Tweed Guide - How To Wear Harris Tweeds, Donegal, Cheviot, Saxony... HD

More about #tweed: https://gentl.mn/the-story-of-tweed Tweed began as a handwoven fabric which was made on looms. The cloth was rough and thick and coarse. And the colors were earthy, because they were inspired by nature. #tweedguide #notsponsored So how did tweed get its name? Some people claim, it comes from the river tweed, which is in Scotland. Supposedly the cloth was first woven in the Tweed Valley. Other people claim, tweed is a twist of the Scottish word tweel. Now, tweed is usually quite heavy and warm. But believe it or not, it used to be the high-performance fabric of its time. The English gentry was quick to adopt tweed as the preferred fabric for golfing, hunting or fishing under country estates. Today, It is rarely used for sport activities anymore because it is quite insulating and even though wool is quite absorbent when it comes to sweat it is simply to warm for most people. Cheviot Tweed. Cheviot is a breed of white faced sheep that were first kept in a cheviot hills in Northumberland near the Scottish border. Generally, it is a larger and rougher type of tweed. It is quite coarse to the touch, such as this one. Shetland Tweed. The opposite of cheviot in the sense that it is much softer, it is finer and usually have a looser weave Geographically named TWEEDS: First off all, the Donegal Tweed. The name of Donegal is derived from the Irish county of Donegal and the characteristic is a tweed with knobs as you can see here. Rather than having a plain fabric, you see like orange or red, gray speckle, sometimes you have pink or green or something very outlandish but overall it creates a very soft look. Saxony tweed. In the middle ages, it was forbidden for the Christian areas of Spain to export sheep.Generally, it is made from a Merino wool today and it is another wonderful sport coat or a jacket fabric. Certainly, the most well-known tweed today is Harris tweed. It is another geographically named tweed which comes from the Isle of Harris. It was first introduced to the English aristocracy in the 1840s by lady Dunmore, It quickly became popular in English Society. Gamekeeper tweed is the heavier fabric usually starting at 700g, about 24 oz. It is made for cold weathers, so it is quite insulating and hard wearing. It really got its name from the people who use it outside all day in cold harsh conditions. Sporting tweeds or Hunting tweeds were developed specifically for hunting and the idea was that one hand, that the colors are chosen so you blend in with the environment. On the other hand, a hunting tweed jacket has a shoulder patch just like this one, so you could easily hold your rifle and it wouldn’t wear out your shoulder fabric so quickly. Thornproof tweed which is made of two-ply wool yarns which are supposed to be woven tightly and as a consequence if you go through a thorn it may poke through, but is then self-repairing. Supasax is a Saxony tweed used to be made by Bladen. It had been discontinued for a