tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72734866408572557592024-02-21T04:30:56.565+00:00hjaltland haloreal shetland woolJamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-6432714417742031762011-11-09T10:20:00.000+00:002011-11-09T10:20:26.908+00:00We're movingWell actually, we've already moved... over to the other side... <a href="https://jamiesonandsmith.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>. <br />
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xxxJamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-66931387161594275552011-10-17T10:59:00.012+01:002011-10-17T19:08:25.970+01:00Launching...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdWYfeLsbL7ThnswBT7amgQRCO0dCOET_E85mMhEbz3FT2GRpMk32L77Qlxcx79JOaa1qWTRz_h9gwqHPw5a1NGpRPvkB-dHkNsFUKrsn5RLI5hAfwKGu34n0oxrOqL2atdgx9YQimzk/s1600/JS_KnitRealShetland_FCvr_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdWYfeLsbL7ThnswBT7amgQRCO0dCOET_E85mMhEbz3FT2GRpMk32L77Qlxcx79JOaa1qWTRz_h9gwqHPw5a1NGpRPvkB-dHkNsFUKrsn5RLI5hAfwKGu34n0oxrOqL2atdgx9YQimzk/s640/JS_KnitRealShetland_FCvr_large.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQK84qhnv0euHFKuNh83SIFufp8-lMCavH3_6Uy4pgZiPwJFycNRz4dRqLE-HIPe5z0CDAu7phIPArNcti8DZiv1dzHeH2YJ_MqQavRDyZ_MdPE7Nv6TSK6-cxJHlTs40Fwb3OKKFVf54/s1600/JS_KnitRealShetland_FCvr_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We'll be launching the book digitally, shortly but there are only a limited amount of real live glossy versions <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Products/%22ITEM%3A%20KNIT%20REAL%20SHETLAND%22">here</a>.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The book is available worldwide, including the USA. As a special launch offer, UK postage on the book is free until this Friday 21st October 2011.<br />
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You can see each of the kits for Knit Real Shetland <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/Patterns/Knit-Real-Shetland">here</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eeek, we're so excited. Will post images of the launch where Kate Davies, Masami Yokoyama, Mary Jane Mucklestone, Mary Kay, Sandra Manson, Gudrun Johnston, Lesley Smith, Joyce Ward and Hazel Tindall joined us on Friday night at the Shetland Museum. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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PS. If you're a retailer and would like to stock <i>Knit Real Shetland</i>, please contact us at sales@shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk<br />
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</div>Jamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-45474081856183846542011-10-12T23:03:00.005+01:002011-10-12T23:18:00.381+01:00New pieces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some special releases from the Jamieson & Smith archive, because it the company's 65th birthday! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Specially for <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Categories/Shetland_Wool_Week">Shetland Wool Week 2011</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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65, and feeling fresh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Jamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-88219690621151799672011-10-11T10:46:00.000+01:002011-10-11T10:46:42.489+01:00Wool Week is hereWe've been very quiet in the run up to Shetland Wool Week, but now that it's here we're hoping to get lots of posts in.<br />
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Last night there was a felting class here at Jamieson & Smith with Norwegian artist Karin Flatoy Svarstad.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Place the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Categories/Knitting/Shetland_Combed_Tops">Shetland Combed Tops</a> ever so carefully, then add some spelsau for the sea, then destroy it all with water and roll roll roll until VOILA, a beautiful 'wool watercolour', as Karin calls it. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's my (rather flustered) attempt - with the dark Shetland winter in mind. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">PS. Have you seen <a href="http://textisles.com/2011/10/09/sheep-heid/">Sheep Heid</a>. It's possibly the most brilliant piece of genius I've seen in a little while. Kate triumphs again!</div>Jamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-61806748157450870932011-09-28T11:49:00.001+01:002011-09-28T11:49:25.949+01:00Bookshop<a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ViewAction=View&ObjectID=7536626&Page=5">Some new books we added today</a>:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Sasha and Gudrun's books are particularly gorgeous - drooling style.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ooooh. Lovely, no?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The design combines intarsia, stranding and lace stitches. After drooling over Kieran's images for a while, we've decided that this combination of different techniques makes Shetland Daisies even lovelier because it's challenging in a way that makes you consider the colours and stitches, and revel in the finished piece (while everyone else goes green). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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And here they are... Stitch Stools made of Jamieson & Smith <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Products/%22Yarn%20-%20Jumper%20Weight%22/SubProducts/%22ITEM%3A%20Y2PJ%20-%20091B%22">2 Ply Jumper Weight</a> by Claire-Anne O'Brien.<br />
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Go see at Wool Modern, La Galleria, Pall Mall, London.<br />
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Jamieson & Smith are there, as part of a collaboration with <a href="http://www.campaignforwool.org/woolmodern/">Claire-Anne O'Brien</a>. We'll come back with some images of her beautiful work. Also exhibited is pieces by Maison Martin Margiela, Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen. <br />
