How the World's Softest Wool is Made

On a remote island miles off the coast of Scotland, Mati Ventrillon makes hotly sought-after Fair Isle sweaters according to traditions that are centuries old.
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  • @ajubhosle
    @ajubhosle5 жыл бұрын

    As I get older I have started to appreciate hand made things so much..respect

  • @fitrianhidayat
    @fitrianhidayat6 жыл бұрын

    That sheep looks happy

  • @kathydoyle9939

    @kathydoyle9939

    5 жыл бұрын

    Happy sheep: yay! 😊

  • @andregreen8040

    @andregreen8040

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fitrian Hidayat@ if she held my head near her crotch like that, I’d be very happy too. Baaaaaaa !

  • @HandiworksbyClyne
    @HandiworksbyClyne3 жыл бұрын

    I love how this woman is kind to her sheeps, and very gentle with them. 💖💖 Many Americans and Filipino Knitters are falling in love with fair isle knitting. I love the music of Scotland.

  • @Spooksandooks
    @Spooksandooks7 жыл бұрын

    Wool seems softer when the source is remote 😂

  • @TheMystery51
    @TheMystery517 жыл бұрын

    Im sure she lives a happy and fulfilling life with a lot less stress than the rest of us. This is life like nature intended.

  • @nepalihercules

    @nepalihercules

    7 жыл бұрын

    lifes better if you have money

  • @AwesomeAsh99

    @AwesomeAsh99

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nature intended us to die at 30 what the fuck are you on about

  • @rimashaji4152

    @rimashaji4152

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sure sure sure

  • @nadivvv

    @nadivvv

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@AwesomeAsh99 woah really

  • @jinchey

    @jinchey

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nature didn't intend anything. It's a concept, not an intelligent being.

  • @aaronw447
    @aaronw4475 жыл бұрын

    Scottish and French hybrid accent - interesting.

  • @jamesveek-wilson7609

    @jamesveek-wilson7609

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this--I thought I was going crazy.

  • @mmpoggs2033

    @mmpoggs2033

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful accent!

  • @paris2993

    @paris2993

    4 жыл бұрын

    Okay !!!!!!! I was wondering why she sounded so un-highlandish

  • @heyya7464
    @heyya74645 жыл бұрын

    This just made me so happy , she handle the sheep with love ❤️

  • @chloebell420
    @chloebell4207 жыл бұрын

    The sweaters are gorgeous and worth every penney!!!

  • @whitemailprivilege2830

    @whitemailprivilege2830

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chloe Bell Mmm Penne pasta. I'm getting hungry 😩

  • @ashwinirao1067
    @ashwinirao10675 жыл бұрын

    Loved the way she cut the fleece off the sheep, adorable ❤️

  • @bibble4135
    @bibble41355 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. I love the way the sheep are sheared.

  • @MaKoud
    @MaKoud5 жыл бұрын

    See the animals are not suffering this is how all sheep wool must be made

  • @drfarnz
    @drfarnz6 жыл бұрын

    If I lived in a country where it requires a wool jumper. I will definitely buy one from this lady. The amount of work and hours spent from the sheep to the final products deserved a respects.

  • @TheaMidnight
    @TheaMidnight7 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I loved it all-scenery, music, sheep, wool, knitting, yarn.... All of this filmed with great understanding. Thank you!

  • @Gr95dc
    @Gr95dc5 жыл бұрын

    That's an expensive sweater, but looking at the process, if I had the money I'd gladly pay for it

  • @Park2King
    @Park2King5 жыл бұрын

    Those magic words: "It's full of satisfaction." Can't think of any better words to describe a working life.

  • @traininggrounds9450
    @traininggrounds94507 жыл бұрын

    This is what life is all about. We just need to live with the earth. What a remarkable woman! A breath of fresh air. Would that we all lived with the earth. Praise God and bless you from on high!

  • @mativentrillon9700

    @mativentrillon9700

    7 жыл бұрын

    Training Grounds thank you for such lovely comment. Fair Isle has given a new purpose to my life...

  • @MrMentalSoul

    @MrMentalSoul

    5 жыл бұрын

    Take it down a notch, mate.

  • @cherylclevenger2555
    @cherylclevenger25554 жыл бұрын

    I loved watching this! I love that she is so talented and preserving a culture.

  • @HandiworksbyClyne

    @HandiworksbyClyne

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love your picture. So natural!

