A wonderful week of all things woolly
THE INCREASINGLY popular annual celebration of Shetland's textile industry begins next weekend. The nine day long Shetland Wool Week is enjoying its fifth year and will feature a wide range of...
View ArticleA film journey through the sheep year
A 30 MINUTE film featuring well known south mainland man James Robert Sinclair will be screened during this year's Shetland Wool Week which starts on Saturday. Following him through his sheep year,...
View ArticleCelebrating cultural richness and diversity
{igallery id=8007|cid=61|pid=5|type=category|children=0|addlinks=0|tags=|limit=0} There would be no prizes for guessing the location of Shetland Wool Week's opening ceremony on Sunday afternoon: the...
View ArticleEarthy shades of cream, brown and grey
DURING this year's wool week, Commercial Street's Vaila Fine Art Gallery is home to a treasure trove of highly covetable items in Shetland organic wool, writes our wool week reporter Genevieve White....
View ArticleWool Week: A trip down memory lane
Anyone who despairs of the mass produced homogeneity of 21st century fashion is bound to appreciate the content of two of Wool Week's fascinating and informative exhibitions, writes our wool week...
View ArticleWool Week: The yarn of your dreams
IT IS lunch break at the Hoswick Visitor centre. In among the spinning wheels, participants at Niela Nell's Spin from your heart workshop are laying down giant woolly explosions of colour and making...
View ArticleWool Week: Workshops packed to full capacity
INSIDE Jamieson and Smith the quiet hum of conversation cannot mask the mounting tension, writes Genevieve White. It is midday, and 13 knitters have half an hour left to work on their Fair Isle...
View ArticleWool Week: A garment to last a lifetime
Wool Week has taken visitors to some exciting locations over the past week, but as venues go, restored sail-fishing vessel the Swan takes some beating, writes Genevieve White. Friday's sky is grey and...
View ArticleWool week bound to get bigger
LAST week’s Shetland Wool Week was the most successful yet in the still young history of a festival celebrating the local textile industry and the hardy native sheep that provides the wool. Organisers...
View ArticleA wonderful week of all things woolly
THE INCREASINGLY popular annual celebration of Shetland's textile industry begins next weekend. The nine day long Shetland Wool Week is enjoying its fifth year and will feature a wide range of...
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