Oamaru Weavers

Sue and Rod McLean run a business weaving short runs of traditionally inspired fabric using a one hundred year old weaving system in Oamaru. The couple bought their Hattersley Domestic Weaving System - circa 1918 - just over a decade ago with the idea they could one day have a business where people could watch the looms working and buy the textiles they'd create. It's the only working loom of its kind in New Zealand and the couple are making runs of woven fabric - sometimes out of spun wool people send them from their own properties.