UPDATE: Due to Brexit impacts starting on January 1st, 2021, orders shipping to the United Kingdom that are valued over £135 are subject to tax & duty as per local laws and legislation. If your order exceeds £135, you will be notified by our international courier partner DHL.The amount owed is payable upon delivery of goods by DHL. If the tax and duty fees exceed a value of £100, DHL will contact you in advance before they deliver to your door.
Information on tax & duties for all other countries outside EU:
All orders dispatched outside the EU are sent free of any Irish taxes. Products delivered to destinations outside the EU may be subject to taxes, fees, levies or other charges, which are imposed by the countries local legislation. The recipient of the products is responsible for all customs formalities for their export and import and will be required to pay any additional charges, including import duty, formal customs entry, taxes, levies and other charges. These charges vary depending on the product type and the country the goods are shipped into.
Each country has a different value threshold, if the total order value is over the miniumn threshold, charges may apply. For example, if you are shipping to the USA the value is $800, Canada is $20, and AU is $1000.
**The recipient of the goods, not the person who ordered them, will receive a separate request for payment of these charges. If you're ordering products to be delivered to someone else, please make sure they're aware they will be responsible for any additional charges. Unfortunately, we have no control over these charges and cannot predict what they may be, so we're unable to offer any assistance on these processes. We'd advise that you check the import charges applicable in any country before ordering products to be delivered there.

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- NEW! HAMPER COLLECTION
Looking for the perfect gift to show someone you care? Shop our beautiful new in Avoca hamper collection.
- SUPPORTING IRISH BRANDS
We are delighted to be part of the Design and Craft Council Ireland's #MADELOCAL campaign.
- FOOD ORDERING
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- MOTHER'S DAY MARCH 14th
There are lots of ways to show your Mum you care this Mother’s Day. From freshly baked cakes and hand-prepared meals to gorgeous gifting, recipes and more, say ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ the Avoca way.
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From your favourite store cupboard staples to hand prepared meals and from freshly baked bread and cakes to fruit and locally sourced vegetables, there’s something for every kind of foodie at Avoca. Explore all Avoca have to offer when it comes to food.
- FOOD MARKETS
We’re delighted to offer an Order, Collection & Delivery Service to shop our entire Food Market range.
- AT HOME CATERING
From our kitchen to yours! Take the stress out of family meals or send a care package to a loved-one with our Avoca at Home Take-Out Catering service.
- AVOCA RECIPES
Recreate all your Avoca favourites at home! Try some of our popular recipes, from the famous chicken and broccoli bake to our best ever apple tart.
- AVOCA GIFT CARD
Did you know Avoca gift cards can be used in our Food Markets? Treat your favourite foodie and buy it here.
- NEWS & EVENTS
- What's New?
Explore all the latest happenings at Avoca. From delicious recipes to in-store events, and exclusive promotions to fabulous gift inspiration, there's lots going on in the wonderful world of Avoca.
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Looking for the perfect gift to show someone you care? Shop our beautiful new in Avoca hamper collection.
-
We are delighted to be part of the Design and Craft Council Ireland's #MADELOCAL campaign.
-
We are happy to let our customers know that we are offering an Order, Collection & Delivery Service to shop our entire Food Market range.
-
There are lots of ways to show your Mum you care this Mother’s Day. From freshly baked cakes and hand-prepared meals to gorgeous gifting, recipes and more, say ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ the Avoca way.
- AVOCA FOOD
- Avoca Food
From your favourite store cupboard staples to hand prepared meals and from freshly baked bread and cakes to fruit and locally sourced vegetables, there’s something for every kind of foodie at Avoca. Explore all Avoca have to offer when it comes to food.
-
We’re delighted to offer an Order, Collection & Delivery Service to shop our entire Food Market range.
-
From our kitchen to yours! Take the stress out of family meals or send a care package to a loved-one with our Avoca at Home Take-Out Catering service.
-
Recreate all your Avoca favourites at home! Try some of our popular recipes, from the famous chicken and broccoli bake to our best ever apple tart.
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Did you know Avoca gift cards can be used in our Food Markets? Treat your favourite foodie and buy it here.
Our Mill
Our mill, set in the charming village of Avoca Co. Wicklow, could easily be overlooked as a picture-perfect relic of times gone by. However, within these white washed walls lies the hub and heart of our weaving industry. All of our weaving and much of our design processes occur here. We love welcoming visitors to our mill where they can soak up the atmosphere and observe the weaving journey in progress. Having seen first-hand the care and attention which goes into each piece, visitors can continue to our shop and enjoy some of the delicious homemade sweet and savoury treats on offer in our cafe.