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The exhibition is part of the Campaign for Wool and will tour Berlin, Shanghai, the US and Tokyo. <br />
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Oh I wish we could teleport ourselves down to have a look. If you go, leave us a comment and let us know how it was...Jamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-66867772482805053482011-09-06T20:14:00.002+01:002011-09-06T20:16:12.513+01:00Jeannie and Nan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMfdf6rhjJ2vSPdNs3L4ZJIPmwNZ9fDPu6pm3LWsPq3DOY7tAGKJIq-GOupYVMrknYp-x6crKn2y_qrLfb4dKFm9JIcSQGLKUdnECCDWAxx_I4DF7VXGHQETL50hN9MjkbU9BaPUe8GY/s1600/j%2526S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMfdf6rhjJ2vSPdNs3L4ZJIPmwNZ9fDPu6pm3LWsPq3DOY7tAGKJIq-GOupYVMrknYp-x6crKn2y_qrLfb4dKFm9JIcSQGLKUdnECCDWAxx_I4DF7VXGHQETL50hN9MjkbU9BaPUe8GY/s640/j%2526S.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Work is beginning on the renovations of <a href="http://www.broughlodge.org/about-brough-lodge">Brough Lodge</a>, a nineteenth century estate on the Shetland island of <a href="http://www.fetlar.org/">Fetlar</a>. It's stunning and everything - both the building itself and it's beautiful surroundings feel a little bit unreal, like something from a fairytale - but that's not the whole reason we're mentioning it to you...<br />
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One day Brough Lodge will be a knitting retreat. Yup, a place to cosy up for an entire holiday and knit. We've been speaking about this with the people behind the project, Pierre and Deborah (Deborah is a lovely knitter herself). The pair have the most amazing and inspiring vision for the place that includes knitting workshops and residencies. Plans are to finish the building to an exceptionally high standard in terms of materials, design and furnishings to create a place that you just won't want to ever leave. <br />
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The project is a big one - and it needs support. The house is in need of major repairs and there's a long way to go before it's a luxury knitting escape in the wilds. We can hardly wait for that point, so Jamieson & Smith are sponsoring the project. Individuals can also donate to the project <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/broughlodge/Donate">here</a>. Please do. Your name is kept on record as a supporter of the project. And if you're really keen, they are also looking for a patron who the Lodge will be named after... How cool is that?! <br />
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Part of a load of wool waiting to go out for processing. The numbers scrawled on each 275kg (roughly) bale identify the grade of wool, as well as the local wool grower it came from. These identifiers stay with the wool right through all stages of the process, both electronically and in huge marker pen, so we know who and where it came from. All we need now is a computer genius who can give us a system to let customers trace their products back to the origin, <a href="http://www.originalbeans.com/">Original Beans</a> style. Anybody?!<br />
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The photo was taken by Stuart when our first load of the season went out (which feels like forever ago now because we've put a few out since!). Stuart is back for the summer being indispensible in the wool store and just generally keeping us all entertained. He's off to the mainland for a week doing architecture stuff, and is apparently missing the rock already: <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">1.Entrance to the Wool tent 2, 3, 4.Oliver's fleece judging skills put to the test again 5, 6, 7. Some prize winning Shetland Sheep 8. Charlie Simpson and a herring feast 9. Cool footgear and a woolly dog 10, 11. More beautiful Shetland Sheep posing for the camera 12. Tractor love 13, 14. Elizabeth Johnson of Shetland Handspun's beautiful things 15 and 16. Yummy wool in the sun (which decided to make an appearance after weeks of grey, woop woop). </div><br />
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Jamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-37654023499657542062011-08-10T09:13:00.001+01:002011-08-10T09:13:54.349+01:00Rachel Antonio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-3czXOPvEwLysZOq1ttMe_h9gbEw2TVcXkypYmuhGbNNrK9sUQz9jCCh_ZJ-3FzcbvSC3MdFx-aWormeQdHt8F3OMx851mN51we1ciJZXu2xMaUb9_qHTG6Eu92x_rLGyD1qpueDap8/s1600/ra+js3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-3czXOPvEwLysZOq1ttMe_h9gbEw2TVcXkypYmuhGbNNrK9sUQz9jCCh_ZJ-3FzcbvSC3MdFx-aWormeQdHt8F3OMx851mN51we1ciJZXu2xMaUb9_qHTG6Eu92x_rLGyD1qpueDap8/s640/ra+js3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful pieces in Jamieson & Smith <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Products/%22Yarn%20-%20Jumper%20Weight%22/SubProducts/%22Item%3A%20Y2PJ%20-%20001B%22">2 Ply Jumper Weight</a> from <a href="http://rachelantonio.com/about.html">Rachel Antonio</a>. Have a look at other pieces from Rachel's gorgeous new collection, which is beautifully crafted from British materials, on her <a href="http://www.rachelantonio.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 Turtle neck tank top in shade 81</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 Maxi scarf in shade 2 and 54</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Jamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-46181978101041315792011-08-08T09:49:00.001+01:002011-08-08T09:51:14.491+01:00Love Wool UKJamieson & Smith are delighted to be a part of <a href="http://www.campaignforwool.org/love-wool/">Love Wool UK</a> - a free style celebration of wool that any individual or group can take part in, just by signing up. <br />
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We've specially commissioned two patterns for free download, which you get as a lovely little present by signing up <a href="http://www.campaignforwool.org/love-wool/sign-up/">here</a>. <br />
