There are still plenty of tickets available for this year’s Casting on Shetland Wool Week.
Choose from Knitted Lace, Beginner’s Fair Isle, croft tours, jewellery making, food and drink and more!
Here’s a handy listing below
Machine Knit a Snood
Sat 24 or Wed 28 Sept, in Bressay
Machine Knit a Hat
Monday 26 or Friday 30 Sept, in Bressay
Cockleshawl with Helen Robertson
Transform Cockleshell lace into a shawl in this full day class in Brae
Sat 24 Sept
Taster Weaving Session with expert weaver Emma Geddes
Spaces available Sat, Sun & Mon, Lerwick
Make a Piece of Shetland Inspired Jewellery
Sat 24 or Sun 2 Oct, Weisdale
Make a Set of Silver Stacking Rings
Sat 1 October, Weisdale
Ooie Art in Whalsay
Create a needle felted Shetland scene using Shetland wool with author and artist, Ann Marie Anderson
Monday, Tuesday or Friday
Mood Boards and Colour with Joanna Hunter in Scalloway
Be inspired by talented Fair Isle knitwear designer Joanna Hunter
Monday, Wednesday or Friday
From Lace to Chunky with Sheila Fowlie
Discover how easy lace knitting can be in this class using chunky wool
Monday 26 Sept, Hoswick
Beaded Dorset Buttons with Tania Ashton Jones
Embellish, personalise and jazz up your beautiful handmade projects
Monday 26 Sept, Lerwick
Fair Isle Fused Glass, Unst
Monday 26 or Tuesday 27 Sept
Fizzy Fair Isle with Helen Robertson
A genius way to get more colour into your knitting
Monday 26 Sept, Brae
Fizzy Fair Isle Hat with Helen Robertson
Thursday 29 Sept, Brae
Viking Textile Workshop/Nalbinding, Yell
Come and learn the Viking art of Nalbinding
Monday 26 Sept, Yell
The Final Step, Washing and Blocking Lace or any Knitwear with Elizabeth Johnston
Monday 26 Sept, Hoswick
Fair Isle for Beginners – Knit a Pin Cushion with Terri Leask
Monday 26 Sept, Lerwick
Playing with Colour – Choosing interesting Shades with Andrea Williamson
Elevate your Fair Isle with acclaimed knitwear designer Andrea Williamson from the brand new ‘Auld Manse’ in Whalsay
Tues, Wednesday or Thursday
Lichen Inspired Paper Marbling Masterclass
Tues 27 or Wednesday 28 Sept, Burra
Viking Textile Workshop/Lucet Braiding
Learn the craft of lucet braiding and make yourself a uniquely designed necklace.
Tuesday 27 Sept, Yell
Linking – How to Sew Together Knitwear
Tues 27 Sept, Sat 1 Oct, Bressay
Make Your Own Small Lampshade and Lantern with Julie Williamson
Auld Manse, Whalsay
Tues, Wed, Thurs
The Betsy Join
Learn about the Betsy Join technique to create a decorative invisible join when knitting lace
Wednesday 28 Sept, Lerwick
Fair Isle Inspired Weaving Workshop
Friday 30 Sept or Sunday 2 Oct, Lerwick
Fair Isle Knitting for Beginners with SWW Patron Linda Shearer
Wednesday 28 Sept, Lerwick
Shawl Pin Whittling Workshop with Cecil Tait
Wednesday 28 or Thursday 28 Sept, at Bigton
Thrummed Mittens with Helene Driesen
Wednesday, Lerwick
Embroidered and Crystal Beaded Sheep Brooch
Wednesday 28 Sept, Lerwick
Herbal Tea Blending for Knitters with herbalist Suze Walker
Wednesday 28 Sept, Lerwick
Shetland Lace Motifs
Learn the basic techniques and stitches of Shetland lace knitting, with Betsy and Elizabeth Williamson
Wed 28 or Fri 30 Sept, Lerwick
The Perfect Picture with Austin Taylor
Thurs 29 Sept, Hoswick
Fair Isle Yoke Bags with Janette Budge
Friday 30 Sept, Bigton
The Shetland Twins
Learn the Shetland lace motif of the Shetland Twins, commonly used in haps, shawls and scarfs, with Betsy and Elizabeth Williamson
Thursday 29 Sept, Ollaberry
Shetland Lace Edging
Learn how to produce a traditional Shetland lace edging on a mini-triangular shawl.
Friday 30 Sept, Lerwick
Orca Felted Picture
Friday 30 Sept, Lerwick
Knit your own Lampshade with Helen Robertson
Saturday 1 October, Brae
TALKS/TOURS
An Introduction to Organic Native Shetland Sheep and Wool Production (Uradale Farm with Ronnie Eunson)
Various days available Monday – Sunday – tea and cake provided!
Croft Tour and Workshop Gallery Visit (Cecil Tait, Bigton)
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Tour of Garths Croft with Chris Dyer, Bressay
Tours available all week – refreshments provided!
Lunna History and Heritage Tour
Bus tour to Lunna Farm to see Native Shetland sheep, cattle and ponies and hear about the history of the area including the ‘Shetland Bus’
Sunday 25 Sept
Taat Chat at Da Bod with curator Carol Christiansen
Monday 26 Sept, Lerwick
Sheep and Crofting Talk with Brewery Tour
Find out more about Shetland sheep from the experts, followed by lunch and a tour of the Lerwick brewery!
Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 Sept
Shetland Museum and Archives Textile Tours
Available throughout the week, Lerwick
Textile Tour of UHI Shetland
Lerwick, Monday 26 & Friday 30 Sept
Busta House Food and Drink Tour
Tuesday 27 Sept, Enjoy a Shetland food and drink experience in the elegant Long Room at Busta House, Brae
Knitting in Shetland in the 1960s: A Talk with Hazel Tindall
Tues 27 Sep, Shetland Museum, Lerwick
Shetland Rural Experience – learn about the Shetland working collie
Wednesday 28 or Thursday 29 Sept, Pick up from Lerwick
Shetland Haps: A Talk
Wednesday 28 Sept, Lerwick with Shetland lace experts Betsy and Elizabeth Williamson
A History of the Knitting Belt with Janette Budge
Wednesday 28 Sept, Shetland Museum, Lerwick
Knitting Your Own Money, A Talk with Curator Dr Ian Tait
Find out about the bartering system that was in place during the 19th century in Shetland
Thursday 29 Sept, Shetland Museum, Lerwick
Shetland Dialect Evening & Brewery Tour
Thursday 29 Sept, Lerwick
Tour to Whalsay
Friday 30 Sept, leaves from Lerwick
A Crofter’s Life in Shetland Film (1931) and Meal (includes transport from Lerwick)
Friday 30 Sept, Bigton
