{"id":369,"date":"2025-09-03T17:25:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hilaturasjesusrubio.com\/blog\/llana-shetland\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T05:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T05:11:10","slug":"llana-shetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hilaturasjesusrubio.com\/ca\/blog\/llana-shetland\/","title":{"rendered":"Llana Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width: 750px; margin: 0 auto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;\">\n<p><strong>Varietat<\/strong>: Llana Shetland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Origen de la fibra<\/strong>: Ovelles de la ra&ccedil;a Shetland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proced&egrave;ncia<\/strong>: Illes Shetland, Regne Unit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caracter&iacute;stiques<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fibra suau i lleugera, amb un di&agrave;metre entre 23 i 31 micres.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Color natural de la llana &eacute;s gris fosc, per&ograve; tamb&eacute; pot ser blanc, marr&oacute; o negre.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilitzada per a la producci&oacute; de teixits fins i delicats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Des d&#8217;un punt de vista gen&egrave;tic, el bestiar ov&iacute; de les Illes Shetland (Esc&ograve;cia, Regne Unit) forma part de les ovelles de cua curta del nord d&#8217;Europa. Aix&iacute; mateix, t&eacute; una forta vinculaci&oacute; amb la Dunface escocesa: l&#8217;esp&egrave;cimen majoritari fins a finals del segle XVIII, avui extint.<\/p>\n<h2>HIST&Ograve;RIA<\/h2>\n<p>Els or&iacute;gens d&#8217;aquest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hilaturasjesusrubio.com\/cat\/blog\/tipus-de-llana\">tipus de llana<\/a> es remunten aproximadament a l&#8217;any 500 dC. Va ser llavors quan els vikings es van establir a Esc&ograve;cia i van creuar ovins noruecs amb exemplars aut&ograve;ctons (possiblement Soay). &Eacute;s per aix&ograve; que les Shetlandse s&#8217;assemblen molt a les Spaelsau noruegues.<\/p>\n<p>Tot i el dur clima escoc&egrave;s i les escasses pastures disponibles, aquests exemplars es van adaptar molt b&eacute; al seu entorn. Tot i que els ramaders els van donar un aprofitament principalment carni, aviat van ser molt valorades per la seva excel&middot;lent llana. Aix&iacute;, a l&#8217;edat mitjana es va fer habitual l&#8217;exportaci&oacute; t&egrave;xtil a les illes.<\/p>\n<p>A les albors del segle XX, les cru&iuml;lles descontrolades d&#8217;aquesta esp&egrave;cie amb altres races va posar seriosament perill la seva puresa, cosa que va perjudicar la producci&oacute; de la llana. &Eacute;s per aix&ograve; que, el 1927, es va fundar la Shetland Flock Book Society per tal de preservar-la.<\/p>\n<p>Aquesta ra&ccedil;a va arribar a estar en perill d&#8217;extinci&oacute; a la d&egrave;cada dels setanta. Tot i aix&ograve;, gr&agrave;cies a l&#8217;esfor&ccedil; de les petites explotacions ramaderes, la seva perviv&egrave;ncia est&agrave; fora de perill. De fet, s&#8217;estima que el Regne Unit tenia al voltant de tres milers d&#8217;exemplars el 2015.<\/p>\n<h2>PROPIETATS NATURALS<\/h2>\n<p>La llana de Shetland destaca per les seves qualitats excepcionals. Certament, la seva calidesa i suavitat brillen amb llum pr&ograve;pia, fins al punt de ser considerada com la m&eacute;s fina de la Gran Bretanya.<\/p>\n<p>Ja el 1790, Sir John Sinclair afirmava que aquesta fibra natural era suau i brillant com la seda, fort com el cot&oacute;, blanca com el lli i c&agrave;lida com la llana.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La caracter&iacute;stica m&eacute;s distintiva d&#8217;aquesta llana rau en l&#8217;heterogene&iuml;tat de les fibres. &Eacute;s aquesta diversitat de gruixos i mides la que li confereix un tacte extraordin&agrave;riament esponj&oacute;s, lleuger i el&agrave;stic.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El colorit: El vaixell ins&iacute;gnia de la llana Shetland<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aquestes ovelles s&oacute;n ben conegudes per reunir gaireb&eacute; tots els colors naturals.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gr&agrave;cies al seu ampli ventall crom&agrave;tic, &eacute;s possible treballar amb aquesta fibra sense necessitat de tenyir-la (cosa que augmenta encara m&eacute;s suavitat).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Usos<\/h2>\n<p>La roba d&#8217;abrigar &eacute;s un dels usos m&eacute;s ic&ograve;nics d&#8217;aquesta llana. Certament, el gran nivell d&#8217;ondulaci&oacute; dels seus vellons fa que sigui perfecta per teixir a m&agrave; su&egrave;ters i jaquetes. Aquestes peces sobresurten per la seva qualitat, resist&egrave;ncia i calidesa.<\/p>\n<p>La creativitat dels productors locals pel que fa a l&#8217;aprofitament d&#8217;aquesta llana no coneix l&iacute;mits. Escultures, tapisseria, catifes, joguines i articles de decoraci&oacute; figuren entre els usos m&eacute;s innovadors.<\/p>\n<h2>BENEFICIS<\/h2>\n<p>La gran varietat de formes i colors de vell&oacute; que podem trobar en aquestes ovelles &eacute;s la clau de la seva versatilitat. En conseq&uuml;&egrave;ncia, aquesta fibra permet crear tota mena de productes i patrons (com el fair isle i el c&egrave;lebre tweed).<\/p>\n<p>Aquest car&agrave;cter polifac&egrave;tic li brinda infinites possibilitats pel que fa a possibles usos. &Eacute;s per aix&ograve; que, tal com vam veure, aquesta mat&egrave;ria primera ha estat capa&ccedil; de transcendir la ind&uacute;stria t&egrave;xtil per servir altres fins.<\/p>\n<p>La llana de Shetland t&eacute; la consideraci&oacute; de r&uacute;stica, cosa que fa que resulti particularment resistent. Encara m&eacute;s, les peces confeccionades amb ella es mantenen en &ograve;ptimes condicions temporada rere temporada (sempre que les rentem a m&agrave; sense fregar-les bruscament).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>En conclusi&oacute;, la llana Shetland &eacute;s una fibra &uacute;nica i d&#8217;alta qualitat que s&#8217;ha apreciat durant segles. Els m&egrave;todes tradicionals d&#8217;esquella i processament s&#8217;han transm&egrave;s de generaci&oacute; en generaci&oacute; a les Illes Shetland, cosa que garanteix que la llana encara sigui aut&egrave;ntica des de les arrels.<\/p>\n<p>A mesura que els consumidors esdevenen m&eacute;s conscients dels materials que utilitzen, la llana Shetland ofereix una opci&oacute; ecol&ograve;gica que recolza les comunitats locals i les pr&agrave;ctiques sostenibles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Varietat: Llana Shetland Origen de la fibra: Ovelles de la ra&ccedil;a Shetland. Proced&egrave;ncia: Illes Shetland, Regne Unit. 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