Category Archives: chronicles

Now that I’ve been able to get through to the Way Back Machine, I’ve done the requisite poking around.

The May 14, 2005 edition of The Herald reports: Legal row as Tweed industry ‘put at risk’ Top designer accuses firm of plagiarising her output Alice Starmore, the leading hand-knitting designer, claims that Harris Tweed Textiles Ltd, based at Carloway … Continue reading →

As I learned from a learned group yesterday, a real, bona fide, lawsuit has been commenced against Rowan and a Hebridean mill by the Harris Tweed Authority (HTA). A news report from The Herald can be found here (ignore the … Continue reading →

Introduction After a further round of explaining what the heck is going on to my nearest and dearest (after this article was published in the Seattle Times), I figured it was time to record, once and for all, everything I … Continue reading →