A Harris Tweed named Upper Bayble

I always wanted to rename this tweed pattern, originally known as Hound’s Tooth. So my tweed is called 'Upper Bayble' after the place we lived on a small peninsula in the Outer Hebrides.

Today, living on a little peninsula in the south of Denmark, I realise that not everybody knows what Harris Tweed is, even though the name Tweed is known globally. Tweed really is a cloth of very humble beginnings, the cloth of poor crofters and poorly dressed inner-city folk, a cloth of homespun wool woven by hand. Today's tweed has been greatly improved and refined and is now a first rate cloth. The yarn I used for this tweed is from a small independent tweed yarn mill, Shawbost, on the Atlantic side of Harris in the Outer Hebrides. 'Upper Bayble' is good for coats, jackets, bags, upholstery and more. It's 34 1/4 inches wide and I have 16 yards, (0.87 x 15 metres).