{"product_id":"speckled-chestnut-herringbone-crosland-hill-fireworks","title":"Speckled Chestnut Herringbone - Crosland Hill Fireworks","description":"\u003ch6\u003eColour:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTonality: \u003c\/strong\u003eA blazing orange, fiery as red maple and as bright as embers catching in a grate. A clean, saturated orange with proper heat. When set against a Yorkshire-stone grey it really burns even brighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeps: \u003c\/strong\u003eA nep, also referred to as a fleck or a speckle, is a colour-contrasting fibre spun into the yarn to give a wool cloth its speckled, multicoloured texture, adding to the herringbone design with a Donegal-inspired twist. On \u003cstrong\u003eCrosland Hill Fireworks\u003c\/strong\u003e the neps are red, blue, turquoise, green, gold and white, bursting across the surface like a bursting display over the hill. This is the most multicoloured cloth in the collection: at arm's length it reads as one blazing orange, up close it fragments into six colours. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePairs with: \u003c\/strong\u003eSet it against \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/products\/speckled-chestnut-herringbone-slaithwaite-stone\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlaithwaite Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/products\/speckled-chestnut-herringbone-barkisland-hall\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarkisland Hall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e for a stone-and-fire contrast. For a tonal pairing, \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/products\/speckled-chestnut-herringbone-honley-harvest\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHonley Harvest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e sits a half-step quieter in honeyed amber. The dark ground of \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/products\/speckled-chestnut-herringbone-almondbury-evening\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlmondbury Evening\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e will make the orange shout loudest of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eName Inspiration: \u003c\/strong\u003eCrosland Hill is the quarry plateau above Huddersfield, worked for the hard sandstone that built half the town, and the old firework works stood on the moor nearby. Stone and gunpowder on the same hill, which is precisely this cloth: a grey-stone landscape with something incandescent going off across it.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChestnut Warp: \u003c\/strong\u003eEach of the Speckled Chestnut Herringbones is woven on a single, unbroken chestnut-brown warp, which is unusual. Most wool tweed runs a standard mid-grey warp; choosing to use a chestnut warp and giving this special collection individuality and exclusivity. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCrosland Hill Fireworks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e it does the hardest job of the seventeen, grounding an orange that would otherwise read as craft-bright and giving it autumn depth instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufactured: \u003c\/strong\u003eHuddersfield, West Yorkshire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGSM: \u003c\/strong\u003e325 (+\/- 5%)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposition: \u003c\/strong\u003e100% Wool\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth: \u003c\/strong\u003e152cm \/ 59.8inch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChevron Size \/ Pattern Repeat: \u003c\/strong\u003e2cm \/ 0.8inch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYarn: \u003c\/strong\u003eRescued and surplus yarn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eProperties:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeave: \u003c\/strong\u003eA chunky 2cm herringbone, cut wide enough to read as a chevron from across a room rather than dissolving into texture. This is a true woven herringbone, not a print, so the pattern goes all the way through the cloth and will still be there when the surface has softened with years of wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTexture: \u003c\/strong\u003eA dry, characterful tweed surface with the neps standing proud of the twill, so you can feel the speckle under a thumb as well as see it. Substantial without being coarse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHandle: \u003c\/strong\u003eFirm, warm and dense with a satisfying weight in the hand. At 325GSM it is substantial without being hard work to sew, and it takes a pin and a needle cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrape: \u003c\/strong\u003eStructured. It holds a clean fold and a sharp edge rather than falling soft, which is why it flatters tailored shapes and defeats anything that needs to cling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePressing and making: \u003c\/strong\u003ePress from the wrong side with a damp cloth and plenty of steam and it will hold a crease indefinitely, which is what makes it such a rewarding cloth to tailor. Never run a hot iron directly over the face, as the surface will flatten and shine and the neps will lose their lift; use a pressing cloth every time. Curved seams and lapel rolls want a tailor's ham rather than a flat board. Chalk disappears into the texture, so thread-mark or use tailor's tacks for anything critical. Cut in one direction with the chevron running the way you want it read, and match the herringbone across centre-front and side seams while you are cutting rather than hoping at the machine. Like