Selvedge Magazine feature Isle of Mull Weavers OrganicTweed

January 2007

Britain's first organic tweed is in production at a farm on the Isle of Mull. The cloth is the product of ten years work by Aeneas and Minty MacKay and their flock of 300 rare Hebridean sheep. At the farm mill, in a restored cowshed, the MacKays combine the fine Hebridean wool with that from organic Shetland sheep. The yarn from the two ancient breeds is woven into a wide range of subtle shades and patterns to make ten different tweed cloths as well as blankets, shawls, scarves and a range of jackets, waistcoats and hats. From £38 per metre.

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