Lake District Tweed

10/10/2026

Our Wasdale Tweed throw, inspired by this valley, one of the most remote here in the Lake District.

At the head of the valley is this church, St. Olaf’s, the smallest parish church in England.

And its wooden beams are the inspiration behind this design.

As with all our throws, only wool from the valley this throw is named after has been used in this piece.

If you’d like to see the tweed in person our shop here on our farm is open today 10-4.

📍Nibthwaite Grange Farm, Bletherbarrow Lane, near Ulverston, LA12 8DB.

(also available to order online too - the link to our site is in our bio 😊🐑)

09/10/2026

Thank you British Wool 🥰

This week's

From the fells of the Lake District to beautifully woven tweed, it all starts with sheep like these.

All the processing, the washing, combing, spinning and weaving takes place in the North West of England. The wool is graded and sorted in Bradford. As well as being scoured in Bradford before being spun and dyed in Huddersfield. Then they yarn goes to Oldham where it's woven and finished.

The result? Authentic Lake District Tweed made from 100% Lake District wool, all within 100 miles of where it began.

Local sheep. Local wool. Local craftsmanship.
https://lakedistricttweed.com/



📷 by Lake District Tweed

08/10/2026

These sheep know exactly where they belong … and they’ve been passing that knowledge down for generations 🐑.

On the Lake District fells, Herdwick lambs - like other fell breeds - learn their home ground by following their mothers. Each flock traditionally grazes its own patch of mountain, without needing fences or walls between neighbouring flocks. It’s called hefting.

It’s extraordinary knowledge. And if a hefted flock disappears, it can take years to re-establish.

Herdwicks are remarkable in other ways, too - their thick, coarse fleeces help protect them from the wind, rain and cold of a Lakeland winter.

Yet for all that, their wool can be worth very little. For some fell farmers, shearing costs more than the fleece brings in.

That’s one of the reasons we created Lake District Tweed.

We buy wool from farms across the thirteen Lakeland valleys, paying above market rate and turning it into tweeds, throws and gifts.

You’ll find Herdwick fleece in our Ullswater, Grasmere, Thirlmere and Ennerdale collections.

It’s our way of putting more value back into the wool, and supporting our farming friends who look after these extraordinary sheep.

📍if you’re visiting the Lake District come and feel the cloth at our shop on our farm at Low Nibthwaite, just south of Coniston Water.

Further afield? Explore our collection online - there’s a link in our bio.

And if you love seeing Herdwicks on the fells too, please could you share this post to help spread the word? We’d love more people to know about this remarkable part of the Lake District’s living landscape.

07/10/2026

A few months ago Lucy visited our shop and plumped for a length of our Langdale herringbone tweed. And then a few days ago these beautiful photos landed in our inbox 😊.

Lucy made this bag on a course at Hare Hill Barn pairing the tweed with this perfectly matched lining. We love it!

Hare Hill Barn are on Cartmel Fell and run a wide range of craft courses and artisan workshops - look them up and give them a follow if you’re looking for some creative inspiration in Cumbria.

Thanks so much Lucy for sharing your bag, we really enjoy seeing what the tweeds become 🤍.

04/10/2026

One of our Haweswater throws found a new home in Hampshire earlier this year.

We heard last week that it had become an SOS blanket when the customer had to sleep on the sofa to keep an eye on her poorly English Bull Terrier overnight.

To be compared to the quality of legendary Norwegian blankets is such a compliment, we’re over the moon it’s so well regarded!

03/10/2026

Our little shop on the farm is open today 10-4.

Pop in to see our tweed made up into garments like this one; Haweswater.

Haweswater is a reservoir now. The valley under the water once held the village of Marsala which was flooded in the 1930s to supply drinking water to Manchester.

As with all our tweeds the wool for this tweed has only come from sheep that graze the Haweswater valley. One valley, one tweed, traced back to sheep that graze its fells.

This wool month come and have a browse, touch and try on our tweeds. We’d love to see you and tell you the stories of each of the 13 valleys and their tweeds made from British Wool .

📍Nibthwaite Grange Farm, Bletherbarrow Lane, LA12 8DB.

Link in bio to find out more.

01/10/2026

Before synthetic fibres there was wool.

Renewable.
Breathable.
Biodegradable.

And it has kept farmers warm in the Lake District since sheep arrived on the fells.

This Wool Month we’ll be celebrating this special fibre that is the foundation of our tweed, and the sheep and farmers who make it unique.

Follow along to celebrate with us.

30/09/2026

Did you know that the wool in our tweeds doesn’t go further than 100 miles from these fells?

It starts on hill farms across the Lake District’s 13 valleys, clipped each summer by our farming friends. From Langdale to Wasdale, Ullswater to Windermere …

From there it goes east to Bradford, where British Wool grade and sort it.

Then it’s washed, combed, spun and dyed. Woven and finished into cloth. All in the northwest of England, no further than 100 miles from our farm as the crow flies.

We keep it close on purpose. Fewer miles on the road. Skilled people in working mills. And every metre of cloth puts money back into the farms the fleeces came from.

100 miles. 100% Lake District wool. For properly Lake District Tweed.

29/09/2026

Of course, our throws aren’t just for people …

Dr Emily Pegues sent us this lovely photograph of her kitten Will making himself at home on one of our Lake District Tweed throws.

She wrote:

“Just to say that I am not the only one in my household keeping warm with a beautiful Lake District Tweed woolly throw as the autumn weather sets in - and doesn’t the lovely colour look so flattering against orange fur?”

We completely agree 🐈🍂🧡.

Thank you Emily - and Will - for letting us share this.

If you or someone else in your household has also claimed a favourite bit of Lake District Tweed, please tag us in your photos. We love seeing what happens to our tweed.

28/09/2026

Our new stock of our sit mats are here - just in time for those autumn hikes on the fells 🍁🍂🥾.

One side waxed cotton, one side our tweed, rolled up and secured with a leather band so they easily pop into your rucksack.

Link in bio to our online store to find the full range.

Which is your favourite?