What are the different types of tweed?Updated a month ago

Our Country collection is a huge part of our business. We make a variety of different shooting coats and jackets and plenty of Tweed.

What is Tweed?

Tweed is coarse woollen fabric characterised by it's soft, flexible and often patterned texture. The Woolen yarn is spun, dyed and woven into complex patterns. The structure typically uses plain, twill or herringbone weaves which results in a thick insulating and long lasting fabric.

What Tweed garments do we offer?

We have 3 main tweed ranges. There is Combrook and Surrey which are both 100% wool tweed. Then there is the Rutland a hard wearing tweed which is a mix of materials. The Rutland fabric is made from 60% Wool, 25% Acrylic, 10% Polyester and 5% other materials.

Other than the make up of the material, there is also the weight of the wool per square metre. The Combrook and Rutland both weight 550g per square metre. Our Surrey Tweed weight 450g per square metre.

As well as our more traditional tweeds we also offer some products that have the look of tweed rather than actually being tweed. These offer a lighter option. Although these products often change as introduce new garments each season. Examples of this type of product is our Didsmere coat, this has the herringbone look and the check pattern just like tweed. However, it is made up of 100% Polyester.