Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
Let me quash one myth for ever. Harris Tweed is not, and generally has not been 'Handwoven' for over 100 years despite what it says on the label. It's at best being economical with the truth. Marion Campbell's (now deceased) cloth was hand spun, dyed and woven on a wooden handloom. Most traditional tweed was woven on a semi-automatic Hattersley were the weaver provided the power by means of a treadle. A Harris tweed weaver, well most, would have been incapable of using a true handloom.
I had read the advertising stuff about HT being "handwoven", then saw a video clip of one of the weavers whose loom was powered by the pedals off of an exercise bicycle. He sat at the loom pedaling away. I suppose he could have pedaled with his hands instead of his feet.