Shetland Textile Museum

What a wonderful experience! So full of warmth and inclusion from the volunteer knitting ambassadors. I was encouraged to try knitting again, buying a belt, pattern and Shetland wool to have a go at a fairisle sampler with which to make a bag.

Fabulous place to visit. Really helpful and well informed staff sharing their expertise. Bought a beautiful cardigan and met the wonderful Barbara who created it. A real highlight of our week in Shetland.

Most interesting museum with live demonstrations. Beautifully displayed. Mind the steep steps. Most enjoyable for anyone interested in textiles.

Well worth the walk out of the town centre, this little museum is a real gem, if you are interested in knitting and in particular, the beautiful Shetland designs that are typical of the islands. Catherine was a fascinating lady to talk to about knitting on Shetland.

Very interesting place - great to see the different types of textile production, especially as technology advanced. Staff were lovely and informative

Lovely little museum, very friendly staff well worth visit.

This is a lovely small museum to visit if you are interested in knitting/ weaving/ Shetland heritage.The people demonstrating the crafts make the experience particularly interesting and engaging.Well worth a visit.

What a lovely place. It's tiny, an old home, 2 rooms down, 2 rooms up, with a gift shop of hand-knitted goods where you enter. Everything is, at one time or another, in use by local fiber artists as demos. Downstairs there is a huge loom, and upstairs there are two rooms with historical lace and patterns from prolific knitters of the past.There are current knitters working on projects and available to chat with. There is also a massive scarf project to which visitors to add a few rows while visiting. There are also, at other times, spinners demonstrating.This does *not*, as I rather expected, cover the sheep-to-product process or the historical wool processing process.It was lovely to visit, despite the space and displays being small.It should be noted that this space is NOT wheelchair accessible, but if you have limited mobility and can climb the (steep!!) stairs, there *are* chairs to sit on and rest while chatting or reading the material.

I came to Shetland because of my interest in knitting and this museum was brilliant. I loved the building too.

AMAZING PLACE! The volunteers were so friendly, we had such a long fun chat! Like a party!