A step into Xmas For the next month I am offering a 20% discount on all the tweeds in my TW20-F, BC20-F and WA20-F range. All tweeds in the range will be £10.00 per 50cm + p&p Still weaving my classic black and blue herringbone Harris Tweed but I had some rolls back …
It has been great to be weaving with the garage door open and even though summer hasn’t really arrived in the Western isles it definitely feels warmer. Perhaps it will this month🙄 The town is definitely busier this year with visitors, especially when a cruise ship arrives. Many have come to my Loom shed …
Had a busy week…collected tweeds from the mill, measuring, separating into patterns, photographing and uploading to the web shop. At the same time readying my next tweed for drop off at the mill, seeing visitors to my loom shed, and sending out parcels of tweed to customers. I hope that some of my tweeds may …
So happy to have a tweed back from the mill. One warp with five different colour combinations in the weft, from warm mulberry to soft pink, grey blue to baby blue and russet red to peaty brown. Summer and winter in one..
It has been sometime since tweeds have come back from the mill. I have continued to pedal on my loom and have attached some photos of those patterns and colours waiting to be finished at the mill. When I get them back they will be added to my website shop and linked from …
The small shop that I have in the house is going well and I am having a few visitors stop by. Having changed card readers I am told I can link my online inventory and my shop inventory together, which should help with administration but will no doubt be a ‘simple’ task. Today …
I redesigned my warping creel system so I can now look to do some new tartan designs. I always liked weaving tartans and have missed weaving them so I am really excited to be able to start new designs. My first tartan design is the PL21 – C01 a Dark Red a …
Over the past few weeks I have been designing and building a new creel system for the warping mill that I use. The creel system is used to take the yarns from the bobbins in a certain order to be wound on to a warping mill in preparation for it to be wound on to …
As well as my shop on the internet I do have a small room at the house holding my tweeds and products that are for sale for visitors to Stornoway. Every precaution is taken to keep everyone as safe as possible when visiting.. The household has had both doses of the vaccine. Contact details are …
I love seeing what my customers make from my tweeds and seeing some of the most creative designs is absolutely amazing. On the web site there is a tab for ‘customer makes’ which I am hoping to expand but I need your help! It turns out that the most popular page on my site …
I am ‘A Harris Tweed Weaver’ living and working on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the only place in the world that Harris Tweed can be produced. Whilst weaving for the island mills, I had the opportunity to assemble a traditional Hattersley single width loom and to design and produce my own tweed.
A step into Xmas For the next month I am offering a
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