SPINNING A YARN
Wool spinning workshop
Run by Assunta Perilli
Saturday, March 22nd, 2025, 10:00-12:00
Campotosto (AQ, Italy), at the “La fonte della tessitura” atelier
Maximum participants: 3
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.
In this workshop the participants will have the opportunity to learn the techniques of spinning wool with the spindle, and will also be able to experiment 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.
