Heritage

While visiting my parents last weekend I took my Mum to the   Weaver's Cottage in Kilbarchan, a National Trust for Scotland property. It's only three miles from where they live and I remember going there as a child but at the time I had little interest in weaving.

We were the only visitors at the time so we had the staff's full attention and the weaver was busy warping up (apologies for the poor photographs taken on my phone camera). They also had a brand new Louet floor loom which I had a little play on!

It's hard to believe that at the height of the cottage industry there were 800 looms in the district. It's certainly worth a visit but they close for the winter this weekend so you'd have to be quick!

They weave tartan's for reinactment costumes and any left over they make into bags and cushions so I had to have one and it's made me think that one day I'd like to weave a little bit of my own family tartan?