Link designed to aid city knitting festival
Passengers travelling through Inverness Airport are set to be dazzled by Loganair’s uniquely colourful check-in desk which has been "yarn-stormed".
A team of specialist knitters spent 40 hours working to cover airport check-in items in a bespoke made, decorative woollen pattern, which will be on display for two weeks.
A similar knitted installation has also been fitted in Bergen Airport in Norway.
This is to mark the airline’s sponsorship of the Loch Ness Knit Festival in Inverness and support for the Bergen Knitting Festival.
The Loch Ness Knit Fest runs from October 19-21 and will welcome more than 2000 knitting fans taking part in an extensive programme of activities including 30 workshops, a crafting village and market place with more than 60 sellers. Now in its third year, the festival is one of the highlights of the knitting community’s calendar.
Loganair will provide discounts to festival-goers flying from Bergen to Inverness for the event and to those in the Highlands wishing to visit the Bergen Knitting Festival which runs from September 28-30. The first examples of yarn-storming originated in Texas in 2005 when local knitters devised a creative way to use leftover wool. Its popularity has increased and now features in public areas all over the world.
Kay Ryan, commercial director at Loganair, said: "Yarn storming has become a global phenomenon and we decided to use this creative art form to showcase the talent of yarn communities in each city while also highlighting the cultural connections between the Highlands and western Norway to our customers.
"We provide three flights per week between Inverness and Bergen, which is how the idea to support both knitting festivals arose, and we hope our involvement can help both events continue to thrive."
Cecilia Grigor, Loch Ness Knit Festival director said: "We are absolutely delighted with how the Loch Ness Knit Fest has grown over the last three years beyond all expectation.
"We are thrilled that Loganair have been up for a collaboration."
