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Discount - Badma Yarns

Discount - Rauwerk

Submit questions for Meret Buetzberger from Butzeria (Merinos and Shetlands, deadline 7 July 2023)

Fruity Knitting Live with Meret Buetzberger from Butzeria (Event details for Shetlands - 9 July 2023)

Submit questions for Sue Maton from The Mercerie (Merinos and Shetlands, deadline 23 June 2023)

Fruity Knitting Live with Sue Maton from The Mercerie (Event details for Shetlands - 25 June 2023)

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Audio Podcast Index (Merinos and Shetlands)

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The Warp-Weighted Loom

Elizabeth Johnston - Shetland Lace, Spinning and Weaving — Elizabeth Johnston – Shetland Lace, Spinning and Weaving

Donna and Andrew, getting their hands on a good Shetland fleece

Elizabeth Johnston showing a sample of her very fine spinning

The Warp-Weighted Loom, co-authored by Elizabeth Johnston

Oliver Henry doing a wool sorting demonstration, a very popular event at Shetland Wool Week

The Jamieson & Smith store in Lerwick, Shetland

This machine is a wool press, it packs the sorted fleece tightly into bales for storage and transportation.

Mary Jane Mucklestone, wearing her design "Jenny at the Fair" — Mary Jane Mucklestone, wearing her design “Jenny at the Fair”

Armhole steeks in Åsemors Kofte by Sidsel Hoivik

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Fruity Knitting Live Event – Butzeria

Meret Buetzberger from Butzeria is joining us for Fruity Knitting Live on 9 July 2023. Merino and Shetland Patrons can submit questions here, and Shetland Patrons can find all details about attending the event here.

Patron Discount – Badma Yarns

Badma Yarns is offering Fruity Knitting Patrons a 10% discount off all yarns in their online store. This offer is valid until 2 June 2023, full details here.

Patron Discount – Rauwerk

Rauwerk is offering Fruity Knitting Patrons a 15% discount off all yarns in their online store. This offer is valid until 2 June 2023, full details here.

Fruity Knitting Live Event – The Mercerie

Sue Maton from The Mercerie is joining us for Fruity Knitting Live on 25 June 2023. Merino and Shetland Patrons can submit questions here, and Shetland Patrons can find all details about attending the event here.

Fruity Knitting Audio Podcast!

John and Juliet Arbon were our guests on Fruity Knitting Live on 8 May 2020. Shetland and Merino Patrons can listen to the audio recording of the event here.
You can find the Audio Podcasts Index listing all Fruity Knitting Live events here. We have many audio podcasts available, and past guests include Sarah Hatton, Kaffe Fassett, Caitlin Hunter, Andrea Mowry, Nancy Marchant, Isabel Kraemer and Susan Crawford.