cost includes materials, and lunch. Contact Fair Isle fabric. Combine the traditional skills us for help with transport: [email protected]. of bookbinding and Fair Isle knitting to choose from a variety of ready-made Shetland Fair Isle pattern covers to create a pattern book to cherish for life. Materials will be provided.

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Handspun Yarns Natural Shetland Colours Naturally Dyed Colours Handknitted Garments

During Wool Week, find me at The Hoswick Visitors Centre

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 39 Classes Classes Thursday 29th September Friday 30th September

Shades of Shetland with Knitting Socks Two-at-a- Fair Isle Silver Button Donna Smith Time and Toe-Up Making Thursday 29th September, 1400 – 1700 Friday 30th September, 0930 – 1300 Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1230 or 1400 – 1630 Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Deborah Gray Event Provider: Mike Finnie Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Lerwick Location: Red Houss, East Burra, Shetland Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 2 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £35.00 Cost: £75.00 Skill Level: 3 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: All

Let your knitting be inspired by the colours No more second sock syndrome! Knit both Visit Burra Isle and make yourself Fair Isle and shades of the Shetland landscape! socks at the same time, on one circular patterned silver buttons to use on your hand Using a photograph of Shetland and a needle. Knit them toe-up for perfect fit and knits. The course includes silver for 3 large corresponding colour palette of yarn, Donna matching. Bring sock yarn and a 100cm buttons. If time permits and you want to make will guide you through knitting a traditional long circular needle. Monday’s Magic Loop more, additional silver can be purchased. Tea/ Fair Isle swatch with the colours taken from workshop recommended as preparation. coffee/cake included. the inspiration source. Yarn and an inspiration source will be provided.

Colourwork with Mary Light Up Your Lace – Wire Design – The Difficult Part… Henderson Knit Lace Lampshade Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1230 Thursday 29th September, 1330 – 1630 Friday 30th September, 0930 – 1630 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Helen Robertson Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Woolbrokers Ltd) Location: Methodist Church Schoolroom, Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Prince Alfred St, Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 8 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: All Cost: £120.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 3 We all struggle in finding a process which Skill Level: 3 enables us to get what’s in our head to our Join experienced Wire Lace Knitter, Helen hands – no matter the medium. Finding our Join Mary Henderson, knitter and designer Robertson, to create your own Shetland inspiration is often the easy part – but how to from Somerset, on her approach to Lace Wire Lampshade. Choose from several translate that into something concrete? Using colourwork knitting using Jamieson & Smith different lace designs or create your own. playful and conceptual design studies and yarns. Mary’s design work has featured in The Learn the technique of wire knitting and take tutorials, we will find a path which will help Knitter magazine and she shares some of home your very own lamp. Includes materials us through this difficult process. Materials her techniques and colour planning for Fair and light lunch. Please bring 2x6mm dpns. provided. Contact us for help with transport: Isle knitting. Wool provided but knitters are [email protected]. asked to bring 5 x 3.00mm double pointed needles, 2 x 3.00mm circluar needles and 3.00mm crochet hook. This class is suitable for intermediate level knitters.

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Make a Wooden Needle and Shades of Shetland with Sheila Fowlie, Shetland a Threading Hook Donna Smith Lace Shawls – Lace knitting Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1230 Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1300 pattern making Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1300 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Spaces: 9 Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £38.00 Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 6 Skill Level: All Skill Level: 3 Cost: £40.00 Tutor Cecil Tait of Paparwark will guide you as Skill Level: 4 you make a beautiful simple wooden needle Let your knitting be inspired by the colours and a spinning wheel threading hook. Another and shades of the Shetland landscape! Would you like to design your own lace scarf? fun class to unlock your inner whittler! Cost Using a photograph of Shetland and a This workshop with Sheila Fowlie of Shetland includes use of tools and materials. Email corresponding colour palette of yarn, Donna Lace Shawls will show you how. You will learn [email protected] for further information. will guide you through knitting a traditional how to choose the right pattern(s), work out Contact us for help with transport: Fair Isle swatch with the colours taken from the number of stitches needed and how easy [email protected]. the inspiration source. Yarn and an inspiration it is to use charts and symbols to design source will be provided. your own lace knitwear. A basic knowledge of knitting required. Materials provided.

Introduction to Fair Isle Cockleshell Lace Scarf for Four Fingers and a Thumb Yokes with Hazel Tindall Beginners Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1600 Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1300 Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1300 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 12 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £90.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: 2 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: 4 Skill Level: 2 Let’s perfect knitted gloves. It is those fingers and thumbs that are tricky. Work on shaped Learn about knitting Fair Isle yokes by This class will introduce you to the Cockleshell thumbs, picking up stitches for fingers, and studying examples and practice knitting a lace pattern – a well known and very well-shaped finger tips. Includes Fair Isle, Lace section of yoke to learn about the shaping. recognizable pattern in the Shetland lace or other stitches, or try knitting 2-coloured The instructor’s handout gives information to tradition. You will learn how to knit the basic fingers! Yarn and lunch included. Contact us design your own yoked jumper. Yarn will be Cockleshell pattern and be provided with for help with transport: [email protected]. provided. pattern notes so that you can complete a scarf once the class has finished. Materials included.

