Programme

All participants have to choose four different workshops that are carried out during the symposium on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Tour to the Estonian National Museum on Thursday is optional and costs 40€.

Full programme (see each day’s programme from the left menu as well):

Sunday, June 24

Arrivals, settle into hotels  – please note that you have to do it on your own! 

 

Monday, June 25

Arrivals, registration in Sakala Centre from 10 until 12:30

Arrival, registration in Sakala Centre from 10 until 12:30

12:30-13:00 Welcome words by the organisers in the Sakala Centre hall

13:00-14:00 Lunch in the Sakala Centre

14:00-17:00 Short workshop – including coffee break 15 min – in the Sakala Centre or at Vilma Building

18:00-19:00 Dinner in the Sakala Centre 

19:00-19:30 Opening meeting, overview of the lectures, workshops, tours, etc., plus brief introduction to teachers, in the Sakala Centre hall

19:30-21:00 Lectures on Estonian knitting in the Sakala Centre hall (with interpretation from Estonian to English)

Anu Pink Knitted Fragments in Estonian Archaeology from a Technological Perspective

Siiri Reimann Haapsalu Lace Knitting: Tradition and Continuity 

21:00-21:15 Briefing in the Sakala Centre hall

21:15-22:15 Welcome wine in the Sakala Centre hall

22:15-23:00 Evening knitting lounge in Layk studio café (optional)

 

Tuesday, June 26

9:15 Briefing in the Sakala Centre hall

9:45-12:45 Long workshop part 1 in the Sakala Centre or at Vilma Building

13:00-14:00 Lunch in the Sakala Centre

14:00-17:00 Long workshop part 2

17:00-18:00 Setting up the craft fair area in the Sakala Centre pillar room (1st floor) 

18:00-19:00 Dinner in the Sakala Centre

18:00-20:00 Craft fair in the Sakala Centre pillar room (1st floor)

20:00-21:30 Lectures on Estonian knitting in the Sakala Centre hall:

Riina Tomberg Traditional Knitwear of the Estonian Swedes – Eibofolke

Anu Pink  Local Variations on the Construction of Socks in Estonia in the 19th Century: Were There Really 30 types of Heel? (With interpretation from Estonian to English)

Kristi Jõeste Traditional Knitting in Contemporary Estonia

21:30 Briefing in the Sakala Centre hall

Evening knitting lounge in Layk studio café until 23:00

 

Wednesday, June 27

9:15 Briefing in the Sakala Centre hall

9:45-12:45 Long workshop part 1 in the Sakala Centre or at Vilma Building

13:00-14:00 Lunch in the Sakala Centre

14:00-17:00 Long workshop part 2

18:00-19:00 Dinner in the Sakala Centre

19:00-21:00 Latvian themed lectures in the Sakala Centre hall:

Irita Žeiere Knitted Items among Latvian Archaeological Finds

Inita Heinola Knitted Gloves, Mittens, Socks and Stockings in Latvia

Ziedite Muze Mittens of Latvia: An Inspiration Book for Knitters

21:00 Briefing in the Sakala Centre hall

Evening knitting lounge in Layk studio café until 23:00 (optional)

 

Thursday, June 28

9:00 Bus departure to the Estonian National Museum, Tartu (80 km drive), from the car park behind Viljandi Kaubamaja

10:30-12:30 Guided tours in groups

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Tours continue

15:30-16:30 Free time in the ENM shop and café

16:30 Departure to Viljandi

17:30 Arrival in Viljandi

18:00-19:00 Dinner in the Sakala Centre

19:00-21:00 Russian themed lectures in the Sakala Centre hall (with interpretation from Russian to English):

Ludmila Korolkova The Traditional Clothing and Home Decoration of the Baltic-Finnish people of Russia, Made in Nalbinding, Knitting, or Crocheting Techniques at the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries

Olga Konkova Revival of Traditional Knitting among the Indigenous Peoples of the Leningrad Region: The VILLAVÄKI – The Woolen People Project

Albina Lebedeva Perspective on the Promotion of Traditional Knitting in Russia

21.00 Briefing in the Sakala Centre hall

Evening knitting lounge in Layk studio café until 23:00 (optional)

 

Friday, June 29

9:15 Briefing in the Sakala Centre hall

9:45-12:45 Short workshop 3h in the Sakala Centre or at Vilma Building

13:00-14:00 Lunch in the Sakala Centre

14:00 Bus departure to the Heimtali Museum (10 km from Viljandi) from the car park behind Viljandi Kaubamaja

Cultural progamme:

          14:30 Lecture by prof Anu Raud

          15:15 pause

          15:30-18:00 guided tours, participants will be divided into 5 groups.:

• ethnographical textile collections of Heimtali Museum
• Anu Raud’s home studio and gallery
• indigenous knitters from Kihnu island demonstrating their techniques
• indigenous knitters from Tõstamaa demonstrating their techniques
• indigenous knitters from Villaväki (Finno-Ugric Union from Saint Petersburg) demonstrating their techniques

18:00-19:00 Dinner in Heimtali

19:00-21:00 Evening event in Heimtali: legendary knitting olympic games Walk & Knit

Around 21:00 Briefing and departure for Viljandi

Evening knitting lounge in Layk studio café until 23:00 (optional)

 

Saturday, June 30

10:00-13:00 Optional activities:

• visiting the temporary knitwear exhibitions in Linnagalerii, the Sakala Centre and the Kondas Centre
• guided tour of Vilma wool mill at 10 AM and mid-day – preregistration in groups during previous day at information desk
• guided tour at Vilma Building at 11:00

13:00-14:00 Lunch in the Sakala Centre

14:00 Free time

17:00-18:00 Adding the finished samples from the workshops to the presentation area at the Folk Music Centre (small hall)

18:00-18:50 Presentation of workshop results, concluding words, etc., at the Folk Music Centre (small hall)

19:00 Festive dinner at the Folk Music Centre (large hall)

 

Sunday, July 1

Departure.

Special buses will drive you to Tallinn at three different times – we will sort the exact times out during the week; in order to help us, please give your flight schedule, etc., to the information desk during the symposium.

The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the programme.