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 linen scarf with shimmering natural dyes Product: Hand-woven linen scarf with natural-dyed linens and hand-twisted fringes. Non-repeatable. Measurements: 37cm x 170cm (excl. fringes) Designer: Anna Champeney Estudio Textil (Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain) Description: This generously-sized natural linen scarf is hand-woven using the complex technique of double-weave. The scarf is cleverly woven in two layers, a process requiring painstaking attention from the weaver, and more than double the time normally required to weave a piece this size. The double-weave construction creates a substantial scarf which wrinkles less than conventional, single-woven linen cloth. This scarf is a piece of authentic Galician Spanish design-craft and is authorised to bear the official description “Artesanía de Galicia” (Ministerio de Industria e Comercio, Galicia). Colours: The shimmering colour scheme is the result of more than 12 natural dyed linens and the result of a careful design process. Washing and Care Instructions: As with other delicates, hand-wash gently with neutral soap then leave to dry flat out of direct sunlight. Iron when slightly damp. This scarf, being made with natural linen, will become softer and more lustrous with use. Price: to buy this piece contact us at lluisyanna@terra.es  autumn vines in the village November 2009. Perhaps you would think that a wet, rainy November here in the Ribeira Sacra doesn´t sound much like fun, but for those of us who live here this is a fantastic month for foraging. This is the time for collecting sweet chestnuts to roast over the open fire – and even if, like us, you don´t have a chestnut grove of our own – you can fill a couple of baskets up with chestnuts that have fallen on the roadside or onto the trackways. The best way to cook sweet chestnuts is over an open fire but you can oven-roast them too. We find that if you leave the chestnuts a few days they dry out slightly and taste sweeter than when completely fresh. October and November is also the season for wild mushroom picking and this year has been a bumper year. The mild temperatures and rain have made for an extra long mushroom-picking season. There is nothing as exciting as going out into the fields and woods with a few of Lluis´ baskets looking for wild funghi is one of our favourite autumn occupations. Here in the Ribeira Sacra – unlike the UK where laws of trespass limit your enjoyment of this traditional country pursuit – you are free to pick wild mushrooms in fields and woods – unless they have animals in, have closed gates or fences.
 dried fairy ring and cep mushrooms for winter stews We pick the locals´ favourite, the parasol mushrooms, but also anis-scented horse mushrooms which are good for freezing – no need to blanch or sauté first – and fairy ring mushrooms and ceps which we dry. All these go into the rich winter stews which we make from local beef and red wine. We do our winter cooking in the earthenware cooking pots still made locally by hand which are wonderful to use and look far nicer than industrial saucepans (not that easy for our cottage guests to take back home as souvenirs but those that do are rewarded for their efforts).  The autumn colours here are wonderful at this time of year. Flame-coloured vineyards cheer up even the greyest november days here and on sunny days we are rewarded by the sight of the autumn oak trees turning gold all over the hillsides. The grass is now lush and green, fully recovered from the heat of summer which reduced it to straw.
 autumn colours and natural dyed linen scarf The colours of nature here always inspire me and so it is no wonder that some of the autumn colours find their way into the hand-dyed woven textiles made at the textile studio.
- Ref. Bubble Scarf (Rainbow II) SOLD
- 19cm x 180cm + fringe
- Materials: Linen, hand-dyed with natural dyes, undyed linen, fine wool
- Washing Instructions: Gentle hand-wash in warm water.
- Description: This unusual one-of-a-kind scarf is a double-weave textile – a complex weave with the cloth woven in two separate layers which takes twice the time to hand-weave compared to a conventional scarf. This double-weave construction, using linen in combination with a very fine wool yarn, gives the piece a deliciously crinkly texture which means that, despite being 75% pure linen, it won´t wrinkle. The gently glowing colours are the result of hand-dyeing using natural dyes, some of which are from local plants cultivated or collected sustainably near AC Textile Studio (north Spain) where the piece was hand-woven. After a gentle hand-wash you have the option of ironing the piece or not. Ironing will make the piece flatter – and wider – whilst leaving the piece un-ironed will enhance the crinkly texture of the scarf. This scarf is unique and non-repeatable.
- Price: 120 pounds + 6.50 pounds p&p (to UK / Europe)
- How to buy: email lluisyanna@terra.es
 Linen herb sacks from Anna Champeney Estudio Textil in Galicia Spain Here you can see my limited edition of mini stripey Herb Sacks with locally-grown lemon verbena (for lovely lemony herbal tisanes) for sale as christmas stocking fillers … or fun presents for ecologically-minded friends or family members as well as textile lovers! The sacks are inspired by the traditional hand-woven Spanish farm versions – which some of my neighbours still use in fact. Until the 1950s or 1960s there were many hand-weavers in my area of north Spain (Galicia) and sacks were part of their everyday repertoire. But now I´m the only hand-weaver in the region now – and I´m not even Spanish in origin – but from Norfolk (UK)!  natural lemon verbena tisane In the past all the linen was home-grown and spindle-spun – just imagine the hours of work involved in that! Now, to make the sacks as authentic as possible I source a special rustic linen which is un-treated with bleaching or dyeing chemicals – it still smells of plant in fact and has bits of woody flax stem embedded in it. I´m lucky to have this yarn as I don´t think it´s made any more – I bought up old stock. The traditional, full-sized stripey sacks were used for anything and everything – from transporting rye and sweet chestnuts – my area is full of ancient groves of sweet chestnuts. Once you´ve finished the lemon verbena herb you can use the sacks for lots of other uses – we have one in our bathroom for our toothbrushes and toothpaste instead of a yucky toothpaste glass!) but they are equally good for clothes pegs, herbs and spices, nicknacks, letters …  101 uses around the home
Each sack is differently coloured with natural dyes, many of which I grow in my garden or are from local plants which are super-abundant and which I can collect sustainably – such as dock leaf root, onion and walnut, gorse, I also use logwood with copper for rich deep blacks, indigo for blues. Note (June 2010) – All herb sacks featured here are SOLD but more will be available by summer 2010 – in colourways shown below and in 2 sizes – small (as shown here) and large (approx. 65cm x 42 cm) 
Herb Sack Information:
- Size: 18 x 22cm (approx.)
- 75% linen, 25% wool with natural dyes
- Tisane – Add 1.5 tsp of herb to 1 cup of boiling water for a relaxing cup of herbal tisane
- Every sack is different – with different colourways and traditional stripe designs – because every one is individually hand-woven from Anna Champeney Estudio Textil´s ever-changing stock of natural dyes.
- Machine washable on wool cycle 30ºC. Gentle or no spin cycle. Iron when lightly damp
- Price: 25 pounds + 2.50 pounds p&p (for UK & rest of Europe)
- To buy contact: lluisyanna@terra.es
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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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