The lace knitting contest was not too crowded with its fourteen participants:
![Haapsalu Shawl Day knitting contest](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fKuvlX3NhkS1J9_rO_E6tS2_Ket0RtZgLLMKn6iVLcWnIXBY3unP0f2yB97b5FXdeiIp3wXl0lWyqtlzXz3IpTIDyKL_-qujkvTVKLcTyDHQFOROmDNmdAIA5hbIEvXNTZlL-5N0kP4/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.knitting.contest.jpg)
Some people just knitted on the street without competing:
![Haapsalu lace knitters](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcnzvahBPmfTJReM5A0yztTGF3ohkKc-YobzLrCFGROwyji0oDfcnYoUZuCT-zoHs78KjsbXSCwYmqawbUs3qv-OJYP46efu3wVBOEC-PkL5orXf6AkPMvKT-zpa8U0F33xALmQBUzac/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.knitters.jpg)
Shawl dance presented by a classy local dance group:
![Shawl dance group](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvTdO19GfjrauZxvASfgJbLhMUDOd4HKxVzF7YVbcxYpuOhiOpaEb9nEtQRUG9cP3GCf6MQw0RNnZKb5MS-YytyBXMC-Eh1vhSsxVV6cotoRY8V7n51ybJ7jsiMShnzje4z6ZlDKU73Y/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.black.coffee.dance.group.jpg)
![Shawl dance](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93Nv7WqevmE47S_vi9KP4hVdI7TJyYbrIcSG-ikntx_VbuuYfSXFS7sbIz3eyWlzDOde0XpP4KwArRdVTGgmslkXxDprqbXB9lZyEVht6vldJ3qmEg6E7LLNtA_Yq0_CVMpEjFmw4pQ0/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.shawl.dance.1.jpg)
![Shawl dance](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQerJp4_5Qt-neAMvxvsOw4Sh1lpgp18imJqB142rpUW7xdyKlMPIkA4N0_LNQ62twUHAdYmNMGuILu4RIxs-K-iCMrQ-_j1GVhBj0zHPrihutuYw9KVZ5zNGxcALuZ63W-osOOasn_NQ/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.shawl.dance.2.jpg)
And some other highlights of the program:
![Haapsalu folk dancers](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVjy3L-S2Vdi_4t9G9Kc1hH9iDfVjpUZ-k7HX65pOgMmtdof9p4JtvoWDCXFlKOe-cTUVQXOLQv_KoPQWf1OgPL6aClJUFjd166qiLyPXkVV9oyyPF08jobtLnACQZpty1o4Pn5h7bT8/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.folk.dancers.jpg)
![Haapsalu Shawl Day 2011 singers](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfUXmKu0EGpeQGtwQvZ-HebOgNKyWncXUMiPgN7trZynx2Egf6o9V7Is9vyteXhalxePqIij5-TrkR5W9-eecQUSs-4slCfBpisTOW5IR4Ye4CL6HQuZyXn0nccymEj6mEUGzdReSSAo/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.shawl.day.2011.jpg)
Shawls and other lacy items made by the local master knitters were also sold at the craft fair. And for a shocking price of 50 Euros - unfortunately, this is what people who value handmade can afford here. (The price for being an economically well-behaving country.) Well, start planning your lace shopping trip for next August!
![Haapsalu Shawl](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAuf_6Dr6d5_sqVwnxm8K9HFzrHEcSLp5ICfC6VIvmBDELD4AR_qP2D2wBMriPLJ9AzAKwRlZLfyd_D0IF_YyVadJUDvdB-s6P5NMpM36P7Z2EeVgPrkMJWn2LIkwf6cW1SrUHSqMF8Y/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.craft.fair.1.jpg)
![Estonian lace](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDNSoRsvvZ6dY7rAZ7Q2mpv9QUNmECz-seSnxI5P2kLEl4Q7JX68w8u4C2denlGQMT9iZwWdjXT8eHAiVJmj4JiNLYcazE48r0IvBHtKAABjEPatJk_1SSiJqLDnr1RvsA6uCGDbZJUg/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.craft.fair.2.jpg)
This is the window of the Dome Church chapel, where the White Lady appears on full moon August nights (she must be hiding in there by day as well):
![Haapsalu White Lady chapel window](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP6hMuANNel7kf_ciRT9AiEZDloettja2dYPyYh-B7mpq_n42cgnyI_pRWe7Nm-mRkVDeY-kVM1MWpV4hjnQPLrfp6PDya1PlexLm2xtqqSJ4WZGO3q4dYPTzY5lLhBRgc5CIArY7hfU/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.white.lady.chapel.window.jpg)
By the end of the day, all this motivation overdose resulted in a midnight swatch with Karukellakiri pattern. This project cannot be postponed any longer and as soon as I'm done with the hardest part - choosing a stitch pattern - my first Haapalu shawl will be cast on.
![Lace knitting swatch](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2XWOWQ1mEDqgkPzIKTzpIKb_F0l1k1ZAumrxT4Rk6RnZ0QQ37BRERuzZ_x3-OMAJ8JZnv11NMFDgaWHrUkoYcRDjUAIwszYPm5T_ubykdmNXkEbicUrPsN3KTo1OI8igDepIkeA9h_o/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.shawl.swatch.jpg)
There is also a sweet short film about knitting in Haapsalu in 1937 available in the Estonian Film Archives:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aYaRVYCkoNzDYxa751_pTHItSwnkGKgrAifyhjdW-VU3hyep9ocgJJQE4WE0VnlsIz72b839bV5vwk7vVTM31vIERaQXCIu5JiYdOOL8Mc9LCDXiLbyjyAfLzwUZ3RxOfukvJVXDkx4/s800/tettidesign.haapsalu.shawl.film.1937.jpg)