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Watch <a href="http://news.stv.tv/video/aberdeen-north/stv-news-at-six-north-20110803/">here</a>, and skip to 16 minutes and 30 seconds in to get the full story of our recent wool price rise from Oliver, Mary Isbister (<a href="http://www.burlandcrofttrail.co.uk/">crofter</a> and wool grower) and Mary Kay (amazing lady and knitter).<br />
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Derek (wool man, crofter and creator of the soon to be released <a href="http://hjaltlandhalo.blogspot.com/2011/06/baa.html">Jeannie</a>) got married last Friday. Cue a last hour of cake and presents and cups of tea (and no doubt some whiskey and beer) round at J&S HQ.Jamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-66281489494011576082011-07-28T14:23:00.000+01:002011-07-28T14:23:26.490+01:00WarristonA while back, we mentioned that we'd be putting a kit together for Kate Davies' lovely Warriston. Well it's <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Products/%22ITEM%3A%20KIT%20KATE%20WARRISTON%22/SubProducts/%22ITEM%3A%20KIT%20KATE%20WARRISTON-0002%22">here</a>. At last.<br />
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We mentioned quickly that the patterns come with Kate's new digital magazine, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1854635528">Text</a><i><a href="http://textisles.com/2011/06/24/smocks-galore/">isles</a>. </i>This was before we'd had a chance to look through it properly, but now we have and my goodness it is good. Seriously worth a read. It's wonderfully researched, beautifully written and presented and is just generally one of those things that will make you want to curl on the couch and lose yourself - with a cup of tea, of course.<br />
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</div>Also, there is an ultra creative collective of contemporary textile artists in Shetland who go by the name <a href="http://www.text-isles.com/">Text-isles</a>. In fact, the group includes the Emma Blain of Aamos Designs who is a part of the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Categories/%22J%26S%20Cooperative%22">J&S Cooperative</a> and Andrea Williamson, who designed the <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Products/%22Whalsay%20Aran%22">Whalsay Aran</a>. We're working with the group on a little project at the moment, and can't wait to see the results. <br />
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</div>The <a href="http://www.tallshipsraceslerwick.com/">Tall Ships Races</a> kick off in Lerwick today. We can hear the sound checks from the stages along the harbour ahead of the first concerts this afternoon, and there are lots of visitors and sailors milling around. It's all a little bit exciting!<br />
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Truth be told, we've been looking forward to this weekend for a little while, and Sandra couldn't help but design a special edition <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Products/%22ITEM%3A%20TALL%20SHIPS%20TOORIE%22">Tall Ships Toorie</a> pattern featuring sea, sky, sails, boats, anchors and the obligatory Shetland flag! <br />
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PS. This post is also a warning that this woolly blog is going to turn into a blog full of sails for a couple of days. You can spy on all the ships arriving in real time (and this morning's well timed rain shower) with Promote Shetland's <a href="http://visit.shetland.org/lerwick-harbour-webcam">harbour</a> webcam (hint: <a href="http://visit.shetland.org/lerwick-town-centre-webcam">town centre</a> cam is probably quite amusing from mid afternoon into the wee small hours).Jamieson and Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16137804708071366171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273486640857255759.post-53549203722908917562011-07-18T16:05:00.000+01:002011-07-18T16:05:24.062+01:00The loveliest 50 things you ever did see!We just got a (late) delivery of Lucinda Guy's new book 'Knitting Motifs for Babies and Kids' and oh my goodness, we're totally smitten. The book of 50 charted designs, in Jamieson & Smith yarn, are just so lovely. The first section has ridiculously helpful advice on choosing colours and yarn, and placing motifs. The designs are then split into sections, and are followed by helpful instructions on finishing and using different stitches and techniques.<br />
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Although these motifs have been developed for little ones, I think they can work just as well on adults garments. I'd like a kitsch cardigan with little kettles and flowers. Well, actually... I'd like one with carrots and radishes, one with elephants and hearts, one with birds and cats, and a big sloppy jumper with robots... I could go on and on, there are so many combinations and oh, <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Products/%22ITEM%3A%20BOOK%22">have a look for yourself</a>.<br />
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We just had a visit from Rosalynn Fraser, of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jamieson-Smith-Shetland-Wool-Brokers/183206078356881#%21/rolo.crafts">RoLo</a>, who has been hand-making these cute (and exceptionally well made) brooches and necklaces at her home in Tingwall. She brought us some lovely pieces to have a look at, all needle felted from <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT2741/Categories/Knitting/Shetland_Combed_Tops">Jamieson & Smith Combed Tops</a>. <br />
