Casa dos Artesans – Ribeira Sacra

Holiday cottage in rural Galicia (sleeps 2 - 5). Experience spectacular scenery, rural life, wine, art and Spanish craft. Learn basketry or textile weaving on holiday or visit the nearby craft workshops. "Lovely furnishings, colours ... and comfy beds" (client comment).

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Bag Design with hand-woven fabrics – Advice and Tips from Adele Orcajada

Tips on bag design from Adele Orcajada, a professional from the world of Spanish fashion and accessories design. Adele spends 3 weeks learning to weave her own hand-woven fabric for bags and shoes in Anna Champeney Estudio Textil in Galicia, north Spain. The difference between industry and craft-made bags. How many handbags does industry produce? [more...]

Rigid Heddle “fringe loom” inspires creative weave projects at ESDEMGA (Fashion and Design School, University of Vigo, Galicia) in north Spain

Us this simple loom to weave your own fashion accessories, customise garments, textile jewellery, fabric dolls, rag dolls, belts, make traditional fringes to apply to cushions or coverlets and much more. See how Spanish undergraduate fashion and fine art students invented their own techniques using these looms to create a range of exciting textile objects. Teach your child to weave on this simple, small-scale loom which represents excellent value-for-money. [more...]

100% pure lambswool with natural dyes – yarns for hand-weavers – new course dates for natural dyeing and loom weaving – holidays in Spain with a difference

New lambswool with natural dyes available for use in hand-weaving. Now available from ACEstudio Textil in north Spain. Weave courses – lambswool scarves with natural colours including cochineal from Lanzarote – linen weaving for lace makers and crocheters – Summer craft courses and holidays in beautiful north Spain with professional craftspeople as tutors. [more...]