Harris Tweed is a protected name, regulated by the Harris Tweed Authority, which requires the cloth to be handwoven in the Outer Hebrides from pure virgin wool that has been dyed and spun there. It's the most well-known tweed and perhaps the one most people will encounter, as it's abundant in thrift shops. The material has a lovely heritage, but if I'm being honest, it's also my least favorite tweed because it's very itchy and scratchy, owing in part to the coarse wool used to make it.
There are other tweeds are named after regions, such as Donegal (though no governing body regulates it, so it's more likely to be abused). Technically speaking, Donegal tweed should be woven in County Donegal, Ireland, although it's not uncommon to see people use the term to refer to any tweed with flecks of color, regardless of where it's produced.
However, some tweeds are woven from different types and grades of wool. Lovat Mill mostly uses Shetland wool, which is much softer than Harris Tweed and has an appreciable loft (slide one). That sponginess can also affect tailoring, as it slightly changes the silhouette.
In slide two, we see Fox Brothers tweed, which is softer still. Some of these are so soft, you can almost mistake them for woolen flannel, for which the company is best known.
In the third slide, we see Holland & Sherry's Sherry tweed, which is the softest tweed I've come across. These are made from lambswool and feel more like sweaters.
In the fourth and final slide, we see some "tweeds" woven by the Italian mill Vitale Barberis Canonico. These rely more heavily on worsted yarns than the woolens shown in the previous slides. To me, their modern coloring and worsted nature make them barely tweeds, although the fabrics are packaged and marketed under the name "Tweedly."
Point being: if you've ever felt tweed and didn't like the feel, consider that maybe you just felt one type, likely Harris. It's among the coarsest and scratchiest of the tweeds. But much like tomatoes, which come in different varieties that differ in shape and sweetness, so too does tweed.
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