Christmas Gifts

A fabric  designed especially by Gerd Hay-Edie for Irish fashion designer Sybil Connolly's 1956 Spring collection, Mourne's Mended Tweed was a real talking point amongst the fashion elite.

"Here comes the girl in a suit in a completely new tweed. The threads are enormous, the weave as clumsy as bad darning, but the fabric that looks so primitive is cunningly subtle and soft."
- Journalist Anne Scott-James (Lady Lancaster)

An unusual layered weave, the cloth acquires it's organic, tactile quality from 'wild' traditional spun Pure Merino Donegal yarn, which creates beautiful flecks throughout, making each blanket completely unique.

 

150cm x 200cm - Power Loom

 

A fabric designed by Gerd Hay-Edie for Irish fashion designer Sybil Connolly's 1956 Spring collection, Mourne's Mended Tweed was a real talking point amongst the fashion elite.

"Here comes the girl in a suit in a completely new tweed. The threads are enormous, the weave as clumsy as bad darning, but the fabric that looks so primitive is cunningly subtle and soft."
- Journalist Anne Scott-James (Lady Lancaster)

An unusual weave, the cloth acquires it's tactile, organic quality from 'wild' traditionally spun Pure Merino Donegal yarn. The Mended Tweed Black and White design was part of the Irish bedspread collection supplied to Hille during the 1960's.

 

45cm x 45cm

Colour - Grey/Natural Sampler

Fabric - 100% Merino Wool

Cushion Inner - 100% Duck Feather

The vibrant Mourne Mist weave was originally designed in 1952. Hille, the British furniture manufacturer, used this design to upholster furniture by Robin Day, one of the 20th Century's most significant furniture designers.

This range comes in an eclectic range of colours. These colours were inspired by yarn ends that we discovered in Gerd Hay-Edie's archives, in our workshop store room.

The fringe on the reverse of each Mourne Mist cushion has a different colour to the rest of the fabric: a unique design element that we developed on our looms.

 

50cm x 50cm          £125

30cm x 50cm          £105

40cm x 40cm          £75

 

Colour - F203/2

Fabric - 33% Cotton, 67% Wool

Cushion Inner - 100% Duck Feather

Combining hand-selected fleece from local rare-breed sheep and traditional handweaving techniques, each of our Raw Fleece Wall Hangings is individually hand-woven and celebrates the natural tones and textures found in each unique fleece. Each Wall Hanging sits within a tonal group, similar, though not exactly matching the image shown.

The undyed fleece used in this design, by Karen Hay-Edie, is from several breeds of sheep native to the UK such as the Piebald Jacobs, Hebridean, Wendsleydale and Cheviot. The fibres are long and fine with good lustre. Gradations of tone throughout the undyed fleece give wonderful depth of colour. Varying thicknesses within the hand-twisted fleece combine with speckly berber yarns and linen to create great textural interest.

Undyed hand-twisted fleece, Wool, Linen
Approximate size 60 x 90cm
Delivery 2-4 weeks
Bespoke sizes can be woven to order, please contact the workshop for details

Created by Gerd Hay-Edie and used by designer Robin Day for Hille in 1951, the Mourne Check was to become a signature fabric widely used for much of his furniture during his ten year period designing for the brand.

Proud to bring the Check back into production, our weavers pay careful attention to remain true to Gerd's archetypal designs. This durable linen, wool and cotton mix is carefully handwoven on the Kentish looms originally imported in the 1950s, with colours matched from original heritage palettes.

Set of 4, each 45cm x 30cm

Colour - Mourne Blazer

Fabric - 50% Linen/ 25% Cotton/ 25% Wool

Dry Clean Only

Created by Gerd Hay-Edie and used by designer Robin Day for Hille in 1951, the Mourne Check was to become a signature fabric widely used for much of his furniture during his ten year period designing for the brand.

Proud to bring the Check back into production, our weavers pay careful attention to remain true to Gerd's archetypal designs. This durable linen, wool and cotton mix is carefully handwoven on the Kentish looms originally imported in the 1950's, with colours matched from original heritage palettes.

Set of 4, each 45cm x 30cm

Colour - Mourne Gorse

Fabric - 50% Linen/ 25% Cotton/ 25% Wool

Dry Clean Only

Drawing inspiration from nature, woven on industrial looms almost a century old, Mourne Textile’s new range of luxury scarves keep cold at bay. They are crafted from materials such as Merino Wool, Cashmere, Mohair Loop, and Silk, in colours that include Indigo and textured Grey.

 
These scarves are woven on vintage shuttle looms in our workshop at the foothills of the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. Our Hattersley looms, first developed in 1919, are tried and tested over decades, creating a rich weave and woven selvedge. The scarf designs and colours are inspired by the landscape of the Mourne peninsula.

 

30cm x 200cm

84% Merino wool, 8% Cashmere, 8% Silk

Natural Fringe

 

 

Drawing inspiration from nature, woven on industrial looms almost a century old, Mourne Textile’s new range of luxury scarves keep cold at bay. They are crafted from materials such as Merino Wool, Cashmere, Mohair Loop, and Silk, in colours that include Indigo and textured Grey.

 
These scarves are woven on vintage shuttle looms in our workshop at the foothills of the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. Our Hattersley looms, first developed in 1919, are tried and tested over decades, creating a rich weave and woven selvedge. The scarf designs and colours are inspired by the landscape of the Mourne peninsula.

Approximately 75 x 200cm
84% Merino wool, 8% Cashmere, 8% Silk
Purled Fringe

 

 

A fabric designed by Gerd Hay-Edie and made famous by Irish fashion designer Sybil Connolly as part of her 1956 Spring collection, the Tweed Emphasize Scarf is an exquisite example of mid-century style.

 

Approximately 75 x 200cm