European Wool Day – programmet

Fredag 9 april 2021

Live streaming på Facebook: European Wool Exchange Foundation-EWE

10.00
Welcome to the First European World Day by Isabella Kailidou, Executive Director of the EWE Foundation (European Wool Exchange). Live streaming visit to the biopharm Riverland, in Cyprus.

10.20
The EWE Foundation, its vision and mission. Alberto Costa, President

10.25
The fascinating story of wool. Nathalie Ketterle, Switzerland, European Wool
Observatory. An introduction to the first part of the day.

10.30
(1) From North to South of Europe: wool was born to be loved, Mia Tadic, Serbia

10.40
(2) The added value of wool, Alice Underwood, UK

10.50
(3) livestream Riverland

11.05
(4) Paris 2010: the first European Wools exhibition, M. Thérèse Chaupin, France

11.10
(5) Visit to the website www.atelierlainesdeurope.eu: Belgium, Sweden, France

11.15
(6) Past and present of our wool, Luis Calderon, Spain
(7) The different European breeds: merino in Spain. Raúl Cabello Bravo

11.25
(8) Native sheep in Norway, Karin Flatøy Svarstad

11.35
(9) Istrian sheep, Katja Santro, Croatia
11.45
(10) Faroe Islands, Dorthea Joensen, Agricultural Agency, Faroe Islands

11.55
(11) Finland sheep, Satu Kumpulainen, Isokummun Lammastila, Finland

12.00
(12) Shearing is not cruel, it is a necessity: Marie Prebble, UK

12.10
(13) Greasy wool becomes a fertilizer, Herbert Kasis, Austria

12.20
(14) scouring mountain sheep wool to make Tyrolean carpets, Joachim
Regensburger, Austria

12.30
(15) Wool in the sun: from the island of Cres, Ugo Toic’, Croatia

12.35
(16) Tyrolean high tech outdoor clothing, Johannes Fitsch, Austria

12.45
(17) Spinning mill and carpet manufactory, Leta Mlogja, Albania

12.50
(18) con motivo in viaggio , Vesna Rusic, Serbia

12.55
(19) From the island of Krk, Karla Skorjana, Croatia

13.00
(20) Felting with natural coloured greasy wool, Heidi Greb, Germany

13.10
(21) Wet felting a small sheep, Bernadette Horvath, Hungary

13.15
(22) Felting slippers, Philipp Gottstein, Austria

13.25
(23) Felting merino wool, Concha Salguero, Spain

13.35
(24) Local wool in various crafts, Sandra King

13.45
(25) How yarn is made, Hulda Brynjólfsdóttir, Iceland

14.00
(26) The Prokary Project, Ioanna Mandala, Greece

14.10
(27) the Alpine Stonesheep wool project, Verena Hausmann, Germany

14.15
(28) The International Weaving Center, Hillevi Skoglund, Sweden

14.25
Morning review

14.30
Connection with the Italian national wool day, welcome by Gomitolorosa, Rome

14.35
(29) The Woolman, Nigel Thompson, Italy

14.50
(30) Knitting with big needles and using wool for insulation, Toncka Jankovic, Boris
Grabrijan, Klavdija Kancler, Slovenia

15.00
(31) the innovative concept of “therapeutic knitting”: wool can be very good for
health and wellbeing, Betsan Corkhill, UK

15.20
(32) A sensorial approach to wool, Bilge Aktas, Finland

15.25
(33) Wool for cognitive wellbeing, Sandra Kerovec, Croatia

15.35
(34) “wool therapy” in hospitals, Ivana Appolloni, Italy

15.45
(35) The Hilandia Solidarity Challenge project, Spain

15.50
(36) Social knitting, helping women and the elderly, La Iaia, Spain

15.55
(37) plans for the 2 nd Wool Day, Dora Kaszas, Ireland

16.00
Final considerations and conclusions, see ewe next year!