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My Life with Shetland Wool

A Journey Through Time in Shetland Wool

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    • 1. Island Life
    • 2. Shetland Wool Week Patron 2019
    • 3. Trip Away
    • 4. Hosiery Companies
    • 5. My Early Years with Shetland Sheep & Wool
    • 6. Further Education and Douneside
    • 7. North of Scotland College of Agriculture
    • 8. John “Sheepie” Smith, My First Employer
    • 9. Papa, the Island of the Priest
    • 10. My Workplace at the North Road, Lerwick in the 60s
    • 11. My Introduction to the Wool Trade
    • 12. Happy Memories of Island Life from My Childhood
    • 13. New Horizons at Work and My Personal Life
    • 14. Marketing & Selling – Early Days (1969)
    • 15. Design & Pattern Support and Added Responsibility (early 1970s)
    • 16. A Return Journey Over 50 years in the Making
    • 17. 1980s and New Store – The Berry Way
    • 18. Changing & Challenging Times Through 1980s
    • 19. Imitation – Shetland Wool and Yarns
    • 20. Shetland Sheep
    • 21. Textile Tours – 80s & 90s
    • 22. Grading & Sorting Shetland Wool
    • 23. Judging Shetland Wool
    • 24. Wool on the Hoof
    • 25. Textile Trade Depression and a Glimmer of Hope – Early 1990s
    • 26. Shetland Taatit Rugs
    • 27. Direct Mail Awards – London 1996
    • 28. Natural Undyed Yarns 1997
    • 29. Hunters of Brora’s New Mill
    • 30. Papa Native Shetland Sheep 1999
    • 31. The Final Curtain Closes on Hunters of Brora
    • 32. In and About Lerwick Harbour, 1980s & 1990s
    • 33. Jim A. Berry M.B.E Part 1
    • 34. Jim A. Berry M.B.E Part 2
    • 35. Jim A Berry M.B.E Part 3
    • 36. Jim A. Berry M.B.E Part 4
    • 37. Berry Shetland Pony Stud
    • 38. Eva Smith and Berry Farm
    • 39. Shetland Crossbred Sheep
    • 40. New Owners
    • 41. Woolfest 2006
    • 42. The Gunnister Man
    • 43. Jeemie Moncrieff and Wirsit Wool, 2008
    • 44. Images of My Working Life by Buzz
    • 45. My 60th Birthday, 27th June 2009
    • 46. Knit Camp, 2010
    • 47. Wool Week, 2010
    • 48. Wool Week, 2011
    • 49. RSY Book Launch 2012 and Heritage Yarns 2013
    • 50. North Atlantic Native Sheep and Wool Conference Norway, 2012
    • 51. Personal Challenge, 2013-2014
    • 52. Isle of Man, 2017
    • 53. My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 1
    • 54. My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 2
    • 55. My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 3
    • 56. My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 4
    • 57. My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 5
    • 58. My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 6
    • 59. My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 7
    • 60. Visiting the Shetland Sheep Society in Nuneaton, 2018
    • 61. In and About Lerwick Harbour, 2000s
    • 62. Roadside Beanie – The Beginning
    • 63. In and About Lerwick Harbour – Cargo, Ferries and Cruise Liners
    • 64. Farmers’ and Crofters’ Stories Told to Me Over the Years
    • 65. In and About Lerwick Harbour – Leisure and Aquatic Wild Life
    • 66. Farmers’ and Crofters’ Stories Told to Me Over the Years Part 2
    • 67. In and About Lerwick Harbour Oil Traffic, Fishery Protection & Lighthouse Tenders.
    • 68. Farmers and Crofters Stories Over the Years Part 3: Tammie o Gorie.
    • 69. In and About Lerwick Harbour Fishing & Support Vessels.
    • 70. Farmers & Crofters Stories Part 4
    • 71. In and About Lerwick Harbour Sea Birds.
