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 Contacta con nosotros | New – natural-dyed lambswool yarn for weaving  We are now starting to sell naturally-dyed lambswool yarns for weaving. The yarns are the same as we use in our own hand-woven textile range and also in our weaving and dyeing courses and are available in 3 different thicknesses. All are suitable as warp and weft for weaving projects but can also be used in other textile crafts. The 4/14nm is the chunkiest and the 2/14nm the finest (makes wonderfully soft scarves). The current stock is dyed with Lanzarote cochineal but we are also able to dye to order with other natural dyes for larger quantities. Dyed yarns are sold in large skeins of around 85 – 100g each. We will be launching our natural-dyed yarns this month in our local fleamarket or rastro in Monforte de Lemos (Lugo province, Galicia, north Spain) (Sunday 12 June) but keep looking at our online shop as we hope to have the yarns featured there in due course. In the meantime, if you would like to purchase any of the yarn, contact us by email. If you would like to try natural dyeing yourself then we also sell the yarn undyed, on cones, and as ready-wound skeins, complete with ready-weighed fixer (alum mordant) and instructions (in Spanish – but let us know if you need them in English too so we can prepare them for you).
New dates for summer natural dyeing course for beginners on 20 and 21 August 2011 (course given in Spanish but we can always help out by translating terms if you don´t understand everything ) Several people asked if there could be another introduction to natural dyeing course – in the summer – so here it is. More information on the Spanish version of the blog here. Intermediate level Spanish is sufficient to be able to participate. Results of our short, intensive scarf weaving course for complete beginners – 5/6 June 2011 in Anna Champeney Textile Studio, north Spain    Just have a look at these lovely soft scarves designed and hand-woven by weave pupils Fiona and Maria on their first weave course last weekend here at the textile studio. You can see that there is no need to copy anyone elses design when you follow your instincts: Fiona´s and Maria´s personalities and individual tastes have automatically transfered themselves onto the woven cloth they created. Both scarves used our new 2/14nm natural dyed lambswool yarn as warp and apart from the fact that one warp had just one pink and the other had two pinks they were identical. But the two scarves are very different in feel.
Fiona created a subtle, light-weight scarf by using tussah silk singles dyed with indigo (light blue) and liquen (mauve) as weft in her light checked scarf. The result was cool and understated and went well with her paler skin tone. Maria´s scarf was woven with mainly lambswool in the weft, for a warmer scarf. She combined the raspberry pink warp dyed with cochineal with another tone of cochineal – a bright saturated orangey-red as warp, plus details of a cool mauve, to create a scarf with a zingy spicey colourway which worked well against her different, olive skin. Weaving your own linen fabric – ideal for lace makers, crocheters  Monica, a pupil of mine, sent me this photo of the linen fabric she wove in her first weave course at Anna Champeney Estudio Textil, north Spain, using linen, which she then embellished beautifully with her own hand-made lace edging. Weaving with linen is not that difficult – this 5-day course has been run successfully with complete beginners for over 5 years now without any problems. So if you would like to learn to weave with linen – to make your own towels, cushions, clothing or table runners then there are still places in our 5-day intensive course in July. Weaving your own linen table runner or scarf to embellish with lace or crochet is far more fun than buying it. As with our other courses, Spanish is the main course language but we can always provide language support in English. For more information (in Spanish) click here.
The Easter holidays are now over but here you can see some of the photos of the three day complete textile weaving course for beginners here in the Ribeira Sacra (Galicia). We all agreed that a weaving course like this must be one of the most relaxing – and unusual – ways to enjoy the Easter or spring break.  
 We kicked off the course with a quick introductory session to weaving on a pre-prepared loom and discover what terms like warp and weft actually mean and how a loom actually works. In less than an hour our novice weavers had surprised themselves by weaving their first piece of cloth, creating their own simple designs and patterns. By the end of the 3 days, we were all talking about warp density, picks, shafts, heddles and weave structure like true professionals!
 how to use the raddle of the Louet table looms - how to set a 4-shaft loom up to weave
Then the real work of the course began. Armed with the technical project file the looms were set up with a popular threading, romantically called Rosepath. Over the next day and a half the warp threads (the group of threads on the loom) were measured and threaded up on the loom. Well done! Not a single error in the pattern threading and only a couple of easy-to-repair errors in the reed threading. This meant we were able to get straight onto the next stage which is always fun – sampling different designs, colours and yarns! Sampling was the next stage and right from the beginning each person unconsciously started to explore their different personal styles and preferences for pattern, colour and texture. Silk, lambswool and silk-wool mixes were tested out with the gorgeous natural dye colours of the AC Textile Studio.  When the samples were finished we sat down over coffee to analyse the bits we liked best and to see how different colours, yarns and patterns work and work out the design for the final pieces of work – the scarves.
The final proyect under way – pupils work against the clock to weave their own scarf. We decided that weaving was so relaxing we could all have stayed weaving until nightfall – ending up with 4m long scarves!!!  
