Flight Weaving - Fine Weaving from the Scottish Borders

Special Projects

Striped tweed for upholstery
There is nothing I like more than having a client who has a good idea and knows what they want; this project started in early 2021 and during the following few months the client’s ideas gelled into a beautiful tweed design destined for upholstery. The simple striped design of herringbone twill featured colours specifically chosen…

Weaving with the Lisu and Yi communities of Yunnan Province.
The whir of the bobbins in the shuttles has resounded and echoed around the Lisu and Yi villages through generations of women painstakingly weaving, over many hours, the fabrics from which their traditional costumes are made. It is a skill passed down from mother to daughter, honed over years of practise to create a unique,…

Piper’s Plaid
My most recently completed plaid was very different to the heavy fabrics that I had previously woven; Keith’s Shepherd’s Plaid was designed for outdoor wear in the traditional style, heavy, densely woven wool to withstand the weather in the uplands. Stephen’s piper’s plaid was required to fit in with existing plaids worn as a uniform…

Keith’s Crios
An interpretation of a traditional celtic crios featuring a classic Northumbrian Tartan.

Shepherd’s Plaid
Weaving the Shepherd's Plaid was incredibly hard work but immensely satisfying.

China 2014
In 2014 I had a fantastic trip to Yunnan in China, and experienced a wonderful time with the weaving ladies of the village.
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