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SWW Annual 2023
The Shetland Wool Week Annual Volume 9 is available to order from our online shop. Packed with exclusive patterns, fascinating essays, and stunning photography taken on location at The Taing on Shetland’s west side.
View our SWW Annual 2023 International Stockists here.
Patterns: There are 12 patterns from 11 leading Shetland knitwear designers. Expect vibrant Fair Isle motifs and patterns, subtle, intricate lace, weaving and more.
Features:
- Hats off to Harriet – Laurie Goodlad meets the woman whose determination and smile captured the hearts of the world at the unveiling of a new portrait at Shetland Museum & Archives.
- Making Knitwear Sing – Felicity Ford on the perils and pleasures of the annual Colourbox Challenge.
- Creative Living on the Croft – The Tait family are the sixth generation to work the croft at West Lynne. Alastair Hamilton went to meet them and find out about their inspiring careers beyond tending the land.
- An Object of Hope – Helen Robertson’s artistic vision honours the precariousness & industry of her ancestors’ lives.
SWW Annual 2022
The Shetland Wool Week Annual Volume 8 is available to order from our online shop. Packed with exclusive patterns, fascinating essays, and stunning photography taken on location in the pretty village of Scalloway and the surrounding area.
The Annual is available in printed format as well as a digital PDF.
An exciting addition to the 2022 Annual is the inclusion of our Shetland Heritage Patterns: working with the Unst Heritage Centre, Shetland Museum and Donna Smith, we have revived and reinterpreted two distinctly different vintage garments for today’s knitter. We also have two articles to accompany each of these patterns.
We have transitional pieces that can be layered; cosy accessories to snuggle into and lighter items that will be a pleasure to make and wear. We also have something for all those dog lovers, too! There is a good balance of projects from stash busting ideas which include smaller accessories through to bigger, more challenging knits.
Patterns: There are 13 patterns from leading Shetland knitwear designers. Expect vibrant Fair Isle motifs and patterns, subtle, intricate lace, weaving and more.
- SWW 2022 Patron Linda Shearer’s ‘Bonnie Isle Hat’
- Donna Smith’s ‘Jemima’s Jumper and Cowl’ – heritage pattern
- Mati Ventrillon’s ‘Moosidales Hat’
- Kathleen Anderson’s ‘Da Palm Beach Mitts’
- Hazel Laurenson’s ‘Merran’s Cardigan’ – heritage pattern
- Alison Rendall’s ‘Stjarna Smucks’
- Edina Szeles’ ‘Seaweed Scarf’ (weaving pattern)
- Wilma Malcolmson’s ‘Ripple Wristlets’
- Elizabeth Johnston’s ‘Sea Breeze Cardigan’
- Rachel Hunter’s ‘Ristie Poncho’
- Ella Gordon’s ‘Sunbeam Dog Coat’
- Linda Shearer’s ‘Nesbyen Socks’
View the yarn requirements for each pattern.
Features
- Two heritage pattern features – on the distinctive Merran’s pattern which originated in Unst in the 1930s; and an interview with Donna Smith on how she gave a contemporary twist to a distinctive monochrome Fair Isle jumper from the Shetland Museum’s collection.
- An article by Janette Budge on Shetland Flock Book aficionado Anne Doull with photos by Alexa Fitzgibbon
- A look into the fascinating array of handmade and very individual Shetland ‘dressing’ boards in the Shetland Museum’s collection; beautifully illustrated by local artist Aimee Labourne
- Textile design researcher, Dr Sarah Dearlove takes a look at the tweed collection and explains how it’s a global story of design ideas, colour experimentation, and cloth quality development
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SWW Annual 2021
The Shetland Wool Week Annual 2021 is packed with exclusive patterns, fascinating essays, and stunning photography taken on location at Shetland’s magnificent Sumburgh Head Lighthouse.
There are 12 cosy patterns from leading Shetland knitwear designers, with some pioneering new designers too. Expect vibrant Fair Isle motifs and patterns, subtle, intricate lace, weaving and more.
A true collector’s item.
Annual Errata – We make every reasonable effort to ensure that all information and patterns are correct at the time of publishing, however errors do occur. Please find any corrections to patterns here.
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