Lake District Tweed is part of the farm diversification business Dodgson Wood, founded by Maria Benjamin and my partner, John Atkinson.

They live and farm in the Lake District. John’s family have farmed in the area for more than six hundred years and John is the sixth generation at Nibthwaite Grange Farm.

John runs the farm and Maria runs Dodgson Wood. Lake District Tweed was made possible by funding from FIPL (Farming in Protected Landscapes), a DEFRA fund, administered by the Lake District National Park.

The tweeds and throws are designed by the Lancashire and Lakes Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers and Textile designer, Louise Dixon.

All the processing, the washing, combing, spinning and weaving takes place in the North West of England.

The farmers receive an above market price for their wool and a profit share from sales of the tweed and throws.