Word of the Week: Fuidheag
Here’s to making good use of small things… Harris Tweed® Word of the Week: ‘fuidheag’. “A ‘fuidheag’ is a rope made of yarn, usually taken from the end of the…
Here’s to making good use of small things… Harris Tweed® Word of the Week: ‘fuidheag’. “A ‘fuidheag’ is a rope made of yarn, usually taken from the end of the…
…our island sheep proved insufficient to meet demand. Today, the industry’s raw wool is also sourced from flocks across Scotland and the UK. Most of the wool now comes from…
Today’s word is ‘cura’ (and sometimes ‘cur’). This means ‘weft’, the yarn that travels from left to right across the tweed. Thanks to weaver, Rebecca Hutton, of Taobh Tuath Tweeds…
Today’s word is ‘fighe’. ‘Fighe’ means weaving Thank you to Rebecca Hutton of Taobh Tuath Tweeds…
‘Gaol’ means love. As weaver Rebecca Hutton (Taobh Tuath Tweeds) puts it: “What’s not to love about Harris Tweed®?”…
To Russia with love, from herring to Harris Tweed® cloth. The Outer Hebrides has always thrived on connections across the seas. Read the recent journal from Harris Tweed Hebrides, which…
Today it is the last of our Harris Tweed® Word of the Week series (at least for now). Here is a lesser known (but possibly frequently used) phrase: ‘Daft cat’….
Harris Tweed® weavers acquire great skill and knowledge as they learn the workings of their – occasionally tempermental – single-width Hattersley looms. Our thanks to Iain Martin – Seaforth Harris…
…Outer Hebrides and Kutch, where she finds ethically sourced Kala cotton to combine with Harris Tweed® cloth. ‘They are both small, self-sufficient communities with inhospitable climates [although Kutch is desert,…