Àirigh
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… 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…
“Winding yarn into hanks. Hand spinning” This image calls up romantic notions of the soporific whirr of the spinning wheel, it’s movements caught by the light of a warm flickering…
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…
“Beaming yarn for the looms” Although the writer of this postcard describes this process as ‘beaming’ the yarn, we think there might be something slightly different going on here……
…onto the loom. Weaving the cloth then begins, under the careful observation of the weaver. To read more about the process of creating Harris Tweed® fabric, see the link below….
Behind the cloth, the blend. At the Harris Tweed® mill, 100% pure virgin wool is processed, dyed and then blended together to special recipes. The result? Even the ‘simplest’ of…
…land combine with the bright white of a newly-painted croft house and its worn, red front door. From the land comes the cloth. (The little caravan is tied down so…
“Washing tweed” In the early days of the Harris Tweed® industry, all generations of woman would work together to wash and ‘waulk’ the fabric by hand. It eventually became…
“Examining the tweed for finish” The sharp-eyed finishing stage of the Harris Tweed® process where the fabric is checked for any flaws or inconsistencies. We love this moment as…