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The eighth Shetland Wool Week will be kicking off on Saturday for a nine-day celebration of Shetland's textile heritage and wool and crofting communities. (more…) Read more...
A consultant's report suggests that Shetland Wool Week pumped more than £500,000 into the economy – a 70 per cent increase on last year. (more…) Read more...
An array of colourful Fair Isle patterns feature in a comprehensive graph book launched today at Islesburgh.The Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, Weavers and Dyers has released A Shetlander's Fair Isle Graph Book, with knitting charts reproduced from two notebooks dating primarily from the 1... Read more...
Textile designer Ella Gordon will be guest patron for this year's seventh Shetland Wool Week.The daughter of Shetland Times cartoonist Stephen "Smirk" Gordon, she was elected in a unanimous vote by the festival's committee.The wool week festival attracts hundreds of international visitors an... Read more...
A project set up to provide free knitting lessons to youngsters has doubled its fundraising target after raising £4,500. (more…) Read more...
Knitting classes for bairns are due to start in the new year as part of Shetland Wool Week's bid to make 2015 the biggest knitting year yet. (more…) Read more...