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 41 Classes Friday 30th September

Colours of Shetland and Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop Getting the Perfect Finish Lace with Anne Eunson Friday 30th September, 1330 – 1630 with Hazel Tindall Friday 30th September, 1000 – 1700 Friday 30th September, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 9 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £38.00 Spaces: 12 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: All Cost: £85.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: 1 Tutor Cecil Tait of Paparwark shows you how Skill Level: 2 to hand-make a beautiful simple timber In this class you will take inspiration from shawl pin using knives and chisels. Unlock Learn how to achieve the perfect finish to your the beautiful Shetland landscape to create your inner whittler! Cost includes use of knitting, including grafting, picking up stitches your individual colourways. From your chosen tools and materials. Email cecil.tait@gmail. to give invisible joins. Yarn will be provided. colours you will go on to knit lace samples or com for further information. A fun class for be adventurous and begin your own unique anyone. Contact us for help with transport: Mobius cowl. Yarn will be provided. [email protected].

Lace Knitting with Monique Traditional Shetland Haps Blending Shetland Wool Boonstra with Donna Smith Tops with Ruth Gough Friday 30th September, 1330 – 1630 Friday 30th September, 1400 – 1700 Friday 30th September, 1400 – 1700

Event Provider: Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Woolbrokers Ltd) Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick Lerwick Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 12 Spaces: 8 Spaces: 12 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £45.00 Cost: £40.00 Skill Level: 3 Skill Level: 2 Skill Level: 3 Learn about the traditional technique of This course with Ruth Gough of Wingham Wool Join Monique Boonstra on a class in lace Shetland lace hap construction where the hap Work will allow students to make their own knitting. Monique is fascinated by fine lace is knitted from the outside towards the centre. blend of Shetland Wool Tops and other fibres knitting and has a huge interest in Shetland You will be given instructions and guided using a Hackle. Fibres blended will be chosen lace knitting. This class will share some of her through starting to knit your own mini hap from a selection including silk, bleached tips and tricks. Bring needles for working lace using this technique. There will be examples flax, dyed merino, alpaca, mohair and fancy weight yarn, sample yarn provided. of traditional haps on display. Yarn will be synthetics. The resulting blend will be spun provided. in different thicknesses to illustrate what effect the size of the yarn has on the colour combination.

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Scalloway Shetland Museum Special Wool Week events including knitting and spinning demonstrations, new exhibition HUB items and informal “makin an yakin” sessions See our website for details 11.00am - 4.00pm Mon - Sat Come along to the official 2.00pm - 4.00pm Sunday Shetland Wool Week hub to meet Disabled access - Toilet facilities fellow Wool Weekers, pick up your SIC Guest Wi-fi - Castle key membership pack and find out Admission Adults: £3.00 what’s happening each day. Children: £1.00 Under school age: Free Tickets can be printed or collected and Shetland Wool Week staff will be on hand along with Shetland Museum and Archives Visitor www.scallowaymuseum.org Services Assistants to answer queries or chat. Castle Street, Scalloway, Drop-in 10am – 9pm for tea or coffee. Shetland ZE1 0TP An evening bar service will be available in this welcoming social space. Tel: 01595 880734 Registered Charity No. SC032686 - SCIO

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 43 Classes Classes Friday 30th September Saturday 1st October

Alicja Tyburska – Spinning Wheel Basket The Perfect Picture Demonstrating Monk’s Belt Workshop Saturday 1st October, 0930 – 1300 & 1330 weave technique Friday 30th September, 1600 – 1800 – 1700 Friday 30th September, 1400 – 1700 Event Provider: The Fair Isle Textile Workshop Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Event Provider: ShetlandOrganics CIC / Kathy Coull Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Location: Vaila Fine Art, Commercial Street, Location: Lodberrie Traders, 43 Commercial Box Office Booking:Yes Lerwick Street, Lerwick Spaces: 8 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £45.00 Spaces: 6 Spaces: 4 Skill Level: All Cost: £15.00 Cost: £20.00 Skill Level: 1 What with Social Media and on-line selling Skill Level: 1 so prominently in our lives, we often struggle Make a handy little reed basket with a braided with producing accurate and interesting Monk’s belt is a decorative type of folk photographs. We will consider light, flash, weaving known all around Europe. Simple in handle to hang on your spinning wheel and keep all your bits and bobs at hand. All aperture, speed, composition etc. and post- structure, it offers countless possibilities of picture processing. Let Austin de-mystify the pattern combinations. See Alicja Tyburska materials supplied to complete your basket. Refreshments provided. process and teach you how to take the perfect demonstrate this technique on an antique picture! Bring a camera. Contact us for help Polish loom using organic Shetland wool. You with transport: [email protected]. can try weaving as well.

