Tweed facts for kids
Tweed is a word which may mean:
- Tweed (cloth): a style of woolen cloth made in Scotland and Ireland
- Harris Tweed: a brand of tweed cloth made in the Outer Hebrides
Tweed may be a place name:
- Tweed, Ontario, a municipality in Canada
- Tweed, Ontario (village), the urban centre of the municipality
- Tweed New Haven Regional Airport in New Haven, Connecticut
- Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Tweed River may refer to:
- River Tweed, on the historic boundary between Scotland and England
- River Tweed, Leicestershire, England
- Tweed River (New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia
- Tweed River (New Zealand)
- Tweed River (Western Australia)
- HMS Tweed: several ships of the Royal Navy
Images for kids
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Harris Tweed woven in a herringbone twill pattern, mid-20th century
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Tweed making at a mill in Wales, 1940
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Bike in Tweed, Stockholm 2013
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Logo of the Harris Tweed authority
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Glen plaid, Glenurquhart, or Prince of Wales check, frequently used to make overcoats and sportcoats in the 1950s
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Example of the herringbone pattern, a popular choice for suits and outerwear
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Houndstooth, the basis of the keeper's tweed popular among the upper classes from the 1860s until the 1930s
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Grey Donegal tweed sportcoat
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A deerstalker hat made of district or gamekeeper's tweed (contrasting mustard, green and brown checks)
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Windowpane tweed popular in the late 19th century and again in the 1970s
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Frederick III with his young son Wilhelm wearing highland dress including tweed kilt jacket
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Harris Tweed Nike
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Charlie Hunter (left) watches as Old Tom Morris plays a shot in 1863 at Prestwick. Both of the players are wearing the traditional tweeds.
See also
In Spanish: Tweed (tejido) para niños
