Shetland Wool Week 2026
Shetland Wool Week 2026 - Last Day
On Saturday, our flight to Glasgow was leaving at 11:30ish in the morning, giving us a bit of a leisurely morning.
Although I'm not typically an ea...
Shetland Wool Week 2026 - Day 6 (Friday)
All week we'd been hearing from fellow Wool Weekers about how great the Jamieson's of Shetland Factory Tour was, and from the day we'd seen it list...
Shetland Wool Week 2026 - Day 5 (Thursday)
Now I’m really playing catch-up, as I am writing this post from home….
Thursday was a day of classes and some knitting time (which we ironically ha...
Shetland Wool Week 2026 - Day 4 (Wednesday)
It was a blustery one! Some ferries were cancelled, we heard, and while flights weren’t cancelled in the morning, according to one guide, it was bo...
Shetland Wool Week 2026 - Day 3 (Tuesday)
Well, despite my best intentions, I’m now two days behind!
Tuesday was Jen’s birthday, and we had beautiful but windy weather! We started the day w...
Shetland Wool Week 2026 - Day 2 (Monday)
I’m already a day behind in blogging!
Jen and I had a full day yesterday, starting with an excellent workshop called Effective Colourwork with Terr...
Shetland Wool Week 2026 - Day 1 (Sunday)
It was a rainy one!
I started the day with my Fair Isle Through the Ages workshop, taught by Janette Budge. This class began with a slideshow of th...
Shetland Wool Week 2026: We Are Here!
We made it! We found our way around airports and made our two flights (first to Glasgow and then to Sumburgh) easily and with time to spare. Our ba...
Shetland Wool Week 2026 - post 2
On the eve of leaving for Shetland Wool Week, I am thinking a lot about my mom. She passed away in February, and the money for this knitting retrea...
Shetland Wool Week 2026
Like many people who have watched the show Shetland, I fell in love with the island (despite all the fictional murders!) without having seen it in ...