  • @lupepedraza8497
    @lupepedraza84974 жыл бұрын

    How inspiring!!! you are an amazing artist. Your sheep just looks so contented. Love your work.

  • @vlado2701
    @vlado27015 жыл бұрын

    Great history and traditions of production certainly bring great results and achievements ! Handmade and high quality products made of wool ! It's impossible not to buy ! Thank You dear Bloomberg for Your very interesting and helpful shot film ! I appreciate it ! Vl'ado. Nov 10,2018

  • @denisenadeau5243
    @denisenadeau5243 Жыл бұрын

    soo beautiful so pristine thankyou for showing us these lovely islands and skills you have

  • @jonnda
    @jonnda5 жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine what that sweater would cost of they didn’t use that knitting machine? ...Which, by the way, those things are a stroke of engineering genius IMHO. I saw a similar device elsewhere on youtube, but for knitting hats or socks.

  • @DarcieGlam
    @DarcieGlam5 жыл бұрын

    My friend and her mother both knit Fair Isle style sweaters but not to sell. it is quite a process when hand-knitting.

  • @haroldellis9721
    @haroldellis97215 жыл бұрын

    I don't know which is more beautiful, Scotland or the sweaters, but for 160 Euros, I know which one I'm going to have.

  • @mirandavikanderson6958
    @mirandavikanderson69585 жыл бұрын

    Oh I love how u shear them by hand. Yes the sheep look so much happier then if u for them .

  • @patriciah3235
    @patriciah32356 жыл бұрын

    Priceless sweater.

  • @eltoq8407
    @eltoq84077 жыл бұрын

    Hi from Karachay, Caucasus!) very inspiring, keep it up! I find a lot in common between our native culture and Scottish culture.

  • @BoBo-ti6jh
    @BoBo-ti6jh6 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work. Such a fantastic location and workshop. Although, I don't believe that it is the world's softest wool.

  • @yappytown
    @yappytown5 жыл бұрын

    Very neat to see the process done. I want to make a fair isle by hand some day :)

  • @mr_delivery
    @mr_delivery7 жыл бұрын

    thats very much intresting and very passionate and fells like more close to earth

  • @ANSt15
    @ANSt153 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your craftmanships

  • @buzzyanderson4131
    @buzzyanderson41314 жыл бұрын

    I love her gentle voice

  • @pamelaf76
    @pamelaf767 жыл бұрын

    Your information is very awesome thank you for taking the time to pass on tradition.

  • @ludolfebner6839
    @ludolfebner68393 жыл бұрын

    what a nice story and beautiful products

  • @palzongbhutia9904
    @palzongbhutia99045 жыл бұрын

    So much beauty and simplicity keeping up tradition

  • @jamariothe5thcornerstone200
    @jamariothe5thcornerstone2002 жыл бұрын

    You right!!! And I can't wait to get in this business

  • @marpro765
    @marpro7654 ай бұрын

    Wonderful video. Thank you for making it.

  • @elisabetacanalisbrad1712
    @elisabetacanalisbrad17125 жыл бұрын

    This is so beautiful! Everything I mean.

  • @Kumutuna
    @Kumutuna4 жыл бұрын

    This is like high quality one of a kind. Best garment u can wear

  • @liizzset
    @liizzset5 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing.

  • @freeman-dz1163
    @freeman-dz11633 жыл бұрын

    I love your work from northern Algeria,me too I product my yarn by myself, washing the wool by my hand ,traditional, I fabric ,and knitting whithe my hand.

  • @TsetsiStoyanova
    @TsetsiStoyanova5 жыл бұрын

    So much work for 120 euro?

  • @bettyhappschatt3467

    @bettyhappschatt3467

    3 жыл бұрын

    160€

  • @kennethworde862
    @kennethworde8625 жыл бұрын

    Love the video

  • @alwaysargyll2268
    @alwaysargyll22685 жыл бұрын

    I am quite new to knitting and would love a machine, would you mind sharing which machine you are using in the film please?

  • @Ga7atTown
    @Ga7atTown6 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @doctorlove3536
    @doctorlove35364 жыл бұрын

    So her life is: 1. Grazing 2. Sheering 3. Knitting 4. Selling 5. Doing in all in an isolated place Saying I’m ‘jealous’ would be an extreme understatement.

  • @icecastles1432
    @icecastles14323 жыл бұрын

    I love every bit of this video

  • @evn-fu1iz
    @evn-fu1iz5 жыл бұрын

    yo tell me that sheeps arent the cutest thing ever

  • @michellegilder1558
    @michellegilder15584 жыл бұрын

    Well done!

