Le Lafoa'i
Hatty la'u mea la'au Hattersley. Na aumai muamua i le motu e pei o se paso fou mafolafola i (tusa o) 1940 sa galue ai o ia i le tolu augatupulaga mo le lata i le 80 tausaga. Na gaosia mai le u'amea ma fafie ua avea o ia ma se galuega faatufugaga i lana lava aia tatau. O le fevaevaea'i i lima a'o ia fa'amautu i lona tulaga, o le ofuina o le pa mai tausaga o lima lalaga, o le vali mata'utia ma le suauu na teu. E fesoasoani uma ina ia foliga tulaga ese Hattersley taitasi ma avatu ia i latou o latou lava uiga
Le Lalaga
O loʻu igoa o Miriam Hamilton ma na ou aʻoaʻo e lalaga i le tautoulu o le 2018, na aʻoaʻoina e le pule muamua o Hatty, o se tamaʻitaʻi crofter e 90 tausaga. tama'i fale lalaga malulu malulu na ia lalaga ai mo le 50 tausaga. Na ia mauaina le lalaga mai lona tama, o le na faatauina mai o ia mai le falegaosimea a Hattersley i Keighley, Yorkshire.
O le Faletalimalo
O fale lalaga masani, e pei o le tasi na ou aʻoaʻoina e lalaga i totonu, o ni poloka poʻo ni fausaga maa e leai ni 'faʻamafanafanaga' moni e pei o le faʻafefe, moli lelei, faʻamafanafana ma isi. Fuafuaina i afa e lua; o le tasi e iai le tele sa'o o le potu mo Hatty, le pirn winder, le fa'avaa fa'avaa ma le fa'amaufa'ailoga ma le isi e fai ma faleoloa. O le fale 'posh' e mata'ina le vaaiga i luga o le Loch, ma tele le avanoa ma le malamalama e va'ai ai i le lalaga ma faiga lalaga uma.
O le Faletalimalo
O fale lalaga masani, e pei o le tasi na ou aʻoaʻoina e lalaga i totonu, o ni poloka poʻo ni fausaga maa e leai ni 'faʻamafanafanaga' moni e pei o le faʻafefe, moli lelei, faʻamafanafana ma isi. Fuafuaina i afa e lua; o le tasi e iai le tele sa'o o le potu mo Hatty, le pirn winder, le fa'avaa fa'avaa ma le fa'amaufa'ailoga ma le isi e fai ma faleoloa. O le fale 'posh' e mata'ina le vaaiga i luga o le Loch, ma tele le avanoa ma le malamalama e va'ai ai i le lalaga ma faiga lalaga uma.
A wee video showing some of the processes involved in creating the a tweed! To actually make a tweed from start to finish takes several weeks. We have to make the warp, beam it onto the loom, tie each new thread to the corresponding one of the old warp (696 knots!), then pull the warp through the loom. It then takes around 5 days to weave a tweed depending on the complexity and length before the woven cloth has to be sent to the mainland mill for finishing. Woven cloth needs to be washed, dried, cropped and pressed (known as finishing) before it can finally be sewn!
