Tweeds are great for the outdoors

Tweeds are a woollen fabric with different weaves resembling a cheviot or herring bone and are ideal to be used for informal outerwear as they are moisture resistant and durable. With a plain weave or a herring bone pattern, they can be made in interesting colours for all occasions. There are different types of Tweeds such as the famous Harris tweed, the Donegal tweed and the silk tweed. Tweeds were commonly worn for outdoor activities such as shooting and hunting. But nowadays Tweeds can be used in all types of clothing and are frequently seen in high end stores and regularly used by designers.

Tweeds clothing is full of style

Tweeds are a traditional style of fabric and the most famous is the Harris Tweed which is woven for Tweeds clothing such as three piece suits for men or a warm medium weight coat for the ladies. Light in weight and soft Tweeds with a countless number of colours are perfect for ladies wear. Tweeds are a woollen fabric resembling a cheviot or herring bone and used for outerwear as they are moisture resistant and durable. With a plain weave or a herring bone pattern they can be designed into a wide range of clothing which are used by many designers and high street stores.

Classic and contemporary Scottish knitwear

Classic and contemporary Scottish knitwear is a joy to wear. If you need no other reason to purchase some Scottish knitwear then look no further than the comfort and warmth that a Scottish knitwear garment will genuinely offer you. There is a large selection of sweaters, scarves, gloves and travelling rugs to choose from with traditional Scottish patterns such as Arans, Fair Isle or Shetland. You can get tartans and top quality Scottish cashmere with a cornucopia of colours. These garments are either hand or machine knitted and usually designed and made in Scotland. They will be a great buy and last you for years.

The finest feeling of quality cashmere

Nothing feels better than the sensation of quality cashmere on your skin. The softness brings warmth and a feeling of security when a colourful cashmere pashmina is wrapped around your shoulders, while a sweater or a beautiful pair of gloves can feel like silk against your skin. Cashmere is a very luxurious yarn and comes from a Cashmere goat. You can find a high quality of cashmere in Scotland in sweaters, scarves or gloves. Cashmere offers excellent insulation and allows the body to breathe, be warm in the winter and cool in the spring and gentleness of the wool is second to none.

The benefits of self seal plastic bags

Self seal plastic bags have revolutionised clothing storage, protecting clothes against moisture, mildew, dirt and dust.

Sealed with an antistatic strip that can be repositioned for different size items and resealed after the bag is opened whenever the contents is required, clothes can now be stored away and worn on the day they are retrieved.

You no longer need to spend the first days of summer rewashing and ironing your summer clothes. Packed carefully away in self seal plastic bags, each item will be as clean and fresh as when you washed it all those months ago.

When it comes to winter, you no longer need to pay to have a heavy wool coat dry cleaned again, as the coat will still be benefiting from the dry cleaning process you paid for at the end of last winter.

Bubble wrap is great for fancy dress

The next time your child asks you to make a fancy dress costume, reach for the bubble wrap. Whether it’s your son wanting to be an astronaut or robot, or your daughter begging for a mermaid costume, the bubbled packaging material is perfect for the job.

Bubble wrap sprayed white can be the foundation of an astronaut outfit. The bubble effect is reminiscent of the ballooned space suits of both Nasa and Star Wars. A few layers of the wrap gives the right level of padding required and a cardboard box sprayed white makes a great helmet.

Spray the plastic wrap silver and paint the occasional bubble black and you have the perfect robot material complete with bolts. Glue it onto cardboard to give the costume the stiffness it requires and team up with silver deely boppers for antenna.

Spray painting bubble wrap green will give the desired affect for a mermaid’s tail which, when teamed with a swimming costume, is a very easy fancy dress costume to make.

Finding a cashmere cardigan for Valentine’s day

Valentines day is fast approaching and, until recently I was stumped as to what to get for my girlfriend. I usually go in for the usual – flowers, dinner, sometimes a voucher for spa or beauty therapy treatment.

However, I felt I’d exhausted all those options and had to get something new. Tank goodness for a web search that allowed me to find a great gift and not break the bank.

I’ve known for years that my girlfriend loves cashmere, but never got here a cashmere gift as they are usually expensive. But a search online for a cashmere cardigan made me realise that there are some quality clothes out there from great stores. And, as usual with the we, there are great saving sot be had as well. Hope she likes it.