Welcome to wool week – hundreds flock to kick start the festivities
Wool week is officially under way with fans from around the globe flocking to Shetland for the annual cultural celebration.
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Shetland hand-knitting on Mastermind
Shetland hand-knitting is a specialist subject in tonight’s (Monday) Mastermind. Clive Myrie presents another heat of the classic quiz where contenders take to the famous…
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Warm welcome for Wool Week at Clickimin
The 14th Shetland Wool Week officially got under way with a welcome ceremony at the Clickimin Bowls Hall on Sunday night. A packed audience were…
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Local designer to curate Shetland Wool Week
Renowned local knitwear designer Donna Smith is to take over as curator for the world-famous Shetland Wool Week festival. Ms Smith, who was Shetland Wool…
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Hats off to Wool Week as organisers knit together impressive event
Wool Week got off in fine fashion at the weekend as makkers came together to celebrate all that is the very best of Shetland knitting.
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Wool Week return unaffected by social distancing
Tickets for Wool Week go on sale tomorrow as the event returns after two years of being online. It was not expected that a full…
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Next Shetland Wool Week patron is named
The Shetland Wool Week patron for 2022 has been named as Whalsay knitter Linda Shearer at a launch event held last night (Thursday) at Shetland…
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Wool Week to return to in-person event this year
Shetland Wool Week will return as an in-person event later this year for the first time since 2019. Organisers Shetland Amenity Trust confirmed the nine-day…
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Wool week to go virtual again in 2021
Shetland Wool Week will be held virtually again in 2021. The news will come as a blow to fans of the festival, who come the…
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Trust highlights Wool Week online attractions
This year’s Wool Week may have been a victim of the Covid crisis, but Shetland Amenity Trust has highlighted an online taster taking place instead.
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Wool week, boat week and nature festival all cancelled
All of Shetland Amenity Trust’s big annual events will be postponed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Wilma named as Shetland Wool Week patron
The Shetland Wool Week patron for this year was named today as knitwear designer Wilma Malcolmson, who is internationally renowned for her skilfully blended Fair
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Wool week described as ‘phenomenal success’ by patron Henry
The 10th Shetland Wool Week ended on Sunday with a packed event at Brae hall featuring demonstrations by the Shetland Guild of Spinners, Weavers and
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Massive turnout for official launch of Shetland Wool Week
Clickimin’s sports hall played host to a global gathering on Sunday night for the launch of the 10th Shetland Wool Week.
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