I-Loom
Hatty indwangu yami ye-Hattersley. Iqale yalethwa esiqhingini njengephazili entsha sha eyisicaba (cishe) ngo-1940 isisetshenzwe izizukulwane ezintathu cishe iminyaka engama-80. Njengoba eklanywe ngensimbi eyinsimbi nokhuni usephenduke umsebenzi wobuciko ngokwakhe. Ama-divots ezingalweni njengoba esezinzile, ukuguga kwebha kusukela ezandleni zabaluki beminyaka, upende osuphelile kanye nediphozithi kawoyela. Konke kusiza ukwenza i-Hattersley ngayinye ihluke futhi ibanike ubuntu bayo
Umluki
Igama lami nginguMiriam Hamilton futhi ngafunda ukuluka ekwindla ka-2018, ngafundiswa umnikazi wangaphambili kaHatty, umnumzane crofter oneminyaka engu-90. Wavuma ukungidayisela uHatty futhi wangifundisa ukuluka, ngakho ngachitha amahora amaningi kweyakhe. ishede elincane lokweluka indwangu elibandayo elibandayo lapho ayeseluke khona iminyaka engu-50. Wayezuze indwangu yokugqoka kuyise, owayemthenge e-Hattersley efektri eKeighley, eYorkshire.
IShedi
Amashedi okuluka endabuko, njengalena engangifunde ukuluka kuyo, ayeyizakhiwo zebhlokhi noma zamatshe ezingenakho 'izinto zokunethezeka' zangempela ezifana nokugqumisa, ukukhanyisa okuhloniphekile, ukufudumeza njll. Nganquma ukuthi ngifuna ishede 'le-posh' ngase kwakhiwa Ishede Lokweluka. Yakhelwe ngama-halves amabili; eyodwa ibe nenani eliqondile legumbi lika-Hatty, i-pirn winder, ifremu ye-warping kanye nesitendi se-bobbin kanti enye njengesitolo se-studio. Ishede 'le-posh' linokubukwa okumangalisayo phezu kwe-Loch, kanye nesikhala esiningi nokukhanya ukuze kubonwe i-loom kanye nazo zonke izinqubo zokuluka.
IShedi
Amashedi okuluka endabuko, njengalena engangifunde ukuluka kuyo, ayeyizakhiwo zebhlokhi noma zamatshe ezingenakho 'izinto zokunethezeka' zangempela ezifana nokugqumisa, ukukhanyisa okuhloniphekile, ukufudumeza njll. Nganquma ukuthi ngifuna ishede 'le-posh' ngase kwakhiwa Ishede Lokweluka. Yakhelwe ngama-halves amabili; eyodwa ibe nenani eliqondile legumbi lika-Hatty, i-pirn winder, ifremu ye-warping kanye nesitendi se-bobbin kanti enye njengesitolo se-studio. Ishede 'le-posh' linokubukwa okumangalisayo phezu kwe-Loch, kanye nesikhala esiningi nokukhanya ukuze kubonwe i-loom kanye nazo zonke izinqubo zokuluka.
A wee video showing some of the processes involved in creating the a tweed! To actually make a tweed from start to finish takes several weeks. We have to make the warp, beam it onto the loom, tie each new thread to the corresponding one of the old warp (696 knots!), then pull the warp through the loom. It then takes around 5 days to weave a tweed depending on the complexity and length before the woven cloth has to be sent to the mainland mill for finishing. Woven cloth needs to be washed, dried, cropped and pressed (known as finishing) before it can finally be sewn!
