I don't think I've posted about this here before, but I wanted to let everyone know that I now have available some really special tweed cloth for making into kilts.

This cloth is woven by a mill on the Isle of Mull that is the only tweed mill to date to be certified organic by the Soil Association. The wool they use all comes from native breed sheep, and is acquired at fair trade prices. The wool is either undyed, or dyed with natural plant dyes such as woad, indigo, or crotal.

Here's a link to my page where I have the tweeds listed:
http://kilts.albanach.org/organic_tweeds.html

And a few pics to whet your appetite.






There are lots of patterns available, which you can see on my site. Most of the colorways tend to range from dark browns to lighter cream colors. The kilt I am wearing is in the "Hebridean Tattersal" pattern, and is made from undyed wool from Hebridean sheep.

Just to give you an idea of some of the other patterns available...

Island Tartan


Shetland Cream Tattersal


Hebridean Tattersal with Woad


Hebridean Pinstripe with Crotal

If anyone is interested in a kilt from this cloth, just follow the link above.

Of course this tweed would make excellent jackets and waistcoats as well, and I'm planning on making these available through the Scottish Tartans Museum gift shop in the near future. If anyone is interested in that possibility email me and I can work out some pricing information for you.

Cheers!
M