Peat & Limestone Herringbone Check - Yorkshire Tweed
Price is per HALF metre. 1 unit = 0.5metres. For 1.5metres, add 3 units.
All cut length orders are sent as one continuous length.
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Peat & Limestone Herringbone Check, is a stylish country check, woven in a classic herringbone design from lovely natural hued and pale grey yarns (forming the background). All the shades of Yorkshire limestone, weathered, sun-bleached and aged, are present in this fabric. Rich, dark peat brown gives its colour to the classic windowpane check, evoking thoughts of rain-soaked peat upon the moorlands.
Peat & Limestone Herringbone Check has a sturdy & stable handle with a traditional country woollen feel. Wool fabrics will naturally regulate the temperature of the wearer and protect from the outside elements. Naturally water repellent too, this fabric will also keep you dry as well as warm.
Calling all historical costumiers and reenactors! This first-rate fabric will make excellent period clothing such as super-smart suits for dapper country gents as well as field coats and jackets, waistcoats, hats, caps and so much more.
Boasting a medium/heavy drape quality that is perfect for creating longer-length garments such as overcoats and capes. Classic windowpane checked country wools never date... For more modern styles choose semi-fitted jackets with matching waistcoats, or stylish pea coats and 3/4 coats; perfect for smartening up jeans and shirt ensembles.
This classic country check will also make fabulously elegant ladies capes and trench style coats with cape details. If you love all things country, then why not extend the Yorkshire Tweeds into your accessories, perfect for neck warmers (add some snug fleece or flannel for the backing), make super-smart bags, hats and caps to complete the look.
This hard-wearing, all wool fabric will also make stylish soft furnishings; cushions, blinds, throws and curtains too!
Weight: Medium
Composition: All Wool
Width: 160cm / 62.9inch
Pattern repeat: 10.5cm x 8cm / 4.1inch x 3.1inch
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Benefits of sewing with Wool! 🐑
We love wonderful wool! Why? Because it looks beautiful, well yes but did you know wool has a series of superpowers that make it the most incredible natural fibre, suitable for more garment suggestions and sewing inspiration than possibly any other?
Wool has a unique naturally crimped 3D structure which attributes to some brilliant properties & makes it a great fabric to wear throughout all the seasons.
Naturally Breathable: This amazing 3D crimped structure promotes air circulation allowing air to pass through the fabric, allowing for circulation and ventilation for your skin to breathe, keeping you cool.
Shower Resistant: Sheep naturally produce a waxy substance called lanolin. As sheep live outdoors, this naturally occurring wax helps to protect sheep from the elements, naturally shedding water & keeping them dry. This same property is retained within the wool fibres when spun into yarn.
Moisture Absorbing: The moisture-retentive superpowers of wool! It’s hydrophilic core gives wool the ability to wick away moisture keeping you dry and comfortable – this possibly one of our favourite properties because you can stay fresh when wearing wool, from autumn right through to spring!
