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Alençon lace or Point d’Alençon is a rare technique of needle lace-making from the town of Alençon in Normandy in north-west France. This craftsmanship was inscribed in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010. The fine Alençon needle lace requires a highly skilled hand and a considerable amount of time to produce – approximately […]
Rafoogari is an art of darning in India and neighbouring countries of the subcontinent where this art of healing the cloth is used for emotional and historical reasons too. Though is a social shame associated with wearing restored clothes but this art has been used by highly skilled “rafoogars” to restore some priceless clothes such […]
Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but it is also possible to darn with a sewing machine. Hand darning employs the darning stitch, a simple running stitch in which the thread is “woven” in rows along the grain of the fabric, with the stitcher reversing direction at the end of each row, […]
Die Vorstricker* is a cooperation project between The Craft Atlas and fashion designer Teresa Mair. Die Vorstricker* examines traditional knitting techniques and patterns from the Alps. We looked at and compared old knitting patterns from the regions Tirol, Vorarlberg, South Tirol and Bavaria. Here you find the digitised research from the project as a collection […]
Shweshwe is a type of dyed and printed cotton fabric used in traditional South-African clothing.
Skåne wool embroidery is a distinctive form of embroidery from southern Sweden.
Blaudruck is a resist-dye technique characterised by a white pattern on an indigo blue background.
Al Sadu is a traditional weaving technique practised by the Bedouin people.
Jamdani is a type of very fine woven muslin fabric made in a supplementary weft technique.
Zardozi is an intricate embroidery technique made with metallic threads and embellishments.
Adinkra are visual symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms, used in fabrics and pottery.
Yarn bombing is a form of street art made by covering objects in public space with colorful knitted or crocheted patches.
Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch.
