Help Sussex Tweed rescue Hattersley looms

Sussex Tweed has been making caps for ten years from vintage and our own handwoven tweeds, but now we are transitioning over to full hand weaving and have plans in place to establish a sustainable ‘fleece to fabric’ micro mill in Sussex making sustainable cloth with no nasty stuff!

We’ve secured two old Hattersley Mk1 Looms in the Western Isles together with a pirn winder, and we need your help in transporting them to Sussex and beginning their restoration.

Your donation will help ensure the survival of these rare looms, an important part of our textile and industrial heritage, ensuring their survival and continued use speaks not only to that but also preserves the tradition and weaving skills that are at risk of being lost forever.

Your support will also cement our future as a low-carbon supplier of high-quality sustainable cloth for the UK fashion industry and will allow us to employ two more full-time weavers, locking in skills that might otherwise disappear.

We thank you for your support!

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