United Kingdom · Textile craft; Industrial heritage; Dundee heritage
Dundee Jute — The Juteopolis Tradition
The jute processing and weaving tradition of Dundee — the city that was the world center of jute manufacturing from the mid-19th century, processing raw jute from Bengal (India) into hessian sacking, burlap, and industrial textile that packaged the world's commodity trade. The Dundee jute spinner reads the correct yarn twist quality through a twist-and-release assessment — twisting a short length of spun jute yarn and releasing it to observe the spring-back twist that indicates the correct degree of twist insertion for jute's specific fiber character.
Risk level: Critically Endangered · Not listed; Dundee jute heritage on the Scottish national heritage inventory
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