Seaweed Jewellery Wirds in Wirsit Shaping in Knitwear with Friday 30th September, 1430 – 1730 Friday 30th September, 1900 – 2130 Marjolein Reichert Saturday 1st October, 1000 – 1300 Event Provider: Ana Arnett, Amy Colvin & Clair Event Provider: Ana Arnett & Clair Aldington Aldington Location: Peerie Shop Cafe Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick Lerwick Spaces: 20 Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £38.00 Spaces: 20 Spaces: 12 Skill Level: All Cost: £38.00 Cost: £45.00 Skill Level: All Learn some Shetland dialect words relating to Skill Level: 3 wool and create your favourite one as a wire Come along for a hand felting session. You sculpture wrapped in yarn (approx 30 cm in Shaping in knitwear means that you use can take along your own seaweed images or length). Led by two local artists Ana Arnett increases and decreases. But how do you do real pieces to inspire a necklace, earrings, and Clair Aldington. We’ll be using chunky wire that, what are the differences, advantages bracelet or a brooch. You will use hand felting and hand tools to cut and bend the metal, and disadvantages and where do you place and needle felting techniques and finish along with a great selection of Shetland yarns them… All of this is explained and exercised in off pieces with jewellery fastenings. Led by to finish the product, which will be a lovely this workshop. local artists Ana Arnett, Amy Colvin and Clair piece of artwork for your home. Materials and Aldington, who will support you while planning refreshments included. and making your piece. Materials included.

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3D Wet Felted Vases Friends and Feast Day: A Shetland Felted Postcards (2 part workshop) Play Day in Hoswick Sunday 2nd October, 1400 – 1700 Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October, 1000 Sunday 2nd October, 1000 – 1600 – 1300 Event Provider: Amy Colvin & Clair Aldington Event Provider: Hoswick Wool Week Location: Sumburgh Lighthouse House, Event Provider: Amy Colvin, Clair Aldington Learning Room & Ana Arnett Location: Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick Box Office Booking:Yes Location: Sumburgh Lighthouse House, Box Office Booking:Yes Learning Room Spaces: 20 Spaces: 15 Box Office Booking:Yes Cost: £40.00 Cost: £32.00 Spaces: 15 Skill Level: All Skill Level: All Cost: £58.00 Join us (Hoswick tutors and friends) for With the stunning as the Skill Level: All Sunday lunch. Relax, reflect and play in good backdrop come along and hand -felt a company. Indulge in a multi-course superlative Shetland postcard using your favourite This is a 2-part workshop over two mornings feast – a resounding success every year. Good Shetland scene as inspiration. We will use where you will design and make a felt vase, food, good wine – and lasting friendships. needle felting techniques with natural firstly using wet felting technique. Second part Studio equipment set up for use. Play time Shetland wool and vibrant merinos. You can of the the workshop you will use needle felting 10am to 4pm, lunch at 12.30. Special dietary even ‘write’ in yarn on the back of the felt technique to add more detail and sewing to requirements catered for. postcard. Led by two local artists Amy Colvin embellish. The workshop will be at Sumburgh and Clair Aldington. Materials included. Bring Head Lighthouse learning room, with its photos and sketch books for inspiration. curved panoramic windows. Materials and refreshments included.

Sumburgh Bonnet with Linda Random Colour Dyeing of Shearer and Ina Irvine Shetland Yarn I’m going to Saturday 1st October, 1000 – 1500 Sunday 2nd October, 1100 – 1530

Event Provider: Shetland Wool Week Event Provider: Bressay Development Ltd Location: Islesburgh Community Centre, Location: Bressay School Lerwick Box Office Booking:Yes Box Office Booking:Yes Spaces: 8 Spaces: 12 Cost: £60.00 Cost: £65.00 Skill Level: 1 Skill Level: 3 Hands-on random colour dyeing workshop Join Shetland knitters Linda Shearer and with experienced local tutor. Learn to create Ina Irvine and learn how to knit a Fair Isle fabulous colour combinations in small brimmed hat based on the original design amounts of Shetland yarn. You will leave with ‘Sumburgh Bonnet’ by Theodora Coutts in the enough dyed yarn to knit a scarf or something 1950’s. Yarn will be provided. similar. Includes materials, instruction, lunch, morning coffee and transport to/from Bressay ferry. Box office bookings can be made at www.thelittleboxoffice.com/ shetlandwoolweek

Shetland Wool Week 2016 | 45 Shetland Museum and Archives Home of the Recognised Textile Collection and the Shetland Wool Week Hub

www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk Tel: 01595 695057 The Shetland Amenity Trust is a charity Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick registered in , No:SC017505 Hay’s Dock Café Restaurant Located in the Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay’s Dock Café Restaurant specialises in using the best of local produce, simply cooked and beautifully presented. Open daily Evening booking recommended Tel: 01595 741569 www.haysdock.co.uk Early Bird Pre-lecture menu available Mon to Sat 5.00pm - 6.30pm

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By Sea NorthLink Ferries sail from Aberdeen seven nights a week, year-round arriving in Lerwick early the following morning. The voyage is over night with access to a range of facilities including cabins, an on board cinema and a restaurant. www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk For more details visit www.northlinkferries.com Tel: 01595 695057 The Shetland Amenity Trust is a charity Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick registered in Scotland, No:SC017505 Getting Around There are many ways to explore Shetland, including hiring a car, hiring a bike or making use of the Hay’s Dock frequent bus services on offer.

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