For those that love textiles, traditional crafts and culture, a visit to Belfast Mini Mills is truly a unique and worthwhile experience. Tucked into the pastoral landscape of Belfast, the family-run operation (eight members in total) produces advanced scaled-down textile machinery that’s shipped all over the world. Built for processing exotic fibres such as alpaca, llama, mohair, qiviut and cashmere, the machines can be seen in action producing these high-quality finished products. You can gain a true insight and appreciation into the luxurious texture that’s churned into yarn by watching how the fibers are sorted, cleaned, and combed. Local weavers and knitters then use the... More