Austria · Textile weaving; Linen craft; Upper Austrian heritage
Innviertler Leinenweberei
The Innviertel linen weaving tradition of the Upper Austrian Inn valley quarter — the production of the fine homespun linen cloth (Hausleinwand) from locally grown flax that sustained the domestic textile economy of the Innviertel farming communities for centuries. The Innviertel Weberin reads the correct flax yarn quality for weaving through a twist-and-release assessment — twisting a short length of the spun linen yarn and reading the specific spring-back that indicates the correct twist degree for a fine, even linen cloth.
Risk level: Critically Endangered · Not listed; Innviertler linen tradition on the Upper Austrian national heritage inventory
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