Handwoven Silks in Stockholm

The Nov/Dec issue of Selvedge magazine last year ran an article on the Almgren Silk Mill in Stockholm, which was founded in 1833. Sadly, it closed in the 1970's but was turned into a museum. I visited the museum last year and had a lovely few hours wandering around the old mill.

loom with silk being woven



Jacquard Loom

Nothing has been changed, apart from the top floor, which is now the actual museum, and you can walk around and see all the machinery as it would have been up until it closed. Weaver, Sonja Enbuske, talked me through the whole process of weaving from the winding of the silk onto the skeins to showing me how she worked the 140 year old loom. The silk she produces is stunning -

handwoven silks - love the purple & yellow

reels of silk for the ribbons

I opened up drawers and found all these beautiful ribbons,

mouthwatering colours

more ribbons!





I especially like this one

I had to show you this photo of some traditional Swedish boots which were part of an exhibition on at the Nordiska Museum - they are so gorgeous!