Wool Week at J&S

Hello! I'm so sorry we haven't been able to update you this week of all the happenings at J&S for Shetland Wool Week, I'm afraid it has just been so busy!!! A great problem to have of course, We have just about managed to get some snaps here and there during the week so this post is all about what we had going on in the shop

On Monday we had a Fair Isle Class with Hazel Tindall in the Morning and Shetland Lace with Elizabeth in the Afternoon, we always have these classes and they are always some of the first to sell out, Hazel and Elizabeths years of experience make them excellent teachers!

On Tuesday Morning we had a Drop Spindle class with Deborah Gray, I always think this looks like a really fun class to do! Tuesday night we had a trunk show for Monique Boonstra, Monique is a fabulous lace knitter and she had samples of her lovely patterns and knitting Wednesday led to more lace knitting, Haps with Gudrun in the Morning and more lace with Elizabeth in the afternoon. Gudruns Hap class is always very popular and she has the students make a mini version of her Hansel hap, it's very manageable for the length of time of the class and gives everyone a taste of all the elements of this traditional Shetland garment. This is the only photo I got on Wednesday of Elizabeths second lace class but it looks like they are learning a lot! Elizabeth is always great to have at Wool Week and she teaches lots of classes in Hoswick also. Of course, we have spent the week spotting crofthoose hats too! It's great to see all the different colours people have chosen. Thursday morning had Hazels second Fair Isle class, she had the ladies knit in the round and then steek! Everyone seemed to have a great time and I loved the samples at the end. Friday morning we had no classes so we got caught up on our post and then in the afternoon Monique Boonstra was back with a class using 1ply Shetland Supreme Oliver has been doing his tour this week too, and yesterday was the last day of that, he has it down to a fine art and we always get lots of people coming for the tour. Today is the Makers Market and Flock Book and tomorrow is the fabulous Sunday Teas hosted by the Guild so I'll be back next week with a few photos from that. It's been a great week and as always we are so proud to be involved in Shetland Wool Week!Save Save Save Save