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Keep and eye out for RoLo at local craft fairs and online, and at the Craft Fair later this year.We can't wait to see what she does next...<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A long connection to something wool related - a life spent crofting or keeping warm at the fishing, or making and selling knitwear. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A person who wore or worked with wool - a brother who lived in his favourite jumper, a granny who knitted constantly, or a dad who came home from the fishing with his jumper smelling of salt and sea and cigarettes. It might even be about an individual sheep.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A single garment - a favourite sloppy jumper worn in the 80s with a pair of DMs, a pair of work socks that have been darned hundreds of times, a Fair Isle allover that sticks in your mind, or the first pair of gloves you ever sold. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Your story, memory or experience may be about a place – the bustle on the pier when wool came in and jumpers went out, a spot where shearing was done, winding wool in the kitchen, or a whole community’s connection to wool.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Entries will be judged by Shetland Museum and Archives Curator, Dr Ian Tait, along with local storyteller, Davy Cooper, and the Museum’s Textile Curator, Dr. Carol Christiansen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Real Shetland project brings together the islands’ main wool brokers, Jamieson & Smith, their parent company, Curtis Wool Direct, and <a href="http://www.vispring.co.uk/">Vi-Spring</a>, who are a major customer of Shetland Wool, with Shetland Museum and Archives, Shetland Amenity Trust and Promote Shetland. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The project highlights the importance of textiles and crofting to Shetland’s heritage, culture and economic development, and focuses on remembering and preserving knowledge and skills to ensure the future of our wool and textiles industry. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">These pieces of history will be kept to provide a rich source of information on Shetland life for future generations. Finalist entries will appear in a special edition book. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Judge, Dr. Ian Tait said “we’re looking for personal recollections and photos that that bring back strong memories of woollens. The idea is that we gather these evocative stories into a lasting record of wool-related memories. It’ll be a collective “wirsit memory bank!” We aren’t looking for the next world-class author or expert photographer; it is the story of ordinary folk and the part Shetland wool played in their lives that judges will be looking for.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As the world’s finest bedmaker, Vi-Spring knows that real luxury depends on the best natural materials. That’s why their master craftspeople carefully fill each top of the range bed with Real Shetland Wool. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Vi-Spring understand that the unpredictable Shetland weather and the largely natural diet of our sheep means that the properties of resilience, warmth, softness, fire retardancy and temperature control are carried right through to their luxurious beds. Vi-Spring also recognises that Real Shetland Wool is special because of the way it is and has always been closely intertwined with daily life in Shetland. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Entries should include a small written piece, roughly 100 - 300 words, illustrated with a photograph or drawing. The photograph can be of a person, a place, or depict an event. Include any known names, dates and locations. Photographs can be from a personal collection, or taken from the Shetland Museum and Archives Photo Library (</span><a href="http://photos.shetland-museum.org.uk/"><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://photos.shetland-museum.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). You might even want to show us a garment, a swatch, a piece of art, or even a stick drawing. The emphasis is on capturing the story. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Winners will be announced at a special event during Shetland Wool Week, which runs from 10<sup>th</sup> – 16<sup>th</sup> October 2011. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Entries should be submitted with name, address and telephone number to: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Real Shetland Stories Competition</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick, ZE1 0WP</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">or Jamieson & Smith, 90 North Road, Lerwick, ZE1 0PQ (where you can view a replica of the prize).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:realshetlandstories@shetlandamenity.org"><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">realshetlandstories@shetlandamenity.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For more information or to follow the project: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/realshetlandstories"><span class="Hyperlink1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">www.facebook.com/realshetlandstories</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Closing date:</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">15<sup>th</sup> September 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Terms and Conditions:</span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">By submitting an entry you agree to your story and image being published as a book. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">All entries may be used for publicity and promotional purposes by competition organisers. Intellectual property rights remain with the author. Judges decisions are final.</span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Real Shetland Stories, in association with Jamieson & Smith, Curtis Wool Direct, Vi-Spring, Shetland Museum and Archives, Shetland Amenity Trust, Promote Shetland. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And here's a replica of the prize in our Lerwick wool store (the winner will have one made to their exact specifications). It is seriously the most amazing thing you've ever felt. No kidding. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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