The Weaver at Work: Angus Macarthur
Behind the cloth, the weaver at work. Harris Tweed® weaver Angus Macarthur for Carloway Mill Photography by Jackson Tucker Lynch, 2013 Featured Harris Tweed® fabric handwoven for Carloway Mill…
Behind the cloth, the weaver at work. Harris Tweed® weaver Angus Macarthur for Carloway Mill Photography by Jackson Tucker Lynch, 2013 Featured Harris Tweed® fabric handwoven for Carloway Mill…
From the land, comes the cloth, comes the language… Clachan Sìnteag (/kLaxan ʃiːndʲag/) “Stepping Stones” Stepping stones, desire lines across watery roads. Venturing across the burn, water rushing past your…
…comes this cloth. The featured Harris Tweed® fabric is handwoven by Harris Tweed® independent weaver, Rebecca Hutton, of Taobh Tuath Tweeds. Photograph of a Hebridean scene | Janet Miles Images…
‘Hand Carding the wool. The mills of God may grind slowly, but they are swift compared with this process’ Patience and time: Two requirements for many of the stages in…
Going deeper. Navy in the warp and jade in the weft conjure up the depths of the Atlantic ocean and its blue, blue horizon. The featured Harris Tweed® fabric is…
From the land, comes the cloth, comes the language… Àirigh (/aːrʲɪ/) “Shieling” Transhumance was practised in the Outer Hebrides until the 1950s, or in some cases the 1960s, with livestock…
From the land, comes the cloth, comes the language… Còinneach (/kɤNʲəx/) “Moss” Given time and peace to grow in the stillness of the moor, in the clean, clear air. A…
…flame. This part of the Harris Tweed® making process comes after the dyed wool has been carded into soft yarn. The spinning gives the yarn a twist to give it…
…asked Katie at Corrigan Coats to talk us through her story and her use of Harris Tweed® fabric. She says, “its durability, sophistication and infinite colour palette, combined with its…
From the land, comes the cloth, comes the language… Mòinteach (/mɔːNdʲəx/) “Moorland” A world of its own, the heart of our island, the moorland. Our final Gaelic Moorland Word of…