As my shelves fill up with some lovely Harris Tweed, it is being taken down to be cut and sent around the world. It is fantastic to see the growing list of countries that my Harris Tweed is reaching. When I am loading a warp onto my loom, rather than weaving the entire length …
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 …
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..
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 …
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 …
When I started weaving in 2014 I didn’t forsee all the skills I would need to work as an independent weaver. Warping, darning, invoicing, packing & posting, office admin, tweed photography & cataloguing, repair and maintenance to name a few. As I move into my new year I am looking forward to seeing the tweeds …
I find one of the more challenging things is photographing Harris Tweed fabrics. I try to show the true colours in my photos but colours can appear differently on individual viewing platforms,so I have added a description to each of my tweeds that are for sale. Perhaps after lockdown I will find a photography course… …
During lockdown I decided to research a new way of selling my Harris Tweeds online directly through my website. It has been a challenge and hope that links to other platforms will make your purchasing experience easier Gordon MacDonald A Harris Tweed Weaver
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.
As my shelves fill up with some lovely Harris Tweed, it is
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