Jacki Lyden is the host of The Seams podcast, and The Seams, an occasional series on fashion as culture on NPR. Now that is a twist of the modern on Irish tweed! Because come evening he can turn his collar up, put his lapel across, run home keeping warm, and when he gets home, he can roll up his sleeves and help with the dishes." "As I keep saying to young people who come in, this isn't a jacket for an office dandy with a flower in his lapel," he says. But owner Tristan Donaghy says Studio Donegal is doing well, selling to clients, visitors and online, making an old-fashioned product. That's only a fraction of what a commercial house would make. Studio Donegal weaves roughly 10,000 meters of cloth a year. In a five-day week he can weave about 100 meters of cloth- enough for 45 jackets. He was making a pattern called American spiral - a brilliant red diamond on a grey background. Beside Heena is 24-year-old Kevin McGillicuddy, another weaver, whose uncle was a also handweaver. They worked under the power of an oil lamp." He died as a young man of a massive heart attack. I grew up sitting on the seat of me father, like. "It was the first thing I'd ever seen in me life, like. "The small town that I came from, there were six houses and eight handloom weavers," Heena says, while weaving a classic Herringbone tweed pattern. Add to Favorites Magic colorway, Rainbow Red Heart Roll With It Sparkle yarn, 4 worsted, 5.3oz/561 yds, rainbow self-stripe sparkle, low & fast shipping. Add to Favorites Krystal Red Heart Roll With It Sparkle (138) 8.75. John Heena, who's in his 50s, hand-looms tweeds the way his ancestors did. Red Heart Roll With It Tweed Yarn PopularPink - Lot of 4 Skeins - New - Ready To Ship (47) 24.00. Wooden looms don't look a lot different than they did hundreds of years ago. Visitors can buy them in a small gallery, or observe the weaving. I've got to produce beautiful things."Īnd they do- blankets, jackets, scarves, caps, for clients as far away as Germany and Japan. "I mean, if I produced old hard tweed, such as was produced a hundred years ago, there'd be no future. "Use your indigenous skills," Donaghy recalls saying. Red Heart Roll with It Sparkle Moon Dust Cake Yarn - 3 Pack of 5.3oz/150g - Blend - 4 Medium (Worsted) - 561 Yards - Knitting, Crocheting & Crafts. The company wanted to boost textile jobs in Donegal. This item Red Heart Roll with It Yarn Tweed-Cloudy Day. When the Donaghy's took over the mill, hand-weaving had ceased altogether and jobs were scarce. The cottage industry in Ireland had largely disappeared by the mid-20th century and textile manufacturing plummeted, primarily because of globalization. "Irish wool would take the back off your legs," says Donaghy, whose father Kevin spent a lifetime in England in textiles before returning to Donegal. But the softest sheep's wool is merino or crossbred from Australia and South America. Studio Donegal still uses handspun yarn - a bit of it spun on Victorian spindles or old machinery is used for special blankets. Tweed is a color-flecked or tightly patterned woven wool yarn and an Irish and Scottish tradition. Get Moogly on your favorite social media sites: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr! And sign up for the free newsletter at the top of the page so you don’t miss a thing! This post was sponsored by Red Heart Yarns."Use your indigenous skills," Tristan Donaghy, co-owner and handweaver of Studio Donegal in Ireland. I hope you'll give Red Heart Roll With It Tweed yarn a try today! If you don't see it in your local store, let them know what you're looking for!Īnd last but not least, here's a pin to save and share this review with your fellow yarn lovers on Pinterest! What yarn would you like to see a review for next? Let me know in the comments below! What would you like to make with Red Heart Roll With It Tweed? I have a fun one cake pattern coming soon - the Sherbert Stripes Tote!Īnd there are 5 great patterns already up for it on, both crochet and knit! The Red Heart Roll With It Tweed Video Review:ĬLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE to the Moogly YouTube Channel and get notified the next time we go live or upload a new video! Moogly Red Heart Roll With It Tweed Giveaway - ends 8/5/19!Īvailable in 18 Colorways - each unique and beautiful! Red Heart Roll With It Tweed is a brand new yarn that's full of gorgeous colors! While we can hope it will be all over stores soon, right now you can get a closer look at it in the Yarn Love Video Review on Moogly!ĭisclaimer: This post was sponsored by Red Heart Yarn, but all opinions are my own.
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