    • 72. Farmers & Crofters Stories Part 5 Out Skerries.
    • 73. Island Life in my Forefathers Time
    • 74. Shetland Coloured Wool and its Markings.
    • 75. Carbon Footprint Reduction.
    • 76. Some of the Designers I Have Met and Worked with Since 1968 Part One.
    • 77. Dornoch Fibre Fest 13th -15th March 2020.
    • 78. Some of The Designers I Have Met & Worked With Part Two.
    • 79. OoieOllie – Summing up my Year as Wool Week Patron.
    • 80. Lower Guddon Croft, East Yell, Shetland
    • 81. ‘A Cut Above the Rest, Gala Cut and Yarn Counts’
    • 82. Some of my Favourite Places & Connections With my Work.
    • 83. Lower Guddon Croft Part 2
    • 84. Some of my Favourite Places & Connections With my Work Part 2
    • 85. Shetland Sheep Exported to Canada, the Beginning.
    • 86. Shetland Sheep Exported to Canada
    • 87. Shetland Sheep Exported to Canada at Long Last Part 3
    • 88. Lower Guddon Croft Part 3 First Trip Post Lockdown
    • 89. Shetland Wool Week Patron 2019 – Some Images of the Many Unforgettable Moments.
    • 90. Lower Guddon Croft Part 4 Preparing for Winter
    • 91. Collafirth Ness ,at Long Last 60 Years on.
    • 92. Shetland Sheep to North America the First Pioneers.
    • 93. Guddon Croft in the Winter.
    • 94. Jamieson & Smith Buildings Through the Years 1952 – 2021
    • 95. Shetland Sheep, What ‘Benji’ Looked For
    • 96. Shetland Sheep Around the Globe.
    • 97. Walls, My Past and Present
    • 98. Crofting and the Impact it Has Had on My Life.
    • 99. Crofters at Work
    • 100. Blog One Hundred
    • 101. Descriptions or Meanings in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 1
    • 102. Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 2
    • 103. Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 3
    • 104. Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 4
    • 105. Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 5.
    • 106. Flock Book Open Day & Return to Tingon
    •  107. Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 6
  • Blogs (by category)
    • Personal
      • Island Life
      • Trip Away
      • My Early Years with Shetland Sheep & Wool
      • Further Education and Douneside
      • North of Scotland College of Agriculture
      • Happy Memories of Island Life from My Childhood
      • A Return Journey Over 50 years in the Making
      • In and About Lerwick Harbour, 1980s & 1990s
      • My 60th Birthday, 27th June 2009
      • North Atlantic Native Sheep and Wool Conference Norway, 2012
      • Personal Challenge, 2013-2014
      • Isle of Man, 2017
      • Visiting the Shetland Sheep Society in Nuneaton, 2018
      • In and About Lerwick Harbour, 2000s
      • Roadside Beanie – The Beginning
      • In and About Lerwick Harbour – Cargo, Ferries and Cruise Liners
      • Farmers’ and Crofters’ Stories Told to Me Over the Years
      • Farmers’ and Crofters’ Stories Told to Me Over the Years Part 2
      • In and About Lerwick Harbour – Leisure and Aquatic Wild Life
      • In and About Lerwick Harbour Oil Traffic, Fishery Protection & Lighthouse Tenders.
      • Farmers and Crofters Stories Over the Years Part 3: Tammie o Gorie.
      • In and About Lerwick Harbour Fishing & Support Vessels.
      • Farmers & Crofters Stories Part 4
      • In and About Lerwick Harbour Sea Birds.
      • Farmers & Crofters Stories Part 5 Out Skerries.
      • Island Life in my Forefathers Time
      • Carbon Footprint Reduction.
      • Dornoch Fibre Fest 13th -15th March 2020.
      • Some of my Favourite Places & Connections With my Work.
      • Some of my Favourite Places & Connections With my Work Part 2
      • Collafirth Ness ,at Long Last 60 Years on.
