Tweed Cape Design with AI

Cloth to ask your mill for

Wool tweed

Typical weight

450 to 650 g/m²

Drape

Structured, holds its own shape

Stretch

Slight

Breathability

Medium

Warmth

Warm

Care

Dry clean

How common

A classic pairing

Typical cloth price

$20-60/yard

Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.

Typical length

70 to 110 cm, from the high point of the shoulder

Defining details

Shoulder darts, arm slits, collar or hood, hook or tie closure

Cloth needed

about 2.0 to 3.2 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $44 to $210 of cloth at typical prices

Typical figures for an adult size M. The pattern tier is set from the real piece count when you order.

In a cape it holds a strong shoulder and a straight front almost without help from the canvas.

Cut long, a structured cloth is heavy and stiff, so it suits a straight, coat-like line more than a flowing one.

It wears warm, which places it in autumn and winter collections.

The finished piece is usually labelled dry clean only.

It is very hard-wearing and sheds light rain, but heavy tweed is bulky at the seams and stiff at first.

Tweed is a rough, warm woollen cloth woven from yarns dyed before weaving, which gives it its flecks and its checks. It was made for the outdoors and remains one of the most durable cloths.

Harris Tweed is hand-woven in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and carries its own certification mark; most other tweeds come from Scotland, England, Ireland and Italy.

Tweed jackets, coats and skirts are lined in viscose or cupro, for comfort and so the cloth does not catch.

A 90/14 needle; match the check or the stripe at every seam, and tape the edges so they do not stretch.

Its color comes from yarns dyed before weaving, so the flecks are part of the cloth, not printed on it.

Its surface is matte, so it photographs evenly under flat light.

A cape in wool tweed, 450 to 650 g/m², with a structured drape and a matte surface, for autumn and winter.