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Excitement for Shetland Wool Week builds as 2025 patron is announced and new hat design unveiled

3 April 2025

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Shetland Wool Week kicks off with packed opening ceremony

Curator Donna Smith said the festival gets ‘bigger and better’ every year

30 September 2024

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Shetland Wool Week gets underway

29 September 2024

Two knitted hats with intricate patterns on the ground in front of two sheep in a barn.

The Doull family to be Shetland Wool Week 2024 patrons with ‘Islesburgh Toorie’ pattern

27 April 2024

A group of women engaged in a knitting class, focusing intently on their craft.

Another busy wool week draws to a close

1 October 2023

Three smiling women wearing knitted hats standing together at an event.

‘Come and immerse yourself in our lifestyle and heritage’: Wool Week launches

25 September 2023

A group of people holding musical instruments, such as guitars and mandolins, are seated in a brightly lit room with artwork on the walls. Two individuals are seated at the front facing the camera.

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31 May 2023

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A woman wearing a patterned knit beanie and a dark sweater is smiling outside, with a blurred background of stones and a path. Her blonde hair is partially windblown across her face.

‘Buggiflooer Beanie’ pattern revealed as Alison is named Shetland Wool Week patron

28 April 2023

New wool week curator, power cuts, Rosebank campaign and NHS pay

21 February 2023

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Wool week proves a hit – with 2023 event already in the pipeline

5 October 2022

Preparations underway for return of wool week

Around 500 people are expected to attend this year’s event, which kicks off this weekend

22 September 2022

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Sandwick crash, tunnel vision, Loganair on TV, wool week on sale and more…

9 August 2022

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Linda takes on wool week patron role

9 June 2022

Wool week to return in scaled-back format

28 March 2022

Shetland Wool Week expands offering for nine-day online gathering

It is the second successive year that Covid-19 has prevented the physical event taking place

23 September 2021

Latest wool week hat pattern unveiled

16 April 2021

Wool Week cancelled again

9 March 2021

Guests posing for photos in their wooly hats as the week formally opened on Sunday evening. Photos: Shetland News

More available online for Wool Week fans

24 September 2020

Guests posing for photos in their wooly hats as the week formally opened on Sunday evening. Photos: Shetland News

No wool week this year due to coronavirus

Nature festival and boat week also called off

13 April 2020

Guests posing for photos in their wooly hats as the week formally opened on Sunday evening. Photos: Shetland News

Wool week organisers looking to make decision on fate of this year’s festival soon

The event is thought to bring £2 million into the local economy each year

30 March 2020

Wilma announced as Wool Week patron

27 March 2020

There were plenty of Bousta Beanies - this year's signature pattern - on show at the opening ceremony of this year's Shetland Wool Week. Photo: Calum Toogood

Wool week organisers looking for more involvement from community

29 January 2020

Guests posing for photos in their wooly hats as the week formally opened on Sunday evening. Photos: Shetland News

Amenity trust ‘stretched to capacity’ during Wool Week

15 November 2019

Knitwear designer all set for teaching trip to India

1 October 2019

Tenth wool festival launches in style

30 September 2019

Oliver announced as patron for tenth Wool Week

21 March 2019

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