The workshop

Our small weaving studio is full of life, especially when we are weaving skirt fabric, plaids, and woolen coat fabric. We have two looms – both are German. One, a Schönherr, is from around 1893 and was brought to the Faroe Islands in the early 1970s. It is of an older type with rollers to control the shafts and large, heavy shuttles (shuttle-loom). Along with this loom, a Schönherr warping board was also purchased, which we use to prepare the warp. This means we work every day with equipment that is over 100 years old. Safe to say it is of exceptional quality.

The other loom is a Dornier from 1970, which was bought used from Denmark in 1997. It is more modern with punch cards to control the shafts and colors, and uses hooks instead of shuttles (rapier-loom).
In addition, there are winding machines to wind regular bobbins, as well as to make bobbins for the shuttles.

Cozy and beautiful woolen plaid made from carded Snældutógvi yarn. Natural colors and a timeless design that suits most homes. The plaids are woven on the approximately 130-year-old Schönherr loom and then finished by hand.

To weave skirt fabric, we begin by creating a warp. A warp can contain a total of 1,237,950 meters of yarn! No small feat. Then the warp is loaded onto the Dornier loom – and then it’s ready to weave.

We occasionally undertake very special bespoke assignments by request. These are large, exciting, and challenging projects. For example, we have woven the carpet for Fríðrikskirkjan (Fríðrik’s Church), upholstery fabric for the church in Hoyvík, and curtains and bedspreads for the Nordic House.