  • @EvoSGooD
    @EvoSGooD5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @dodexsamforna446
    @dodexsamforna4463 жыл бұрын

    Amazing.

  • @sergeyberlin3264
    @sergeyberlin32645 жыл бұрын

    This woman has figured out life. More fulfilling than a corporate career!

  • @vivekkailash9308
    @vivekkailash93087 жыл бұрын

    Shetland..i loved that serial..

  • @shibu.matrix
    @shibu.matrix6 жыл бұрын

    I love the place more than wool.

  • @gigi-sf8ti
    @gigi-sf8ti5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @Runnnner7
    @Runnnner74 жыл бұрын

    i love your work

  • @IvanPerez-bm8er
    @IvanPerez-bm8er5 жыл бұрын

    This is couture quality.

  • @LalinDissanayaka
    @LalinDissanayaka6 жыл бұрын

    She's very talented, I plan to move to the Shetlands in some years.

  • @tihammd
    @tihammd3 жыл бұрын

    wow! Nice video

  • @tihammd
    @tihammd4 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @daveotuwa5596
    @daveotuwa55965 жыл бұрын

    Mmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!! Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woolly sweaters!!!!!! Not for deserts and the tropics.

  • @melevizosachu2415
    @melevizosachu24153 жыл бұрын

    Wow ! It's incredible. :)

  • @wakilinjogu1727
    @wakilinjogu17274 жыл бұрын

    The views are amazing

  • @RoxanaMariaTimoianu
    @RoxanaMariaTimoianu6 жыл бұрын

    I guess my grandma was very cool. She knitted a lot of dresses and sweaters by hand, with quite complex patterns on them. She taught me too, as a child, but I can’t do patterns and stuff...

  • @trojanette8345
    @trojanette83455 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. Very informative. Q: From the time your shear the animal until the time you finally have a completely finished garment that is finally put up on a drying 'rack' then, ultimately sold -- how long is the whole process? Are we talking about a month or more; or slightly less?

  • @coo-kies
    @coo-kies6 жыл бұрын

    What a dream job

  • @EsculatedPingu
    @EsculatedPingu5 жыл бұрын

    Wow the accent almost half Icelandic/Scottish which makes sense

  • @GeoRoze

    @GeoRoze

    5 жыл бұрын

    472017807 Hi! I live in Orkney and we are closely knitted to Shetland. Both places share a similar accent called orcadian. We also have our own language which sounds like heavy Gaelic that’s been thrown through Texas haha

  • @jakedeane5304

    @jakedeane5304

    5 жыл бұрын

    472017807 she’s French

  • @resourcedragon
    @resourcedragonАй бұрын

    That is a lot of hand work in what is ostensibly a "machine" knitted jumper. I hope the people who end up wearing them appreciate them. Also, interesting little FYI: although a lot of Fair Isle work is done with what is called "fingering" weight yarn (we'd say 3 - 4 ply in Australia), the finished product is more like a double knit because of the floats at the back. (I do a little Fair Isle knitting by hand.)

  • @spicybrown75
    @spicybrown756 жыл бұрын

    Not a bad price for all the work and material that goes into it.

  • @mkivy
    @mkivy4 жыл бұрын

    Ah man a haircut again? That is beautiful..thank u for ur kindness and understanding ...my grandmother was from Edinburgh and we plan on traveling to see there home and buy me a sweater...my wife is Irish so I promised her an Irish sweater... lol I would live to purchase a sweater from u...I love a turtle neck style.

  • @sambady4843
    @sambady48436 жыл бұрын

    I just can say You are wonderful

  • @joshuapeng831
    @joshuapeng8317 жыл бұрын

    amazing!!!

  • @dudewatches6125
    @dudewatches61255 жыл бұрын

    I like the sheeps.

  • @Margurisa
    @Margurisa6 жыл бұрын

    💕💕💫🙌🏾 she is a boss!!! 🌺

  • @mtodd4723
    @mtodd47236 жыл бұрын

    Cool !

  • @elinachingsubam1865
    @elinachingsubam18655 жыл бұрын

    I have seen people using these knitting machines here in Manipur, India . it's really interesting to see the art. it's like a typewriter . I heard that it is a Japanese product.

