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Sunday, 11 December 2011

Knitwear Apprenticeship

In november a collection of scottish knitwear companies came together to decide to create a apprenticeship scheme to help save their industry. The companies included are: Hawick Knitwear, Johnstons of Elgin and Barrie. The scheme will have 50 places and the apprentices will be trained in handcraft and machine production techniques as well as milling, finishing and processing.

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