Behind 'born in a field'

Thank you for visiting my site.

It all started from my love of wool and traditional crafts over the years having been inspired by a childhood growing up in a creative family home in the beautiful, wild and rural North of Ireland.

I began spinning my own yarn at home from locally sourced fleece and soon found I needed a way to use up my stash of this handspun wool so along came my first loom and the rest is history.....

​This inspired me to delve deeper into the heritage of weaving tweed in Ireland and the connection that weaving has to the people and the landscape from which it originates both physically and spiritually,

  The most amazing opportunity landed when I got the chance to train as a traditional Donegal Weaver under Master Weaver John Heena of Ardara.

I now (slowly) weave scarves, crios belts, lap and hygge blankets and fabrics on a traditional floor loom built in Killybegs, Co Donegal from which I produce a range of accessories and occasionally offer 1-1 tuition on easy to use looms to encourage others to engage in this wonderful skill for both pleasure and the benefits to our wellbeing that this rhythmic, meditative craft offers in abundance.

Everything created at Born in a Field is produced and packaged in a sustainable manner using locally sourced 100% pure Wool and Alpaca.
All of our Donegal Tweed blankets are handwoven on a traditional 4 shaft floor loom in the old way.

All fabrics woven are one off, unique heirlooms.

It is important that I support locally produced wool and I try to use undyed wool in warps where possible. keeping our handweaving heritage alive and producing items that are made to last for generations to come, inspired by the glorious colours of Ireland's beautiful land and sea.

The craft and it's tools, in terms of hand weaving have little changed since ancient times.

These traditional ways strengthen our connections to the past and the flora and fauna off the land, that provide for us the raw materials allowing us to create fibre & fabric to clothe ourselves in such a deeply satisfylng process for the soul. 

I hope it will inspire you to look more closely at the connection between our land and our people, a craft that dates back to 1600 bc in the Antrim hills, the tradition of weaving in Ireland and how it has moulded our lives is  an incredible part of our history.

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Please feel free to message me with any questions you may have.

- Jenni 

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