People want to know more about weaving, they come and see the bicycle looms and they can have a go. “It’s a strong selling point for us. “People know incredibly little about tweed apart ...

That’s exactly what happened to me with the Diamond Tweed stitch. It’s got this lacy woven texture that looks way more complicated than it actually is. This stitch is amazingly easy ...

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".