How the World's Softest Wool is Made

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  • @ajubhosle
    @ajubhosle 5 років тому +36

    As I get older I have started to appreciate hand made things so much..respect

  • @fitrianhidayat
    @fitrianhidayat 6 років тому +296

    That sheep looks happy

    • @kathydoyle9939
      @kathydoyle9939 5 років тому +2

      Happy sheep: yay! 😊

    • @andregreen8040
      @andregreen8040 4 роки тому +3

      Fitrian Hidayat@ if she held my head near her crotch like that, I’d be very happy too. Baaaaaaa !

  • @HandiworksbyClyne
    @HandiworksbyClyne 3 роки тому +21

    I love how this woman is kind to her sheeps, and very gentle with them. 💖💖 Many Americans and Filipino Knitters are falling in love with fair isle knitting. I love the music of Scotland.

  • @TheMystery51
    @TheMystery51 7 років тому +474

    Im sure she lives a happy and fulfilling life with a lot less stress than the rest of us. This is life like nature intended.

    • @nepalihercules
      @nepalihercules 7 років тому +17

      lifes better if you have money

    • @AwesomeAsh99
      @AwesomeAsh99 6 років тому +30

      Nature intended us to die at 30 what the fuck are you on about

    • @rimashaji4152
      @rimashaji4152 6 років тому +1

      Sure sure sure

    • @nadivvv
      @nadivvv 6 років тому

      @@AwesomeAsh99 woah really

    • @jinchey
      @jinchey 6 років тому +10

      Nature didn't intend anything. It's a concept, not an intelligent being.

  • @aaronw447
    @aaronw447 6 років тому +108

    Scottish and French hybrid accent - interesting.

    • @jamesveek-wilson7609
      @jamesveek-wilson7609 5 років тому +3

      Thank you for this--I thought I was going crazy.

    • @mmpoggs2033
      @mmpoggs2033 4 роки тому

      Wonderful accent!

    • @paris2993
      @paris2993 4 роки тому

      Okay !!!!!!! I was wondering why she sounded so un-highlandish

  • @chloebell420
    @chloebell420 7 років тому +79

    The sweaters are gorgeous and worth every penney!!!

  • @ashwinirao1067
    @ashwinirao1067 6 років тому +12

    Loved the way she cut the fleece off the sheep, adorable ❤️

  • @heyya7464
    @heyya7464 5 років тому +25

    This just made me so happy , she handle the sheep with love ❤️

  • @bibble4135
    @bibble4135 6 років тому +19

    Awesome. I love the way the sheep are sheared.

  • @Spooksandooks
    @Spooksandooks 7 років тому +301

    Wool seems softer when the source is remote 😂

  • @TheaMidnight
    @TheaMidnight 7 років тому +6

    Great video! I loved it all-scenery, music, sheep, wool, knitting, yarn.... All of this filmed with great understanding. Thank you!

  • @cherylclevenger2555
    @cherylclevenger2555 4 роки тому +6

    I loved watching this! I love that she is so talented and preserving a culture.

  • @drfarnz
    @drfarnz 6 років тому +12

    If I lived in a country where it requires a wool jumper. I will definitely buy one from this lady. The amount of work and hours spent from the sheep to the final products deserved a respects.

  • @traininggrounds9450
    @traininggrounds9450 7 років тому +136

    This is what life is all about. We just need to live with the earth. What a remarkable woman! A breath of fresh air. Would that we all lived with the earth. Praise God and bless you from on high!

    • @mativentrillon9700
      @mativentrillon9700 7 років тому +12

      Training Grounds thank you for such lovely comment. Fair Isle has given a new purpose to my life...

    • @MrMentalSoul
      @MrMentalSoul 5 років тому +2

      Take it down a notch, mate.

  • @DarcieGlam
    @DarcieGlam 6 років тому +8

    My friend and her mother both knit Fair Isle style sweaters but not to sell. it is quite a process when hand-knitting.

  • @Park2King
    @Park2King 5 років тому +3

    Those magic words: "It's full of satisfaction." Can't think of any better words to describe a working life.

