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Spinning with a Portuguese spindle
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Spinning with a Portuguese spindle

I've been meaning to write this post for a while now. Nothing too complex, just a simple collection of different ladies I have encountered through my learning process and research, spinning with the type of spindle that is more commonly found in Portugal, but unusual in other countries. My idea is just to show you some similarities and differences present in their techniques.

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Intersections
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Intersections

Here are some images from the Felting with Portuguese Wool workshop that Ana Rita de Albuquerque taught here last Saturday. We had a full house for a workshop that was a first for Saber Fazer, but will be the first of many.

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The Flax long course - final day

The Flax long course - final day

We sowed, saw it grow, harvested, rippled, retted, dried and ground our own flax in a two and a half months time. This was the easy part of flax growing, the hardest one was yet to come and that is the one that demands us to scutch, comb and spin our flax.

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The line that ties the world together
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The line that ties the world together

"It is a mesmerizing art, the spindle revolving below the strong thread that the fingers twist out of the mass of fiber held on an arm or a distaff. The gesture turns the cloudy mass of fiber into lines with which the world can be tied together. "

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