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Tweed in Tarbert, candles in Stornoway.

Shopping on Lewis and Harris means buying straight from the people who make things there. By the ferry in Tarbert, a family tweed shop stacks its tall shelves with Harris Tweed in every colour and check, sold by the length or made up into coats, bags and hats. Near the pier, soy candles, diffusers and bath things are poured by hand in a workshop beside the shop. In Stornoway, on South Beach across from the harbour, another candle maker sells fresh, coastal scents alongside gifts from other makers and coffee to go. Leave room in your luggage for a length of tweed.

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Sandwick Bay Candles, Stornoway.

Look for the cream and red shopfront with flowers in the window boxes on South Beach, across from Stornoway harbour. Sandwick Bay Candles started at a kitchen table, and every candle is still poured by hand on Lewis, from soy wax with cotton wicks. The scents lean fresh and coastal. Alongside the candles there are wax melts, diffusers and hand wash, with cards and gifts from other independent makers. You can pick up a takeaway coffee too. It is an easy place to find a present that smells of the islands.

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From our guide5 hours ago

Harris Tweed Isle of Harris, Tarbert.

Right by the ferry in Tarbert, this shop is one of the first things you see in Harris, and a good place to get to know the island's famous cloth. The family business grew from the Campbells of Plockropool, who made tweed by the old methods for decades. Tall wooden shelves are stacked with tweed in every colour and check, sold by the length. There are coats, bags, caps, throws and cushions too. Look for the Orb mark, which shows the cloth was made by hand in the Outer Hebrides.

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From our guide2 hours ago

Grannie Annie's, South Harris.

On the road from Leverburgh to Rodel, a small shop on the side of a house is easy to drive past. Stop, because Grannie Annie's holds far more than it looks. Annie moved her shop here from Stornoway in 2014, and every corner is filled with vintage finds, Harris Tweed, art, crafts and curios, from the useful to the downright funny. The stock changes all the time, and Annie is full of island stories. Pair it with a visit to St Clement's Church, just down the road.

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Hebridean Copper Kettle Fudge.

Lewis is dotted with honesty boxes, roadside stalls where you help yourself and leave the money, and this one sits beside the A858 at Breasclete, looking out over Loch Roag. The fudge is cooked the old way in a copper kettle, in the classic flavours and some more surprising ones, with vegan kinds too. Home baking and fresh eggs often join it on the shelves. Bring cash, choose your bars, and drive on to Callanish with something sweet for the road.

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