  • @mirandavikanderson6958
    @mirandavikanderson6958 6 років тому +3

    Oh I love how u shear them by hand. Yes the sheep look so much happier then if u for them .

  • @MaKoud
    @MaKoud 6 років тому +14

    See the animals are not suffering this is how all sheep wool must be made

  • @buzzyanderson4131
    @buzzyanderson4131 4 роки тому

    I love her gentle voice

  • @denisenadeau5243
    @denisenadeau5243 Рік тому

    soo beautiful so pristine thankyou for showing us these lovely islands and skills you have

  • @yappytown
    @yappytown 6 років тому +3

    Very neat to see the process done. I want to make a fair isle by hand some day :)

  • @patriciah3235
    @patriciah3235 6 років тому +1

    Priceless sweater.

  • @ANSt15
    @ANSt15 4 роки тому

    Thank you for your craftmanships

  • @Gr95dc
    @Gr95dc 6 років тому +21

    That's an expensive sweater, but looking at the process, if I had the money I'd gladly pay for it

  • @jonnda
    @jonnda 6 років тому +7

    Can you imagine what that sweater would cost of they didn’t use that knitting machine? ...Which, by the way, those things are a stroke of engineering genius IMHO. I saw a similar device elsewhere on youtube, but for knitting hats or socks.

  • @BoBo-ti6jh
    @BoBo-ti6jh 6 років тому +1

    Beautiful work. Such a fantastic location and workshop. Although, I don't believe that it is the world's softest wool.

  • @Kumutuna
    @Kumutuna 4 роки тому

    This is like high quality one of a kind. Best garment u can wear

  • @alwaysargyll2268
    @alwaysargyll2268 6 років тому +7

    I am quite new to knitting and would love a machine, would you mind sharing which machine you are using in the film please?

  • @palzongbhutia9904
    @palzongbhutia9904 5 років тому

    So much beauty and simplicity keeping up tradition

  • @jamariothe5thcornerstone200
    @jamariothe5thcornerstone200 2 роки тому

    You right!!! And I can't wait to get in this business

  • @lupepedraza8497
    @lupepedraza8497 4 роки тому

    How inspiring!!! you are an amazing artist. Your sheep just looks so contented. Love your work.

  • @freeman-dz1163
    @freeman-dz1163 3 роки тому

    I love your work from northern Algeria,me too I product my yarn by myself, washing the wool by my hand ,traditional, I fabric ,and knitting whithe my hand.

  • @sergeyberlin3264
    @sergeyberlin3264 5 років тому

    This woman has figured out life. More fulfilling than a corporate career!

  • @vlado2701
    @vlado2701 6 років тому +2

    Great history and traditions of production certainly bring great results and achievements !
    Handmade and high quality products made of wool !
    It's impossible not to buy !
    Thank You dear Bloomberg for Your very interesting and helpful shot film !
    I appreciate it !
    Vl'ado. Nov 10,2018

  • @haroldellis9721
    @haroldellis9721 6 років тому +7

    I don't know which is more beautiful, Scotland or the sweaters, but for 160 Euros, I know which one I'm going to have.

  • @ludolfebner6839
    @ludolfebner6839 4 роки тому

    what a nice story and beautiful products

  • @TsetsiStoyanova
    @TsetsiStoyanova 5 років тому +10

    So much work for 120 euro?

  • @IvanPerez-bm8er
    @IvanPerez-bm8er 5 років тому +1

    This is couture quality.

  • @marpro765
    @marpro765 6 місяців тому

    Wonderful video. Thank you for making it.

  • @evn-fu1iz
    @evn-fu1iz 6 років тому +5

    yo tell me that sheeps arent the cutest thing ever

  • @mr_delivery
    @mr_delivery 7 років тому +4

    thats very much intresting and very passionate and fells like more close to earth

  • @doctorlove3536
    @doctorlove3536 4 роки тому +3

    So her life is:
    1. Grazing
    2. Sheering
    3. Knitting
    4. Selling
    5. Doing in all in an isolated place
    Saying I’m ‘jealous’ would be an extreme understatement.

