Friday
5:30 – 7:30 pm
February 21, 2025
Gudrun Johnston, special guest
$10 fee to reserve your spot
Your $10 registration fee will become a $10 store credit for use at the shop that evening.
No refunds for this event on cancellations made after February 14, 2025.
At this special event you'll have a chance to see Gudrun Johnston's work and learn about her process. You'll hang out with friends, shop in our beautiful St. Clair Ave store, and enjoy an early evening out — what a way to kick off the weekend! Refreshments will be provided.
Join Shetland born knitwear designer Gudrun Johnston on an adventure to Shetland. Gudrun will share lots of fascinating information about this remote group of islands including the knitting heritage, the production of Jamieson’s wool, Shetland Sheep and her own personal connection with it all.
Gudrun Johnston was born in Shetland in the 70's when her mother was running the successful knitwear design company, The Shetland Trader. She spent her early years in Shetland and the rest of her childhood on mainland Scotland in various locations. Now living in the U.S, she has followed in her mother's footsteps by reviving the Shetland Trader name, and has made a niche for herself in the knitwear design industry. Gudrun often includes aspects of her heritage in her work. Her most recent book of knitwear was published in 2023 with Laine Publishing and co-authored with Mary Jane Mucklestone.
Gudrun frequently travels back to Shetland where her father and brother currently live. She has attended and taught at Wool Week many times and was the Wool Week patron in 2017. She is also now the Brand Director for Simply Shetland, the US distributor of Jamieson’s yarn (made down the road from her dad’s house in Shetland)!
