Jamieson & Smith Shetland Wool Brokers Ltd

90 North Road, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, U.K.

Get Real Shetland
100% Pure Wool from the Shetland Islands

Mail Order specialist suppliers of high quality Shetland Knitting Yarns, Shetland Wool, blended Shetland Lace, Raw Fleece, Tops, Knitting Patterns, Lace and Wool Knitting Kits and Hand Knitting Accessories.

About Us

Imitation, the sincerest form of flattery.

The term "Shetland Wool" is often used to describe a product for marketing purposes only and rarely refers to genuine "Shetland Grown" wool.  A quick check of the figures will demonstate that there just isn't enough of it to substantiate all the "pedigree" claims that other vendors make and that only a small percentage of the quantity available worldwide is actaully "Genuine Shetland Grown Wool".  It is in such short supply that it is getting increasingly difficult to purchase real Shetland Wool products locally (on Shetland) and it is an established fact that a large proportion of Shetland's "commercial" wool businesses import their yarns and raw wool from outside Shetland (rumoured, in one instance, from as far away as Australia!).

Located in Lerwick, capital of Shetland, Jamieson & Smith Shetland Wool Brokers Ltd, are long established as the islands biggest buyer of the Shetland Wool clip and, at more than 230,000 kilos during the 2006 season, purchased in excess of 90% of the Island's total production..

The company was founded during the 1930's by the Smith family of Berry Farm, Scalloway and, as the business grew, re-located to our current premises in Lerwick.
In 2004 the company was sold to the current owners, Curtis Wool Direct, an international wool group based in Bradford, West Yorkshire

Conveniently located on Lerwick's Old North Road and overlooking the harbour, our premises are ideally situated for the Island's farmers and crofters to deliver their wool clip.
We have traditionally catered for all scales of Shetland 's wool production and accept deliveries ranging from 10 kilos through to 6000 kilos
Each suppliers clip is weighed in and recorded on a computerised tracking system which automatically allocates a grading number. The raw wool is then carefully graded according to it's quality.
From the very coarse, used for carpets, interlinings and mattresses, to the very finest soft handling wool used in high quality knitwear. 

When grading our finest wool, Super Fine, we must adhere to the following points.
* Style (crimp), breed characteristics and uniformity of quality.
* Strength, springiness and handle ( softness ).
* Fibre fineness, with high quality Shetland degree of fineness 56s - 60s.

Our wool is then baled according to it's grade and shipped to one of the companies Bradford depots for further processing.
After further detailed sorting and scouring (washing), most of the wool is sold on to specialist users in the textile trade.
A percentage of the finest wool is spun into high quality knitting yarns to be supplied to home users and high quality textile manufacturers via our retail mail order service.
Also available from ourselves are 100% Shetland Wool tops in their undyed natural colours. These are ideal for hand spinning and felt making.

See section on Shetland sheep for more information.

Jamieson & Smith (SHETLAND WOOL BROKERS) Ltd.,
90 North Road
Lerwick
Shetland Islands
United Kingdom
ZE1 OPQ
e-mail – sales@shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk

Telephone – 01595 693579 Fax – 01595 695009