I suppose I should finish posting the rest of the photos from our trip.
Otherwise this thread will stretch out and take as much time to post as it did to actually do it.
As I mentioned earlier as Bobbie and her friend were touring York I was off visiting with business people.
I first drove to Otley, just north of Leeds to visit Marton Mills.
Somehow our wires got crossed and the boss was not notified that I was coming but the reception I received was worthy of a King.
I specifically wanted to speak to them about a new Tartan I have designed for the City of Victoria but I also was very interested to see the different looms.
As you know Marton Mills produce fabric with both a Kilt Selvedge and also a Fringed Selvedge.
Here is a shot down the length of the weaving room.
Not nearly as large and sophisticated as Lochcarron with their visitor center, Marton Mills far exceeded my expectations for friendly and helpful.
And here you can see the loom that produces the Kilt Selvedge.
If you look just below the silver colored bar in he picture you can see the hook the lifts the last couple of warp yarns allowing the weft yarns to be tucked back into the fabric forming the Kilt Selvedge.
And here is the loom which produces the Fringed Selvedge.
On this loom there are a few warp yarns missing. The fabric is woven the same way as normal but then a cutter slices the little extra part off forming the fringed Selvedge.
I spent well over three hours talking and touring the mill. Everyone was unreadability nice and I can't express well enough how I appreciate the time and effort they went through for "Just another customer". I don't order any where near as much fabric from Marton Mills as Rocky does but I sure felt that I was their biggest customer.
Lat/Long 53° 54' 18.24" N, 1° 38' 26.95" W
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