Sweden · Textile weaving; Linen craft; Blekinge heritage
Blekingeväv — Linnekulturen
The Blekinge linen weaving tradition of southern Sweden — the production of the distinctive Swedish damask linen (drawloom weaving) that made Blekinge province Sweden's most important linen production region from the 17th to 19th centuries. The Blekinge vävare reads the correct linen warp tension through a web-spread-and-observe assessment — spreading the warp threads at the fell (the working edge of the cloth) and observing the spacing that indicates correct tension for the specific pattern repeat of the Blekinge damask.
Risk level: Critically Endangered · Not listed; Blekinge linen tradition on the Swedish national heritage inventory
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