citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message johnstons of elgin type private industry wholesale manufacturer and retailer founded 1797 headquarters elgin scotland products woven and knitted products website www.johnstonscashmere.com johnstons of elgin also known as johnstons cashmere 1 is a woollen mill in elgin moray scotland . the mill established in 1797 is the same mill which produces cashmere garments today . elgin is a town in morayshire scotland . the original mill produced linen flax oatmeal and tobacco but alexander johnston founder introduced textiles and phased out the original products . johnston pioneered the use of tweed for camouflage and the style became known as scottish estate tweeds . johnstons mill carries out the processes of dyeing spinning weaving and finishing on one site thus making it the only vertical mill in scotland . the contemporary johnstons of elgin mill uses cashmere from china and mongolia and lambswool from australia . external links edit official johnstons of elgin ecommerce store references edit http www.johnstonscashmere.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title johnstons of elgin & oldid 719976103 categories retail companies of the united kingdomprivately held companies of the united kingdomknitwear manufacturershidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2010all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 12 may 2016 at 23 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view