About Hefted Cloth
Follow our journey as we restore, rebuild and reheft our MKI Hattersley Domestic loom back to its roots in West Yorkshire.
Hefted Cloth Description
Hefted adj:
Pronunciation: hɛftᵻd
Etymology: heft, variant of haft + -ed suffix
Origin: agricultural England (regional, north) and Scotland
"Of a flock of sheep, possessing an instinct to remain on the same piece of unfenced land, as a result of having been bred there for many generations. "
Hattersley Domestic looms were built in the early 1900s in Keighley, West Yorkshire, the heart of the UK textile industry, but were primarily used in the Outer Hebrides for the production of Harris Tweed.
Follow our journey as we restore, rebuild and reheft our MKI Hattersley Domestic loom back to its roots, before hopefully producing hand woven Yorkshire cloth.