  • @shibu.matrix
    @shibu.matrix 6 років тому +4

    I love the place more than wool.

  • @elisabetacanalisbrad1712
    @elisabetacanalisbrad1712 6 років тому +1

    This is so beautiful! Everything I mean.

  • @vivekkailash9308
    @vivekkailash9308 7 років тому

    Shetland..i loved that serial..

  • @icecastles1432
    @icecastles1432 3 роки тому

    I love every bit of this video

  • @EsculatedPingu
    @EsculatedPingu 6 років тому +14

    Wow the accent almost half Icelandic/Scottish which makes sense

    • @GeoRoze
      @GeoRoze 5 років тому +2

      472017807 Hi! I live in Orkney and we are closely knitted to Shetland. Both places share a similar accent called orcadian. We also have our own language which sounds like heavy Gaelic that’s been thrown through Texas haha

    • @jakedeane5304
      @jakedeane5304 5 років тому

      472017807 she’s French

  • @FistyCarrera
    @FistyCarrera 6 років тому +45

    so its actually "one of the softest" not THE softest.

    • @aphyngodiva2551
      @aphyngodiva2551 5 років тому +11

      Merino is softer than Shetland but that also makes it far weaker because it is the thinness of the fiber that makes it so soft. It has to be mixed with another wool so it does not break. This happens with many other super soft wools too like cashmere (goat) and angora (rabbit). Shetland is probably the softest you could get that holds its own and doesn't need to be mixed.

    • @n.ayisha
      @n.ayisha 4 роки тому +3

      @@aphyngodiva2551 merino does no have to to be mixed with anything. i have spun yarn from pure merino wool and knitted lots of 100% merino sweaters. the main reason why merino wool gets blended with other fibers is usually as a cost-cutting measure, or if it is intended to be used in socks.

    • @hastensavoir7782
      @hastensavoir7782 4 роки тому +2

      Don’t forget the Vicuña and Tengri Khangai fibres.

    • @victornewman508
      @victornewman508 4 роки тому

      I found shetland wool is more itchy than merino or cashmere.

    • @hastensavoir7782
      @hastensavoir7782 4 роки тому

      @@victornewman508 are you allergic?

  • @EvoSGooD
    @EvoSGooD 5 років тому +2

    Amazing

  • @resourcedragon
    @resourcedragon 4 місяці тому

    That is a lot of hand work in what is ostensibly a "machine" knitted jumper.
    I hope the people who end up wearing them appreciate them.
    Also, interesting little FYI: although a lot of Fair Isle work is done with what is called "fingering" weight yarn (we'd say 3 - 4 ply in Australia), the finished product is more like a double knit because of the floats at the back. (I do a little Fair Isle knitting by hand.)

  • @michellegilder1558
    @michellegilder1558 4 роки тому

    Well done!

  • @mkivy
    @mkivy 4 роки тому

    Ah man a haircut again? That is beautiful..thank u for ur kindness and understanding ...my grandmother was from Edinburgh and we plan on traveling to see there home and buy me a sweater...my wife is Irish so I promised her an Irish sweater... lol I would live to purchase a sweater from u...I love a turtle neck style.

  • @eltoq8407
    @eltoq8407 7 років тому +2

    Hi from Karachay, Caucasus!) very inspiring, keep it up!
    I find a lot in common between our native culture and Scottish culture.

  • @dudewatches6125
    @dudewatches6125 6 років тому +1

    I like the sheeps.

  • @Runnnner7
    @Runnnner7 4 роки тому

    i love your work

  • @kennethworde862
    @kennethworde862 6 років тому +1

    Love the video

  • @daveotuwa5596
    @daveotuwa5596 6 років тому

    Mmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!! Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woolly sweaters!!!!!! Not for deserts and the tropics.

  • @elinachingsubam1865
    @elinachingsubam1865 6 років тому

    I have seen people using these knitting machines here in Manipur, India . it's really interesting to see the art. it's like a typewriter . I heard that it is a Japanese product.

  • @dodexsamforna446
    @dodexsamforna446 3 роки тому

    Amazing.

  • @spicybrown75
    @spicybrown75 6 років тому

    Not a bad price for all the work and material that goes into it.

