{"id":31239,"count":1,"description":"Hawick (\/\u02c8h\u0254\u026ak\/ hoyk;\u00a0 Scots: Haaick, Scottish Gaelic: Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is 10.0 miles (16.1\u00a0km) south-west of Jedburgh and 8.9 miles (14.3\u00a0km) south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is distinctive in that it has many sandstone buildings with slate roofs. The town is at the confluence of the Slitrig Water with the River Teviot. Hawick is known for its yearly Common Riding, for its rugby team Hawick Rugby Football Club and for its knitwear industry.\nCompanies such as Hawick Cashmere, Hawick Knitwear, Johnstons of Elgin, Lyle and Scot, Peter Scott, Pringle of Scotland, and Scott and Charters, all have had and in many cases still have manufacturing plants in Hawick, producing some of the most luxurious cashmere and merino wool knitwear in the world today. The first knitting machine...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/hawick\/","name":"Hawick","slug":"hawick","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/31239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=31239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}