What is a Donegal blazer?
The Donegal tweed is favoured by country gentlemen all around the world. The soft to the touch wool fabric is woven to last in the iconic herringbone pattern. Wear as a suit with our famous Donegal trouser, or more casually with cords or moleskins.
What is the difference between Donegal and Harris tweed?
Harris tweed suits are typically softer than Donegal tweed suits. All Harris tweed suits are made of virgin wool. When rubbing your hands across the surface of a Harris tweed suit, you’ll notice its fine and supple texture. Donegal tweed suits are soft as well, but not all of them are made of virgin wool.
What is Donegal tweed made of?
woollen spun yarns
Donegal Tweed is a generic term for loose Irish tweed of speckled appearance. Famous for its warmth and durability, its name is taken from the county of Donegal in Ireland. Woven from woollen spun yarns, it is characterised by its plain weave structure composed of uneven slub yarns contrasting with the ground colour.
What is genuine Irish tweed?
Tweed, in general, is a wool fabric characterized by flecks of thread, rough surface, and is traditionally woven in earth tones and natural colors. Tweed is known for its warmth and durability, and has a reputation for being a practical, hardwearing textile.
Is Donegal tweed still made?
About a century ago these traditional natural fibre products were introduced on the international markets and since then ‘The Genuine Donegal Tweed’ has earned world-renowned recognition. Irish made: We are one of the last remaining companies producing this indigenous and authentic product in Ireland.
Is Donegal wool?
Donegal Yarn Donegal wool is best known for its characterful flecks, our yarns have a base blend of up to seven colours with a further seven or eight colours of solid fleck giving contrast on the yarns surface.
Who makes Donegal tweed?
The current proprietors of Magee are Howard Temple’s son Lynn and Lynn’s children Charlotte and Patrick. Magee continues to be the largest and most famous producers of Donegal tweed. Magee clothing is worn by the 9th President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins.
Where does Donegal wool come from?
Ireland
The History of Donegal Our Donegal wool is produced by the only mill still spinning the yarn in Ireland. With over several hundred years’ experience they are experts at crafting this chunky, yet super soft yarn.
Is Donegal wool scratchy?
Wool gives superior insulation performances compared to man-made fibres – it keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer. We use our blend of merino Donegal in our chunkier knits as it offers supreme warmth with a super-soft feel, avoiding the scratchy texture you often get with other chunky wools.
What is Donegal suit?
Donegal tweed is a woven tweed manufactured in County Donegal, Ireland. Originally all handwoven, it is now mostly machine woven and has been since the introduction of mechanised looms in the 1950s-1960s. Donegal has for centuries been producing tweed from local materials in the making of caps, suits and vests.
Is Donegal wool soft?
Soft Donegal is a fantastically soft worsted weight tweed made from 100% merino wool. It comes in a beautiful range of speckled colourways which are easy to combine together to create beautiful pieces of stranded knitting. This yarn is woollen spun and so very lofty and warm.
What is the difference between tweed and wool?
Woolen yarns are made from carded wool, which is thick and full of un-straightened fibers. It is warm and flexible but not as smooth or uniform as worsted yarns, where the wool is combed so that all the fibers lie in one direction. Tweed is typically woven in a twill weave.
Is tweed soaked in urine?
Waulking the Fabric Originally this was done by literally ‘walking’ (i.e. treading) the fabric in water, perhaps treated with a proportion of urine for its ammonia as a cleansing agent. But don’t worry, nowadays the process involves nothing more than pure water.