Textiles

The regions within south-west Scotland are renowned for the manufacture of textiles, weaving, lace-making and Ayrshire White-work being but a few. Many of these crafts started out as cottage industries before expanding into much bigger businesses which became famous throughout the world.
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Bonnet making
Warm and waterproof headgear was always a basic necessity in countries where weather was changeable. ...
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Calico & Shawl Printing in Kilmarnock
Calico printing was introduced to Kilmarnock about 1770 by a Mr John MacFee of Greenholm. ...
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Carpet and Linoleum Manufacture
As early as the beginning of the seventeenth century, the people of the south west ...
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Hosiery Manufacturing in Nithsdale
Stocking making began as a domestic craft, but after the introduction of the stocking frame ...
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Lace Making – machine & hand lace
Lace is an open-work textile material which has been formed by twisting, looping, interlacing or ...
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Linen Manufacturing in Nithsdale
Small plots of flax were cultivated on many farms in Dumfries and Galloway, on the ...
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Needlework and Tailoring
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Sanquhar Knitting
The craft of knitting came relatively late to Scotland. The first knitters were highly paid ...
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Tweed Manufacturing in Nithsdale
The origins of the factory based tweed industry in Dumfriesshire are to be found in ...
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Weaving
Six thousand years ago, early Europeans were beginning to adopt a new way of life ...
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