Shopping in Scotland
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I was disappointed in the clothes in the woollen mill shops. All the jumpers were very small and the skirts very big - does this mean most Scottish women are pear-shaped? (No offence to our Scottish posters). <BR> <BR>What about a cute Loch Ness monster - they come in all sizes and materials. Or a bottle of Drambuie.
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Woollens are best bought from small remote craft shops rather than wollen mills which sell mainly factory made stuff. <BR> Look for hand knitted sweaters & socks & keep any eye on the type & quality of wool - eg Harris wool is very hard but is bulletproof. <BR> I remember buying yarn that had been handspun & handdyed (using lichens etc nothing artificial) by an old lady who sold it herself from a hut by the roadside in Harris. <BR> A good cheap buy is a Harris Tweed cap(or some other HT it).These are for sale at the woollen mills etc, the HT name gaurantees the quality.