Ewe will love to meet stars of wool festival

It could be for ewe. Scotland’s first national wool festival is to be staged next year, promising to be a “love-in of all things woolly”.

Thousands of knitting, needlework and craft enthusiasts are expected to descend upon Dundee next August for the first Ewefest.

The festival has already attracted international interest and the two-day programme will feature demonstrations by worldleading hand-knitting designers, a fashion show previewing Rowan’s winter 2019 collection and expertled workshops in the stunning setting of V&A Dundee, Scotland’s first Museum of Design.

However, the stars of the festival will undoubtedly be of the fourlegged variety, with sheep, alpacas, chinchilla rabbits and angora goats taking pride of place in their own special Ewebaaazaar.

Festival founder Elena Costella, a renowned hand-knitting designer, said: “Ewefest will be a celebration of textiles and crafts, with a strong focus on wool in all its stages – scouring, carding, dying, spinning, felting, weaving and knitting.

“This two-day festival will be a huge love-in of all things woolly – not forgetting all other natural fibres.

“The main marquee will be a cornucopia of delights for knitters, needleworkers and crafters, with goodies such as hand-dyed wool, wool tops, dye for wool, patterns and all manner of equipment, too.”

The two-day event will be held in Dundee’s Slessor Gardens starting on August 16.

For more information about Ewefest 2019, visit the website ewe.scot

Scotland’s first national wool festival is to be staged next year.