FAQ #5
…and where urine was sometimes used) became less sustainable, and came to an end. There are no Harris Tweed® producers using completely 100% natural methods for dyeing/production in our industry…
…and where urine was sometimes used) became less sustainable, and came to an end. There are no Harris Tweed® producers using completely 100% natural methods for dyeing/production in our industry…
…is organised by An Comunn Gàidhealach (The Highland Association) and was founded in Oban in 1891. As Scotland’s premier Gaelic festival, it celebrates our Gaelic linguistic and cultural heritage and…
The Harris Tweed Authority Trophy is awarded annually at the Royal National Mòd to the winners of the ‘Waulking Group’ competition. Pictured are this year’s recipients, Comhlan Luadh Bhàideanach receiving…
…Tweed Industry’, is the first in-depth anthropological study of the Harris Tweed® industry and is composed of 236 pages that complement and update existing historical and ethnographic research. Joana –…
Yet more stormy days in the Outer Hebrides. Waves make their way, pushing through folds of jagged rock. Force meets force. Crisscross blue herringbone cut through with lines of orange,…
Gnìomhachas Seasmhach 1. 100% Nàdarrach Tha Clò Hearach air a dhèanamh bho chlòimh 100% Breatannach, a tha gu nàdarrach ath-nuadhachail, bith-lobhach agus ath-chuairteachail. Cuir ri seo gu bheil i socair,…
Tràigh Sandy Beach /traːj/ From the land, comes the cloth, comes the language… A crescent moon of bright gold lies between sage-green machair and a petrol-green sea. The golden white…
A regular sight, this one from 1996: the delivery of double-width beams to weavers homes across the island, and a helpful collie inspecting proceedings! Visit our archives https://www.harristweed.org/archive/ Photographer unknown….
“Neilie, July ’95. Pity about the shirt.” Photograph by DI MacArthur. Visit our archives https://www.harristweed.org/archive/ Spot a familiar face in any of our archive posts? Get in touch, we’d love…
…is such an enduring combination. From the land comes the cloth. This Harris Tweed® fabric is handwoven for island mill, Harris Tweed Hebrides. Contact us for more details via https://www.harristweed.org/…