  • @gigi-sf8ti
    @gigi-sf8ti 6 років тому +1

    Awesome

  • @RoxanaMariaTimoianu
    @RoxanaMariaTimoianu 6 років тому +1

    I guess my grandma was very cool. She knitted a lot of dresses and sweaters by hand, with quite complex patterns on them. She taught me too, as a child, but I can’t do patterns and stuff...

  • @pamelaf76
    @pamelaf76 7 років тому

    Your information is very awesome thank you for taking the time to pass on tradition.

  • @liizzset
    @liizzset 6 років тому

    This is amazing.

  • @wakilinjogu1727
    @wakilinjogu1727 4 роки тому

    The views are amazing

  • @LalinDissanayaka
    @LalinDissanayaka 6 років тому

    She's very talented, I plan to move to the Shetlands in some years.

  • @tessmacie9924
    @tessmacie9924 5 років тому +1

    I would like a hat!

  • @tihammd
    @tihammd 4 роки тому

    wow! Nice video

  • @tihammd
    @tihammd 5 років тому

    Great video

  • @mr_delivery
    @mr_delivery 7 років тому +28

    i will pay upto 350 euro fore that natural hand made dress

  • @greenknitter
    @greenknitter 7 років тому +173

    Nicely made jumpers but not as authentic as the film would have you believe. Lots of slick marketing going on for her "brand". There are those on the island who disagree with her using machines as Fair Isle jumpers are traditionally hand knit, not made on machines. The hand knit ones are the real deal and will cost $600 and have a waiting list of 3 years to get one. Funny how she never mentions them LOL

    • @mativentrillonfairisleknit7024
      @mativentrillonfairisleknit7024 6 років тому +177

      greenknitter The documentary was about my work not about the island therefore the focus on my things and not on what other knitters do in the island. I will advice you to check the information you got about the making of garments in Fair Isle, because all the other knitters make their garments using the same machines. Hollie Shaw and Triona Thomson from ‘Fair Isle made in Fair Isle’ and Elizabeth Riddiford from ‘Exclusively Fair Isle’ all knit with machines; in fact the island has been producing garments with hand frame knitting machines for over 30 years. I am the only business offering a truly bespoke service and the only wanting to grow and expand to create a made in Fair Isle label in order to make the real product accessible to most markets. Since the documentary we now have 2 new projects, Fair Isle Artisans which focuses on passing on skills and creating competitive jobs in the island and MV Collection, making the garments accessible to younger people and promoting Shetland wool commercially.

    • @d.n.4079
      @d.n.4079 6 років тому +14

      Green knitter above mentioned that hand made authentic Fair Isle sweaters cost $600. A hand made sweater has a distinctive look that can't be reproduced. That's the beauty of nature - that no two things are alike and I think we all value that more than putting some yarn on a knitting machine. How sad we've become so accustomed to machine made products that the imperfections of a hand made garment are considered inconsistent. Very sad, indeed.

    • @adamm.6386
      @adamm.6386 6 років тому +25

      greenknitter How long does it take to knit an item by hand? ... How long does it take to knit a fair isle item by hand with its many color changes and intricate patterns?
      How do you think she or any like her would be able to earn a livelihood if they produced these things by hand?
      She can shear sheep, we saw that. She designed the pattern, we saw that also. And the process of how the item is made is shown. So I don't think there was something to hide. If hers is a viable, thriving business producing beautifully made items, which take time and a boatload of effort, please take your negativity elsewhere. And if you are NOT an actual knitter and just an admirer (even if you are) don't judge her livelihood so harshly. This is as close to a hand knitted garment that you can wear with confidence (unless you make it yourself), because she puts all of her efforts into it.

    • @adamm.6386
      @adamm.6386 6 років тому +25

      Debah Noln If you wanted fair isle knitting handmade, you should design an item and make it yourself instead of being too judgmental. It's not the end of the world that blind, nuns didn't knit the items she sells.
      The items are beautiful and as close to as natural as you can get. They're not produced en masse, so essentially you'd be getting a one of a kind item. Stop your complaining.