every woven wool the cut edge frays, so overlock, bind or Hong Kong finish your seams as you go. A size 90 universal or a jeans needle and a slightly longer stitch will handle the density without pulling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it ages: \u003c\/strong\u003eWool of this construction improves rather than degrades. The surface softens with wear, the neps settle in, and the herringbone becomes more legible as the cloth relaxes. Wool has natural crease recovery, so most creasing drops out overnight on a hanger in a steamy bathroom without any pressing at all. Brush along the twill with a soft clothes brush rather than washing, and dry clean only when it genuinely needs it, as every clean takes a little of the natural oil out. Store folded or hung with air around it and away from prolonged direct light, which will fade the brighter neps before it touches the ground colour. Treated this way a coat in this cloth will outlast the trend that inspired it, which is rather the point of buying wool woven five miles from where it is sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eGarment Suggestions:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a winter garment cloth first, built for structure and warmth, and made for pieces that hold their shape from the first cold snap through to spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTypes: \u003c\/strong\u003eTailored blazers and boxy jackets, chore and utility coats, waistcoats, overshirts, straight and A-line skirts, wide-leg and tailored trousers. A whole coat in this orange is a statement and a very good one; used as a jacket, a waistcoat or a lining flash it does the same job at lower volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSewing patterns: \u003c\/strong\u003eStructured shapes rather than drapey ones. Anything calling for a medium-weight wool coating, tweed or melton will work; anything asking for fluid drape will not. Browse our curated \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/sewing-patterns-for-midweight-wools\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSewing Patterns for Midweight Wools\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, or for coats and outerwear see \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/sewing-patterns-for-heavy-wools-coatings\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSewing Patterns for Heavy Wools \u0026amp; Coatings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Every pattern we recommend across the range sits in \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/delicious-delight-twill-meltons-suggested-patterns\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart of Huddersfield: Suggested Patterns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eOther Uses:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccessories: \u003c\/strong\u003eExceptional for structured bags, caps and brimmed hats, and covered buttons that pick up the gold and turquoise neps. Half a metre goes a long way in accessories, which is the least expensive way into the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFurnishings: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis is the cloth to reach for when a room needs a single point of heat. As a cushion front the neps do the work of a pattern, so it sits happily against plain linen and needs nothing else on it. At 325gsm it has the weight to hang properly as a Roman blind, where daylight coming through lifts the orange further and the flecks read like sparks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full throw in this colour will dominate a room, which is either exactly what you want or a reason to choose \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/products\/speckled-chestnut-herringbone-nont-sarahs\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNont Sarah's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e instead. Team it with undyed linens, dark tweeds and bare stone rather than competing pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpcycling: \u003c\/strong\u003eWoven from rescued and surplus yarns in an extremely limited run, so nothing here is throwaway. Offcuts suit patchwork, bag panels, cuffs, collars, elbow patches and covered buttons, and the smallest scraps make a base for needle felting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eManufacture:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReclaimed, Designed, Spun, Woven and Finished. Fabworks designed this cloth and commissioned it, and every stage from yarn to finished bolt happened inside roughly five miles of the Mill Shop. Huddersfield earned its name in cloth because of where it sits: the town lies where the rivers Colne and Holme meet, and the soft water running off the Millstone Grit of the Pennines washed raw wool better than almost anywhere else. That is why \"Made in Huddersfield\" came to mean fine quality and clean selvedges, and why cloth from these few miles became the choice of kings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eOne Run Only:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeart of Huddersfield is Fabworks' own collection, designed here and woven here, and AW26 is the eighth chapter since 2019. Nobody else stocks it and nobody else can. This colourway was built around the surplus yarn that existed, not the other way round, so the run is what the yarn allowed and there will be no second one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThink of it the way a printmaker thinks about an edition: when it is gone, it is gone, and it becomes a piece of Fabworks history rather than a line in a catalogue. 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