Sheep on the hill . . .
. . . and at the marts.
Some fine boys . . .
. . . and my secret favourite.
Oliver Henry, Shetland Woolmeister . . .
. . . judging fine wool on the hoof . . .
. . . and off.
straight from the sheep . . .
. . . to the wool store
. . ready for sorting and grading.
Delightful! All that wool is a wonderful sight!
What a beautiful tour.
(and I agree – that little guy is a definite favorite!)
They are gorgious
Your secret favorite is a definite “Yes”. Is he a bit smaller than the other men? How many fleeces did you purchase to be processed? The sheep are so lovely and so clean!! I wonder if they wear coats. Do you know if you can purchase raw wool for spinning in London? Is there a Jamieson and Smith wool store in London?
Good luck on your Independence-from-G.B.vote!!
What wonderful faces, thankyou
Oh, I can almost smell the wool. How I miss it. Yes, Oliver Henry is a winner and looks gentle & friendly. I am so glad I had 40 years of spinning behind me so I can really enjoy these pictures and and have a good idea of what it would be like to be there in person.
Oh my goodness gracious–what delightful wooly photographs! The sheep posed nicely for you. Thank you for posting, Kate.
I’m jalous !
Send him over. Bah bah amazing. Do wish I was there right now.
Aren’t they beautiful? I like the little guy as well…
Lovely sheepy photos. Bruce would love a friend……..
Thanks for bringing all of this into my living room—
I’m going to buy more Jamieson & Smith for sure!!
Carry on, girL x-x-x-x-x-x
UK Knit Camp was a complicated experience, but one VERY uncomplicated and wonderful thing that happened was the evening Oliver Henry spoke to a standing-room-only crowd about Shetland wool. A highlight of the entire year for me. Possibly the decade. It was so fantastic.
Evocative pictures. I can smell the lanolin in the last two!
That little sheep would be my favorite too!
I love this woolly sequence of photos and all those fine shetland sheep. Your favourite reminds me of tinylamb.
Lovely celebration of gorgeous sheep – and I can quite see why you fell for your favourite. Excessively cute….
That is so wonderful, I love the look of the fresh wool in piles.
Beautiful photos Kate. . . only wish I could have that entoxicating wooly smell too!
Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful, thank you, I can smell it all from here!
Lovely.
oh…your secret favourite is soooo cute!
I really need to make some effort to “convince” my husband and daughter that we REALLY need to visit next year during Wool Week :)
Kate, as always…thank you…you are an inspiration…
All that fiber! OH my goodness………..
Just wonderful! I’d have falled for him, too. Did you pick up any wool … three bags full, perhaps? :)
And of course I meant to type “fallen” above. Gah!
Peerieone…………SO sweet! I can smell and feel that wool from here. YUM! are you sure you don’t want to learn to process wool and spin and then knit/weave? Yeah I know, none of us are going to live that long. I myself will have to live until I am 105! :)
So jealous of you but so glad you can enjoy all of the above and more!
Wow! So interesting.
That’s a ton of wool…. So cool!
your ‘secret favorite’ is adorable! I want to squeeze him ;)
Those sheep have such sweet faces.
Wonderful photos ! Thanks for sharing.
I came to see if you were commenting on the referendum that was signed today. But, reading this post, I’m compelled to ask why you never mention or support Jamieson’s of Shetland.
I don’t know what the referendum is, or if you will comment on it at a later date, but I’m compelled to ask Kathy why she thinks you should mention or support ANY venture unless you want to…
(,,,in which case you would have done…)
Thank you for sharing your photos! You have a wonderful eye for capturing the “wooliness” of the event!
What handsome rams, Kate. Thanks for the walk around the market.
Ohhh… I like your favourite too—sweet baby. About the last picture—WOW!!—I want to jump right in.
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Beautiful pictures via Dr. Kate Davies at Shetland Wool Week.
The 4th photo is my favourite!
Great photo tour! Thank you!
love! thanks for the post
wonder if shetland fiddling will ever interpenetrate your knitting scholarship? didn’t know there was such a thing until reading betty vorbeck’s bio in the reed island rounders, sw virginia old time musicians:
http://www.reedisland.com/RIR/bios.htm
of course you know the scots irish are the great residents of the appalaichians here in the u.s. they are the hillbillies. one historian claims their tradition of lex talionis was taught to the black people and accounts for many other traditions of violence in the u.s. (fox butterfield, all god’s children, via david hackett fischer: http://www.amazon.com/Albions-Seed-British-Folkways-Cultural/dp/0195069056)
Thanks for the lovely pictures of the Flockbook rams, wool, and scenery, Kate. Would love to have one of those boys working in my Shetland flock!
Gorgeous! I hope I can come to the next one!