      • Shetland Sheep to North America the First Pioneers.
      • Walls, My Past and Present
      • Crofting and the Impact it Has Had on My Life.
      • Blog One Hundred
    • Work Related
      • John “Sheepie” Smith, My First Employer
      • Papa, the Island of the Priest
      • My Workplace at the North Road, Lerwick in the 60s
      • My Introduction to the Wool Trade
      • New Horizons at Work and My Personal Life
      • 1980s and New Store – The Berry Way
      • Changing & Challenging Times Through 1980s
      • Textile Trade Depression and a Glimmer of Hope – Early 1990s
      • Shetland Taatit Rugs
      • Hunters of Brora’s New Mill
      • The Final Curtain Closes on Hunters of Brora
      • New Owners
      • The Gunnister Man
      • Images of My Working Life by Buzz
      • Knit Camp, 2010
      • Some of the Designers I Have Met and Worked with Since 1968 Part One.
      • Some of The Designers I Have Met & Worked With Part Two.
      • Lower Guddon Croft, East Yell, Shetland
      • Lower Guddon Croft Part 2
      • Lower Guddon Croft Part 3 First Trip Post Lockdown
      • Lower Guddon Croft Part 4 Preparing for Winter
      • Guddon Croft in the Winter.
      • Jamieson & Smith Buildings Through the Years 1952 – 2021
      • Crofters at Work
      • Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns.
      • Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 2
      • Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 3
      • Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 4
      • Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 5.
      • Flock Book Open Day & Return to Tingon
      •  Descriptions or Meanings Used in my Work with Wool & Yarns. Part 6
    • Knitting Yarns
      • Hosiery Companies
      • Marketing & Selling – Early Days (1969)
      • Design & Pattern Support and Added Responsibility (early 1970s)
      • Imitation – Shetland Wool and Yarns
      • Textile Tours – 80s & 90s
      • Direct Mail Awards – London 1996
      • Natural Undyed Yarns 1997
      • Woolfest 2006
      • Jeemie Moncrieff and Wirsit Wool, 2008
      • RSY Book Launch 2012 and Heritage Yarns 2013
      • ‘A Cut Above the Rest, Gala Cut and Yarn Counts’
    • Shetland Sheep
      • Shetland Sheep
      • Wool on the Hoof
      • Papa Native Shetland Sheep 1999
      • Shetland Crossbred Sheep
      • Shetland Sheep Exported to Canada, the Beginning.
      • Shetland Sheep Exported to Canada
      • Shetland Sheep Exported to Canada at Long Last Part 3
      • Shetland Sheep, What ‘Benji’ Looked For
      • Shetland Sheep Around the Globe.
    • Shetland Wool
      • Grading & Sorting Shetland Wool
      • Judging Shetland Wool
      • Wool Week, 2010
      • Shetland Coloured Wool and its Markings.
    • Berry Farm
      • Jim A. Berry M.B.E Part 1
      • Jim A. Berry M.B.E Part 2
      • Jim A Berry M.B.E Part 3
      • Jim A. Berry M.B.E Part 4
      • Berry Shetland Pony Stud
      • Eva Smith and Berry Farm
    • Wool Week
      • Wool Week, 2010
      • Wool Week, 2011
      • Shetland Wool Week Patron 2019
      • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 1
      • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 2
      • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 3
      • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 4
      • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 5
      • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 6
      • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 7
      • OoieOllie – Summing up my Year as Wool Week Patron.
  • Wool Week
    • Wool Week, 2010
    • Wool Week, 2011
    • Shetland Wool Week Patron 2019
    • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 1
    • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 2
    • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 3
    • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 4
    • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 5
    • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 6
    • My 2019 Shetland Wool Week Experience Part 7
    • OoieOllie – Summing up my Year as Wool Week Patron.
    • Shetland Wool Week Patron 2019 – Some Images of the Many Unforgettable Moments.
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