Fwd: FW: SWW 2023 Virtual Programming Tickets Now Available

[Linda Winn]

 

 

 

Hello Everyone,

If you have not had Shetland Wool Week on your agenda for this year, you might enjoy looking at the classes that will be available on line.  Here is the email they sent out today.

Sharon

 

From: Shetland Wool Week <in...@shetlandwoolweek.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:29 AM
To: lskr...@gmail.com
Subject: SWW 2023 Virtual Programming Tickets Now Available

 

View this email in your browser   Virtual Programming Tickets Now Available (And a Welcome Event Update)   As preparations for welcoming everyone to Shetland for this year's in person 2023 event continue we are happy to announce that tickets are now available to purchase for a select number of events which will be being livestreamed during Shetland Wool Week. These events are being livestreamed through working alongside Shetland Arts and UHI Shetland. For those of you who can't make it to Shetland in person this year we hope this helps you experience part of the magic that is this community celebration of everything woolly.  Follow the links below to purchase tickets for these events.  We also have an update for anyone who will be with us in person about tickets to the Welcome Event on the Sunday night. We have managed to release a very small amount of additional tickets to the event and these will go on sale on our box office on Thursday 14th September at 14:00 BST.       VIRTUAL EVENTS     Shetland Heritage Through a Designer's Eye With Helen Robertson  Book Online Ticket Here  Helen extracts stories and legends from Shetland’s rich history and illustrates it with textiles and jewellery. Get a glimpse into her design process and original techniques. Join her on a journey from Picts to Zoom Meetings with a few dead bodies on the way! Date: Monday 25 September Time: 16:30 - 18:00 Ticket Price: £4 (plus £1 booking fee)       A Talk With SWW Patron Alison Rendall  Book Online Ticket Here A chat with 2023 Patron Alison Rendall, as she talks about the inspiration behind her beautiful Buggiflooer Beanie. Alison grew up in a knitting household and learned her trade from her Nan, who continues to inspire her work today. Alison will share her passion for Shetland’s heritage – nature, landscape, traditions and language – and explain how she incorporates that in her work. Date: Monday 25 September Time: 19:30 - 21:00 Ticket Price: £6.00 (plus £1 booking fee)     Extending Life Of Knitwear With Hazel Tindall Book Online Ticket Here A PowerPoint presentation looking at a range of old garments to see how they were mended/changed in order to prolong their wearing life. Recently Hazel has used these methods to extend the wearing life of some garments and accessories, and this talk includes some short videos to demonstrate each one. There will be time for a question and answer session at the end of the presentation. Date: Wednesday 27 September Time: 16:30 - 17:30 Ticket Price: £4 (plus £1 booking fee)     Archaeological Textiles from Gunnister Man and Other Bog Bodies Book Online Ticket Here Gunnister man was a bog body dated to around 1700 AD, that was discovered during peat cutting in Shetland in 1951. In this case the body itself was in very bad shape, the skeleton having completely dissolved due to the acidity of the burial conditions. Only his hair and fingernails survived! However his clothes were in a remarkable state of preservation. The session will review Gunnister man and other more ancient bog bodies, to explore what they can tell us about textiles and the societies that created them, as well as the circumstances of deposition. Date: Wednesday 27 September Time: 17:30 - 19:00 Ticket Price: £7.50 (plus £1.33 booking fee)     An Evening With Former Patrons Of SWW book online zoom ticket Join us for an evening of Wool Week memories with a chance to hear from some of our previous Patrons – Oliver Henry, Linda Shearer, Terri Leask and Wilma Malcolmson. Informal panel discussion with opportunities for questions from the audience. Claire White will be there to chair the evening and keep the woolly conversation flowing!  Date: Wednesday 27th September Time: 19:30 - 21:00 Ticket Price: £6.00 (plus £1 booking fee)   We hope to see you all soon - either in person or online.   Best wishes, The Shetland Wool Week team. https://www.shetlandwoolweek.com       Make sure you follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all the latest updates.       Donate to support Shetland Wool Week           Copyright © 2023 Shetland Wool Week, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Shetland Wool Week Shetland Museum & Archives Hay’s Dock Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0WP United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.