Lana
7th EWA study tour to Wales
The Wales study tour was planned for a whole week, May 16th to 23rd 2025, both Fridays for traveling. Friday 16th: Our host, Gillian Thomas, had to prepare the EWA stand at the Welsh Spring Festival with the help of two participants of the tour: one English craftswoman, Karen from Cattywumpus Crafts who was going […]
6th EWA study tour to Texel: 3rd Day
On Thursday, March 26th 2025, we started our third and last day of the EWA study tour with a visit to the new owner of the Texelkleed brand that was originally founded by Renske. The rugs are mainly made of Texel wool: the wool is core spun around a cotton thread, and then felted before […]
6th EWA study tour to Texel: 2nd Day
On Wednesday, March 26th 2025, we started the day at the Kaap Skil Museum in the small village of Oudeschild. They had built a new building a few years ago and the inhabitants of the village were not really too fond of the idea… For the entrance hall, the artist Erna van Sambeek was asked […]
North Atlantic Native Sheep and Wool Conference 2024 – Faroe Islands
This year’s conference (2024) was the 11th since 2010 when Karin Flatøy Svarstad founded the project around North Atlantic Native Sheep Wool. For me it was the first conference of this kind but I happily took the opportunity to visit the Faroe Islands. From Greengate’s website , here is what it’s all about: «The focus is on native sheep […]
Finnish wool cardigan – chaqueta de lana finlandesa
Desde hace ya meses, terminé la chaqueta con la lana finlandesa que compré durante el viaje de estudios de EWA en 2023. Había comprado tres madejas de color gris, dos rojos, una rosa y otra verde. En casa me entraban las dudas si esta lana fuera suficiente para una chaqueta. Por si acaso, compré dos […]
Nalbinding: Bolsita para agujas – Needle purse
For English, scroll down a bit, please.Por fin he terminado esa bolsita para mis agujas de Nalbinding. Me encanta esa técnica antigua que se supone que precede casi todas las técnicas textiles que conocemos hoy en día. Se trabaja solamente con una aguja bastante grande y sin punta, y con un hilo determinado, es decir, […]
Weben+ Weaving in Germany – Tejiendo en Alemania
Lately, I visited my family in Germany and was told about a weaving workshop close to my former school: Die Schafgarbe. The name of the shop is Sheeps Yarrow which is a medicinal plant and can also be used for dying, I think… Anyway, I paid the shop a visit to talk to its owner, […]