Shetland Wool Week 2017: what's on in Hoswick

Tuesday May 16, 2017

Hoswick wool week

Shetland Wool Week 2017

The Hoswick series of workshops is back for Shetland Wool Week 2017, with a varied programme of classes organised by Elizabeth Johnston of Shetland Handspun and Niela Kalra of Nielanell.

This year’s programme sees world-renowned Shetland knitters, spinners and dyers teaching alongside visiting tutors Ruth Gough, Bonnie Lefebre, Maja Siska, Dj Stefek, Hadewych van der Werf and Laura West. 

There's even non-woolly workshops: our photography and woodwork classes are back this year, by popular demand. And new for 2017 is our workshop with bookbinder Laura West. Plus there's our regular (free) drop-in clinics, and a local history talk and tour led by former weaver, Cecil Duncan.

All the classes take place in the friendly, village atmosphere of Hoswick on Shetland’s South Mainland.

The Hoswick programme

Scroll down for our at-a-glance guide to the 25 events, and click through to book tickets at the central Shetland Wool Week booking office.

Hoswick Wool Week is based at our 'Hoswick Hub' - the brilliant Hoswick Visitor Centre. We are just 20 minutes drive from Lerwick - and can also help you with transport to our classes (contact us - info@nielanell.com).

If there's something that catches your eye, don't delay (tickets for some events sell out within the first hour)! Booking opens at 1pm on May 24th.

Nielanell open studio

The Nielanell emporium of colour and texture will be open every day during Wool Week, from 9am-5pm (or at times to suit you). Drop in for a chat, a coffee or a spin... 

Find us just around the corner from the Howick Visitor Centre

Not just wool

Along with all manner of knitting, dyeing and spinning we have some special non-woolly classes in Hoswick. Whittle a shawl pin, make a threading hook, improve your photography skills, or bind your own project book...

Venue: Hoswick Visitor Centre

During Wool Week we are based at Hoswick Visitor Centre, previously the Hoswick weaving shed. Cecil Duncan, who was a weaver here, will lead free tours from Saturday 23rd September to Friday 29th
September, at 1pm.

Monday 25th September

ALL DAY CLASSES 

A Norwegian Challenge with Hadewych van der Werf

  • MONDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
  • £105 // book tickets >>

The Dye Spell: Do You Dare? with Niela Nell Kalra

  • MONDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
  • £120 // book tickets >>

Four Fingers and a Thumb with Elizabeth Johnston

  • MONDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
  • £105 // book tickets >>
EVENING CLASSES

Up your game: Improvers Spinning Class

with Elizabeth Johnston

  • MONDAY 25th SEPT 2017
  • EVENING // 6.30pm – 9.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >> 

Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop

with Cecil Tait of Paparwark

  • Monday 25th September 2017
  • EVENING // 6.30pm – 9.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>

Tuesday 26 September

ALL DAY CLASSES

Knit a Mini Shetland Hap with Anne Eunson & Kathleen Anderson

TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2017
ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
£105 // book tickets >>

Gradient Discovery Day for Spinners with Niela Kalra

  • TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
  • £120 // book tickets >>

Spinning Woollen and Worsted with Elizabeth Johnston

  • TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00 pm
  • £110 // book tickets >>
EVENING CLASSES

Painting with wool with Wilma Malcolmson

  • TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • EVENING // 6.30pm-9.30pm // Hoswick Visitor Centre, Sandwick
  • £45 // book tickets >>

More is More: Cuffs, Basques and Trims with ELIZABETH JOHNSTON

  • TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • EVENING // 6.30pm – 9.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >> 

The Final Step: Washing and Blocking Lace (and other Knitwear...) with ANNE EUNSON

  • TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • EVENING // 6.30pm – 9.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>

Mother Astrop with HADEWYCH VAN DER WERF

  • TUESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • EVENING // 6.30pm – 9.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>

Wednesday 27 september

MORNING

Knitting across Borders: from Estonia to Shetland with HADEWYCH VAN DER WERF

  • WEDNESDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2016
  • EVENING // 10.00am-12.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>
ALL DAY CLASSES 

Mak A Gravit - In a Day! with ANNE EUNSON

  • WEDNESDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
  • £110 // book tickets >>

Knitting Texture with BONNIE LEFEBRE

  • WEDNESDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
  • £105 // book tickets >>

 

Thursday 28 September

ALL DAY 

Bugs and Bark – Playing with Natural Dyes with ELIZABETH JOHNSTON

  • THURSDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
  • £110 // book tickets >>

Double Knitting – A Journey into the Reversible with HADEWYCH VAN DER WERF

  • THURSDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4.00pm
  • £105 // book tickets >>

The Importance of Plying with RUTH GOUGH

  • THURSDAY 28th SEPT 2017
  • ALL DAY // 10.00am – 4pm
  • £105 // book tickets >>

 

Friday 29 September

MORNING

Design – The Difficult Part with NIELA KALRA

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • MORNING // 10.00am – 12.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >> 

Keep it Wild with MAJA SISKA

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • MORNING // 10.00am – 12.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>
 ALL DAY 

A Shetland Photography Safari with AUSTIN TAYLOR

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER
  • ALL DAY // 9.00am – 5.00pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>
AFTERNOON

Shawl Pin Whittle Workshop with CECIL TAIT

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • AFTERNOON // 1.30pm – 4.00pm
  • £45 // book tickets >> 

The Perfect Finish with WILMA MALCOLMSON

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017

  • AFTERNOON // 1.30pm – 4.00pm

  • £45 // book tickets >>

AFTERNOON 

Get Organised: Make a 'Perpetual’ Knitting Workbook with LAURA WEST

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • AFTERNOON // 1.30pm – 4.00pm
  • £45 // book tickets >> 
EVENING 

The Perfect Finish with WILMA MALCOLMSON

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017

  • EVENING // 6.30pm – 9.30pm

  • £45 // book tickets >> 

Make a Wooden Needle and a Threading Hook with CECIL TAIT

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • EVENING // 6.30pm – 9.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>

Get Organised: Make a ‘Perpetual’ Knitting Workbook with LAURA WEST

  • FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017
  • AFTERNOON // 18.30pm – 21.30pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>

Saturday 30 september

MORNING 

The Perfect Picture with AUSTIN TAYLOR

  • SATURDAY 30th SEPTEMBER
  • MORNING // 9.30am – 1.00pm
  • £50 // book tickets >>

Lacework for Lazy Knitters with DJ STEFEK

  • SATURDAY 30th SEPTEMBER
  • MORNING // 9.30am – 1.00pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>
AFTERNOON 

The Perfect Picture with AUSTIN TAYLOR

  • SATURDAY 30th SEPTEMBER
  • AFTERNOON //1.30pm – 5.00pm
  • £50 // book tickets >>

Lacework for Lazy Knitters with DJ STEFEK

  • SATURDAY 30th SEPTEMBER
  • MORNING // 1.30pm – 5.00pm
  • £45 // book tickets >>

Sunday 1 October

SPECIAL EVENT 

Sharing, Sherry, Cheese and Shortbread: Sunday Morning Playtime in Hoswick

with HOSWICK WOOL WEEK TUTORS & FRIENDS

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