When touring our weaving mill, we feel visitors get a real sense of the skill and expertise of our weaving team. These dedicated local craftspeople have been working with us for many years. For some, the weaving trade has been passed down through the generations of their family and they can identify family members in the old photos adorning the walls of our mill.
Although we love sharing this experience in person, we feel it is important to document the journey for our customers who have not yet had the opportunity to visit us. We want you to know the hard work, care and attention our team pours in to each new piece of fabric as it passes from our home to yours.
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TO ARRANGE A TOURWinding and Warping
The warping frame is the first stage in our weaving journey. The pattern for the weave is handed over from our design team, and we create a pattern for the design. This determines the count and colours of the wrap threads, which are stretched across the loom. The weft threads are then woven over and under to create the fabric.
Our warping frame holds 384 cones of yarn, which are then placed in order onto the creel, feeding the threads in the correct sequence through the swift. Then, they are wound around individual beams which are lifted into the looms where the warp is tied in. Now, the weaving process can begin.
Some members of our mill’s experienced weaving team remember starting with us when these stages of the weaving process would have been very different. Threads were transferred onto pirns, a long conical rod which weft thread is wound around, to be placed in the shuttles for our hand looms. This was at one point done using a bicycle wheel and later a pirn winding machine which we still use today. Our warping frames also looked very different and were all created by hand. These methods are very time and labour intensive and only allowed for a small quantity to be produced.
Weaving
In our mill today, we operate with both handweaving and power looms. To hone and develop our weaving craft over the centuries, it has been important to introduce modern methods while staying true to our heritage. This enables us to create woven goods which represent the standard of excellence we hold ourselves to. On both looms, the beam which holds the warp threads is inserted and each thread is tied on to the end of the previous warp threads. Prior to this, the new warp threads are hand combed to ensure they are separated and tie on correctly. We use a tying in machine for process on our power looms.
The Power Loom
On this loom the warp threads are stretched across the loom and the weft threads are loaded. Rapiers carry these threads across the loom weaving over and under the warp threads, following the pattern given by our designers to create the style of weave and colour formation of the newly woven piece of cloth.
The Fly Shuttle Loom
On this loom each warp thread is hand tied to the loom by our weavers. They lift the warp threads up and down with foot pedals and sending the shuttle, which holds a pirn of the yarn, flying across the loom weaving the weft thread through the warp threads. A single weaver can craft up to 18metres of cloth per day using this method.
Fringing
Fringing is an integral part in the design of our throws, scarves and baby blankets.
The newly woven fabric is sent over to our fringing machine. The bolt of fabric is pulled tight around the frame of the machine and the spaces of threads which were not woven through with a weft are twisted tightly, creating a fringe.
Having our own fringing machine on site allows us to hand check each fringe and to specify the length, thickness and twist of the fringe.
Mending and Washing
Each and every one of our freshly woven bolts of fabric is handed over to our mending station at this point of the weaving journey.
Here the cloth is spread over an illuminated mending table where an expert eye examines and mends both sides the newly woven fabric by hand, ensuring the premium quality of our product as it continues on its weaving journey.
Once we are happy that the cloth is in perfect condition it is sent to be washed and brushed. As we are working with yarns created from fleece, they contain natural oils such as lanolin. These stages remove some of these oils and softens the fabric making it ready to be snuggled into when it reaches its final destination with you.
Cutting and Slitting
When the cloth has been washed and softened it is time for the individual scarves, wraps, baby blankets and throws to be cut from the spools of fabric and have their edges trimmed off.
The fabric is fed through the cutting machine in our weaving shed. This machine has a series of rotating blades which cleanly cut the fabric leaving a neat, straight edge.
Our team sets the correct number of blades depending on what way the fabric needs to be separated. For example, a spool of merino scarf woven fabric is six scarves wide, whereas a spool of throw fabric is just one throw wide. This process requires a close eye and steady hand to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Labelling and Tagging
At the final stage of the weaving journey, we put our name to our product. Each Avoca label is sewn on in our mill, having met our seal of approval throughout each stage of its creation.
Tags are attached and everything is bagged up and sent on to our stores and online dispatch centre, ready to be chosen by their future owners.
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