Harris Tweed Carry-All
Introducing the Harris Tweed Carry-All - a new collaboration between The Woolly Thistle and Studio Tolsta. Meticulously designed and handmade, this bag is your ideal companion for your knititng, travel, and work, offering the perfect blend of functionality and style.
Crafted with precision and passion, the authentic Harris Tweed fabric hails from the Outer Hebrides, embodying the rich heritage of the region. Each Carry-All is then meticulously handmade at Studio Tolsta's workshop in Tamil Nadu, India, ensuring every stitch reflects a commitment to quality.
Our Carry-All features an array of pockets both inside and out, providing a dedicated space for all your essentials. The Carry-All's exterior of 100% Pure New Wool Authentic Harris Tweed elevates the bag's elegance and durability, while canvas and leather details add a touch of quiet sophistication.
Open the bag to reveal a luxurious brushed cotton lining, adorned with five interior pockets, including one secured with a zip closure - because your valuables deserve extra care. The inclusion of the coveted Harris Tweed tag as well as The Woolly Thistle tag is a testament to the meticulous craftsmanship behind every Carry-All.
- Available in 4 Tweed Colors with corresponding canvas
- Dimensions: 11" x 13.5" (gusset is 4.5") will easily hold shawl and other medium sized projects, beginning of sweater projects and more than a couple of sock projects
- Pockets: Exterior pockets on both sides with magnetic closure, Four open interior pockets, One interior zip pocket in the main opening.
- Straps: Vegetable Tanned Leather; 5" from top of canvas
- Top Closure: Leather, Snap
- Fabric: Pure New Wool and 12 oz cotton canvas exterior, cotton lining
- Care: Wash by hand in lukewarm water (or dry clean).
- Qualifies for free shipping!
About Harris Tweed: Harris Tweed has a long and storied tradition. It has been created for hundreds of years in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Its beautiful rich tweed fabric must be handwoven with a warp of either 700 or 1,400 individual threads. Harris Tweed fabric is still homemade in remote weaving sheds from pure virgin wool dyed and spun on the Outer Hebridean islands.
From the Harris Tweed Site: "We work alongside over 140 self-employed handweavers, each one a true artisan and registered with the Harris Tweed Authority. They take hours to meticulously hand-tie new warp threads to the tail ends of the previous warp. This is one of the many processes that must be done before they can start their next weaving project on the treadle loom. Once they begin weaving, each individual warp and weft thread is skillfully woven together under the watchful eye of the weaver."
Studio Tolsta was founded by Scottish designer Catriona Maciver, who set up the studio in a converted loom shed in her ancestral village of Tolsta, on the Isle of Lewis. After experimenting with ceramics and screen-printed textiles, she was drawn to Harris Tweed, a hand-woven, woolen fabric named after the Island’s southern region. Only produced in the Outer Hebrides, it is one of the last surviving testimonies to Scotland’s handloom weaving heritage. Inspired, she began to experiment with the fabric, enjoying the process of combining the traditional with the contemporary. In 2014 she travelled to India to work on a graphic design residency where she then met and married her partner and established a more permanent base in India.
In our TWT Harris Tweed Collection, we also have the larger Harris Tweed Tote Bags available here and the Harris Tweed Project Bags available here!
