Clapdale Wool Dalesbred Tweed Cloth Fabric

A thick and heavy 600gm Traceable British Wool country tweed cloth in a grey or green check pattern.

Manufactured in Yorkshire from the Dalesbred breed of sheep as part of our Clapdale Wool project. The Dalesbred wool in this cloth has gone no further than 50 miles from the sheep it was sheared from, to the yarn spinners and to the mill the cloth was woven in.

This cloth is reasonably coarse, like the hardy Dalesbred breed it comes from, perfect for suiting and country tweed clothing.  We’ve sourced this wool from three local Dalesbred farmers for the purposes of weaving into blankets and cloth. It has then been blended to create a yarn suitable for weaving.

Product details

• Two colourways – green and grey check. Both colourways use the same 6 dyed yarns.
• Cloth is 150cm wide
• Weighs just over 600g per metre
• Sold by the metre
• This has not been fire tested for upholstery usage although is made from 100% wool which is exempt from some requirements
• Contains a blend of Dalesbred and Cheviot wool. We originally wanted a 100% Dalesbred tweed but we found the fibre of this mountain sheep breed would have been too thick on its own to go through the weaving machines. We therefore had to source a finer wool to blend it with.