    • @adamm.6386
      @adamm.6386 6 років тому +7

      If you do not prefer Fair Isle, then why are you complaining? Is she a mass producer? If so, so what, it's her livelihood.... Or maybe you just need a hobby. Buddy!

  • @theresakidd
    @theresakidd 5 років тому +1

    Does anyone know what machine she was using for the knitting?

  • @Ga7atTown
    @Ga7atTown 6 років тому

    Beautiful

  • @trojanette8345
    @trojanette8345 5 років тому

    Very interesting. Very informative. Q: From the time your shear the animal until the time you finally have a completely finished garment that is finally put up on a drying 'rack' then, ultimately sold -- how long is the whole process? Are we talking about a month or more; or slightly less?

  • @melevizosachu2415
    @melevizosachu2415 3 роки тому

    Wow ! It's incredible. :)

  • @noekonigseder5225
    @noekonigseder5225 5 років тому

    Wow really fair price

  • @coo-kies
    @coo-kies 6 років тому

    What a dream job

  • @EnsoLLC
    @EnsoLLC 6 років тому

    Wow worth the price I think.

  • @diyangeluk
    @diyangeluk 2 роки тому

    SO PLEASE HOW MAY I PURCHASE ONE OF THESE DIVINE SWEATERS FROM HER????😍😍😍

  • @yeseniacontreras8038
    @yeseniacontreras8038 6 років тому +40

    Stop hating on the knitting machine or go knit one of these and try not to get carpel tunnel

    • @ShopeeMarketteam
      @ShopeeMarketteam 5 років тому +1

      Yeah alot of effort goes into these things. Thd next time my grandma gives me an ugly sweater for Christmas, maybe I'll decline it more politely

  • @balgrantango460
    @balgrantango460 Рік тому +1

    Is it possible to buy skeins or balls of Shetland wool yarn and ship to Canada?

  • @Lorenzo-hu7fh
    @Lorenzo-hu7fh 5 років тому

    Hi which program is she using for testing the jacquard?

  • @drunkenmonkey369
    @drunkenmonkey369 4 роки тому

    A dream to work in this field for a living. Hello! From Seattle. Another knitted of the world.

  • @gvi341984
    @gvi341984 6 років тому +13

    The machine is more interesting than hand knitting

  • @jessicaaudate
    @jessicaaudate 6 років тому

    Okay... now I understand the pricing. Wow!

  • @AnyFactor
    @AnyFactor 4 роки тому +1

    Happy sheep make the softest wool

  • @marcben1539
    @marcben1539 7 років тому +4

    she's not actually knitting, the machine is. although i do like the idea of being able to program the machine with the punch sheet. doing this by hand is more authentic but quite time consuming.

  • @reshmapatel_yoga
    @reshmapatel_yoga 2 роки тому

    Wow ❤

  • @Margurisa
    @Margurisa 6 років тому

    💕💕💫🙌🏾 she is a boss!!! 🌺

  • @ahmadfarooq8938
    @ahmadfarooq8938 6 років тому

    Please let me know do you export your goods as well or they are just for domestic sale and Special Orders ?
    Thanks

  • @EvatheDiva00
    @EvatheDiva00 6 років тому +2

    those look like happy sheep

  • @mtodd4723
    @mtodd4723 6 років тому

    Cool !

  • @timaaldoseri7687
    @timaaldoseri7687 5 років тому

    Is it always hand made or that's just 4 camera

  • @sambady4843
    @sambady4843 6 років тому

    I just can say You are wonderful

  • @tongkatali7643
    @tongkatali7643 6 років тому

    She preserved the old heritage

  • @CDGMR1
    @CDGMR1 2 роки тому

    Wow lots of work. No wonder is so expensive.

  • @willd0g
    @willd0g 2 роки тому

    Merino wool entered the chat

  • @khanumer1481
    @khanumer1481 6 років тому

    Prizes ?

  • @apoorvjaiswal3760
    @apoorvjaiswal3760 5 років тому

    Any chance,,, they can be shipped to India???

  • @joshuapeng831
    @joshuapeng831 7 років тому

    amazing!!!