The designer, a graduate of the Limerick School of Art and Design, fell in love with tweed after a student visit for a project to Hanly’s in Tipperary, a company with a weaving tradition going ...

There is star quality in Magee’s latest tweed collection, drawn from their 150-year-old weaving tradition – last March Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan visited the shop in Donegal and wore a ...

HARDY Cumbrian hill farmers and the sheep who have grazed the fells for generations are helping to weave the Lake District into life. Timeless tweed patterns, inspired by eight Lake District ...

Weavers of Ireland's famous Donegal tweed have called for a special protected status for their product, as the craft industry battles a raft of cheaper imitations branding themselves as "Donegals".

Donegal tweed, which originated in Ireland, ... but may refer to any plain weave cloth speckled by “neps” or “slubs” of differently colored yarns woven into the cloth at random intervals.

Weavers in the northwest have called for special protected EU status for Donegal Tweed to combat cheaper imitations from across the globe. They hope to avail of a change in EU policy which will ...

Martin is one of just 150 weavers of Harris Tweed, a fabric made from coarse, woven wool. It’s been his life. He first started winding bobbins — a now semi-automated part of the process that's ...

This limited-edition collaboration has hand-woven tweed with a ‘basket weave’ pattern that is designed to resemble a postage stamp, and each pair of shoes comes with a special bag made from ...

Timeless tweed patterns, inspired by eight Lake District valleys, are being used to produce quality throws by Lake District Tweed. Now a unique tweed, inspired by the re-wiggled river at ...