  • @mr_delivery
    @mr_delivery7 жыл бұрын

    i will pay upto 350 euro fore that natural hand made dress

  • @theresakidd
    @theresakidd5 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know what machine she was using for the knitting?

  • @EnsoLLC
    @EnsoLLC6 жыл бұрын

    Wow worth the price I think.

  • @drunkenmonkey369
    @drunkenmonkey3694 жыл бұрын

    A dream to work in this field for a living. Hello! From Seattle. Another knitted of the world.

  • @reshmapatel_yoga
    @reshmapatel_yoga Жыл бұрын

    Wow ❤

  • @ahmadfarooq8938
    @ahmadfarooq89386 жыл бұрын

    Please let me know do you export your goods as well or they are just for domestic sale and Special Orders ? Thanks

  • @tessmacie9924
    @tessmacie99245 жыл бұрын

    I would like a hat!

  • @noekonigseder5225
    @noekonigseder52255 жыл бұрын

    Wow really fair price

  • @FistyCarrera
    @FistyCarrera5 жыл бұрын

    so its actually "one of the softest" not THE softest.

  • @aphyngodiva2551

    @aphyngodiva2551

    5 жыл бұрын

    Merino is softer than Shetland but that also makes it far weaker because it is the thinness of the fiber that makes it so soft. It has to be mixed with another wool so it does not break. This happens with many other super soft wools too like cashmere (goat) and angora (rabbit). Shetland is probably the softest you could get that holds its own and doesn't need to be mixed.

  • @n.ayisha

    @n.ayisha

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aphyngodiva2551 merino does no have to to be mixed with anything. i have spun yarn from pure merino wool and knitted lots of 100% merino sweaters. the main reason why merino wool gets blended with other fibers is usually as a cost-cutting measure, or if it is intended to be used in socks.

  • @hastensavoir7782

    @hastensavoir7782

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don’t forget the Vicuña and Tengri Khangai fibres.

  • @victornewman508

    @victornewman508

    3 жыл бұрын

    I found shetland wool is more itchy than merino or cashmere.

  • @hastensavoir7782

    @hastensavoir7782

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@victornewman508 are you allergic?

  • @jessicaaudate
    @jessicaaudate6 жыл бұрын

    Okay... now I understand the pricing. Wow!

  • @dewataawanberapi1973
    @dewataawanberapi19736 жыл бұрын

    great

  • @Lorenzo-hu7fh
    @Lorenzo-hu7fh5 жыл бұрын

    Hi which program is she using for testing the jacquard?

  • @balgrantango460
    @balgrantango460 Жыл бұрын

    Is it possible to buy skeins or balls of Shetland wool yarn and ship to Canada?

  • @yeseniacontreras8038
    @yeseniacontreras80385 жыл бұрын

    Stop hating on the knitting machine or go knit one of these and try not to get carpel tunnel

  • @ShopeeMarketteam

    @ShopeeMarketteam

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah alot of effort goes into these things. Thd next time my grandma gives me an ugly sweater for Christmas, maybe I'll decline it more politely

  • @diyangeluk
    @diyangeluk2 жыл бұрын

    SO PLEASE HOW MAY I PURCHASE ONE OF THESE DIVINE SWEATERS FROM HER????😍😍😍

  • @AnyFactor
    @AnyFactor4 жыл бұрын

    Happy sheep make the softest wool

  • @marcben1539
    @marcben15397 жыл бұрын

    she's not actually knitting, the machine is. although i do like the idea of being able to program the machine with the punch sheet. doing this by hand is more authentic but quite time consuming.

  • @gvi341984
    @gvi3419845 жыл бұрын

    The machine is more interesting than hand knitting

  • @tassiegirl1991
    @tassiegirl19913 ай бұрын

    I assumed that traditional sweaters would be hand not machine knit so i was surprised nit to see that in this video.

  • @EvatheDiva00
    @EvatheDiva005 жыл бұрын

    those look like happy sheep

  • @shoulders-of-giants
    @shoulders-of-giants6 жыл бұрын

    by totally keeping a whole landscape barren & empty.

  • @apoorvjaiswal3760
    @apoorvjaiswal37605 жыл бұрын

    Any chance,,, they can be shipped to India???

  • @khanumer1481
    @khanumer14815 жыл бұрын

    Prizes ?

  • @Albion101
    @Albion1016 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful piece, no wonder Chanel wanted to copy your work.

  • @timaaldoseri7687
    @timaaldoseri76875 жыл бұрын

    Is it always hand made or that's just 4 camera