And the final results – Aida and Carmen´s first ever hand-woven scarves. Nice work and I hope you notice the perfect colour co-ordination. If you weren´t able to come to the Easter course and Aida´s and Carmen´s first scarves make you feel inspired then there is still time to reserve your place on the compact version of the course on the 5/6 of June 2011. The course can be given in Spanish, English or in Spanish with English language support. No previous weaving experience is necessary. Thanks Aida and Carmen for being such good fun – I hope to see you both again in the summer! Latest alpaca collapse scarf from Anna Champeney Estudio Textil I´ve just finished weaving the latest sample design with alpaca and angora yarn combined with a high twist wool and corneta nylon yarn (from the Danish yarn purchasing association). Left – on the loom, before washing, the scarf looks like a classic flat fabric. But right – see what happens with a hot hand-wash; corrugations form which bring out the soft grey with the orchil and cochineal-dyed yarns form a warmly coloured backdrop to the design. 
 This blog post is a plug for the special 5-day intensive weave course taught in Spanish (suitable for intermediate-level and above Spanish speakers), at the Textile Studio in Cristosende, A Teixeira, in north Spain, in July 2010. You won´t be offered any Spanish classes during the course (although Anna will always translate when necessary) but you will be immersed in a Spanish-speaking environment and surrounded by the Spanish language… What is more, this holiday craft option in Spain will enable you to learn the creative art of weaving textiles on a loom by hand! You´ll be very proud of your first hand-woven textile – woven “in Spanish”!
About the studio and venue: Anna Champeney specialises in weaving traditional Galician Spanish folk textiles and designing her own range of limited-edition textile designs for scarves and interiors. Together with her partner, Lluis Grau, Anna has been offering Spanish craft holidays and self-catering cottage holidays since 2004. About loom weaving: Many people who watched Monty Don´s Mastercrafts series on weaving earlier this year in March 2010 on television in the UK will have been fascinated and inspired by the fabrics woven by the 3 contestants over a 6 week period! The art of weaving cloth by hand from the beginning is a magical and very satisfying experience. Unlike some “hobby crafts” loom weaving is not a craft that offers easy and quick satisfaction (the setting up of the loom requires patience and care) but it is a craft which can become addictive once the basics have been mastered and offers infinite creative possibilities. The rythmic experience of weaving is immensely satisfying and also relaxing! As opposed to knitting, weaving requries two sets of threads – the warp (set up under tension on the loom) and the weft (which is wound onto a bobbin and interwoven through the warp on a shuttle). The first part of learning to weave involves setting up the warp threads on the loom and the second part is the actual weaving in the weft threads on a shuttle. The loom itself is what enables weavers to weave many different patterns and even complete beginners will be able to weave at least 3 different patterns.  About the Ribeira Sacra in Galicia, Spain: The Ribeira Sacra, where the Textile Studio is situated, is a rural area of outstanding natural beauty in Galicia, north Spain, which centres on the River Sil canyon, with its steep terraces of vineyards (D.O. Ribeira Sacra). The climate is not as hot as in southern Spain and the area retains its green-ness even in the heat of summer, with its forests of sweet chestnuts.
Loom weaving course details: Dates: 4 – 8 July 2010 Location: Anna Champeney Estudio Textil, Cristosende 76-78, A Teixeira (Ribeira Sacra), Ourense, Galicia, Spain Course Outline:
- Loom preparation (each participant has the exclusive use of a 4 or 8 shaft Louet table loom during the course and there are special discounts to pupils who wish to purchase a loom after the course)
- Weave samples – different patterns, colours and yarns
- Creative Weaving I: The Design Process, Experimentation, Obervation and Analysis
- Creative Weaving II: Understanding pattern drafts and project sheets
- Weave final project piece (fabric for cushion cover, linen towel, bathroom, wall-piece or kitchen bag ….)
Cost: (includes materials and teas/coffees, excludes accommodation and travel): 390€ (approximately 351 pounds stirling (correct at the time of writing)) Accommodation options: 5 accommodation places in individual / shared rooms are available at Casa dos Artesans (awarded the Spanish mact quality symbol), some 30 metres from the Textile Studio. Shared rooms (2 people) – 30€ per night / Individual rooms – 45€ per night. The Casa Grande de Cristosende (rural hotel and restaurant in the same village as the Textile studio) has rooms from approximately 65€ per night. Further information about other accommodation options on request. How To Get Here: Fly to Santiago de Compostela (flights available from Stanstead or Heathrow) and hire a car or travel on by direct coach service to Ourense city (we facilitate a time-table when you book on the course) from where a transfer is available to the Textile Studio. Alternatively, fly to Madrid and take the train / coach to Ourense or Monforte de Lemos (where a transfer service to the Textile Studio is available).
You may also be interested in the following options- Self-catering cottage holidays in the Ribeira Sacra for 2 – 5 people (additional craft activities available in Spanish or English) / 3-week Textile Assistantship in the Ribeira Sacra / Basketry and Weaving Tuition in the Ribeira Sacra / Otros cursos de artesanía en español |
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 NUEVO Octubre 2023 Curso presencial setmanal de teixits de baix lliç (Girona)!Un curso nou, setmanal (3h) a Sant Gregori, Girona, amb l'Anna Champeney. Trimensual, plaças limitadas).
Octobre 2023. Ven a aprender a diseñar y realizar tejidos en telar de bajo lizo a mano. Docente: Anna Champeney, profesional desde 2004, con marca textil propia, experta en tejido de bajo lizo, docente en la Escola Massana, Barcelona.
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