Crofting Matters – Shetland Wool: Threads of Heritage, Innovation, & Community Life

Hello and welcome to Crofting Matters, hosted by Osla Jamwal Fraser where we discuss topics that matter in crofting.

This is the final episode in this series and we’re going to round off our Shetland focussed episodes in style – discussing the islands’ most famed and celebrated agricultural and cultural product – Wool! We’re going to delve into all things woolly with Louise Grains of Jamieson’s of Shetland, the only fleece to garment mill in the isles and Donna Smith of Donna Smith Designs a crofter, yarn producer, tutor, and knitwear designer.

Shetland is famous the world over for wool and knitwear and now also for its iconic week-long festival Shetland Wool Week, which has just celebrated its 17th year. We’re joined today by two of the powerhouses behind the modern wool and knitwear industry in Shetland!

If you would like to find out more about anything we discussed today, you’ll find links in the show notes.

If you enjoyed this episode of Crofting Matters, please do subscribe to make sure you catch the first episode of the new series next May when we’ll be hearing more inspiring stories from all over the Crofting Counties. While we’re away, why not have a look through our back catalogue or tune into some of the other Farm Advisory Service podcasts.

For now, many thanks to our producer Kerry Hammond, our editor Keiron Sim, and thanks above all to you for tuning in.

This podcast was produced in association with the Scottish Government.

Resources:

Shetland Wool, Yarn and Knitting Accessories – Jamieson’s Of Shetland

Donna Smith Designs – Knitting Patterns & Yarn in the Shetland Isles

Shetland Wool Week

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