Skye Weavers

We now have a tweed treasure trove, of stunning swatches from the talented, Andrea and Roger Holden, the pedal-powered weavers of Skye. They have a beautifully organised loom shed and an abundance of exquisite yarns, in both tweed and blankets. It was a joy to meet them and see them at work. From their pedals to our shears, we look forward to creating more garments for you all.

Watch how they design and weave their woollen cloth, scarves, throws and more. Follow their footsteps across the hills of Skye to find inspiration for the designs. Join them in their workshop and see how they wind the warp threads onto a home-built warping mill. Watch them weave on our bicycle pedal-powered loom! I even got a shot, it's definitely my kind of fitness master....

....O’Eer the sea to Skye..

Isle of Skye Weavers is the inspired brainchild of Roger and Andrea. They both originally lived on the Isle of Mull, making it their home for more than seven years, and it is where they first met. They both worked at Ardlanish, the organic weaving mill on Mull, and this was the inspiration for creating their own mill on Skye. They set up their business in a old family croft house with the support from the folks at Ardlanish. They are a brave new breed of artisan weavers, looms powered by pedal in a small weaving shed next to the croft.

They keep everything as local as possible when it comes to yarn, materials and sewing. Their five strong team is multi-talented and they do everything themselves: designing, winding, warping, weaving, mending and sewing. Inspired by all that is around on the Isle of Skye, and their designs hold a beautiful and delicate blend of tradition and modernity, more refined than some it heralds to dawn of a new age of cloth production from a region which feels like it should have been producing fabric for centuries.