By Assunta Perilli
In the Laga mountains, during the autumn evenings and by the light of the faint oil lamps and the fire, women spent their time spinning the carded
wool and conversing. They used the spindle and the distaff to twist the thread and collect it in skeins, which were then put through the warping
machine before being mounted on the loom in order to give life to fabrics of all kinds; a patient and repetitive action, practiced with the same tools
since the Neolithic Age.
COST PER PERSON
€ 10
EXPERIENCE DATE
Saturday March 22nd, 2025
EXPERIENCE LOCATION
Campotosto
SEATS AVAILABLE: 3
MUNICIPALITY OF Campotosto
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: ITA,ENG,FRA
In this workshop the participants will have the opportunity to learn the techniques of spinning wool with the spindle, and will also be able toexperiment with the previous carding phase, necessary to untangle and align the textile fibres.
At the class at the “La fonte della tessitura” studio you will spend about two hours immersed in an environment that recalls in every corner the complex processes of making canvases and fabrics by hand , thus coming to understand clearly the whole supply chain of textile production starting from its preliminary operations. At the end of the workshop each participant will be able to take home the yarn they have made.
Programme:
-Short presentation of the hand-weaving workshop and historical-ethnographic research in the field
- Wool hand-carding with traditional teasels
- Spinning the wool with the spindle
At the class at the “La fonte della tessitura” studio you will spend about two hours immersed in an environment that recalls in every corner the complex processes of making canvases and fabrics by hand , thus coming to understand clearly the whole supply chain of textile production starting from its preliminary operations. At the end of the workshop each participant will be able to take home the yarn they have made.
Programme:
-Short presentation of the hand-weaving workshop and historical-ethnographic research in the field
- Wool hand-carding with traditional teasels
- Spinning the wool with the spindle
2 hours: from 10:00 to 12:00
The workshop is reserved for a maximum of 3 participants
Wool spindle and carding combs.
INFO AND BOOKING
CONTACT DIRECTLY THE WORKSHOP ORGANIZER
LA FONTE DELLA TESSITURA 67013 Campotosto
email: fibula@libero.it
tel. +39 349.5016240;
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monti.dellalana.7
email: fibula@libero.it
tel. +39 349.5016240;
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monti.dellalana.7
Assunta Perilli
A hand-weaver, she learned the art of weaving vegetable and animal fibres on the frame-loom from the elderly women of Campotosto. Her constant
educational and informative activity aims to guarantee the transmission of the ancient art of weaving.