Tecedeiras / Weavers
O tecido ten como
materias primas principais o liño e a la. Predominou o primeiro durante
moito tempo, ocupando amplas áreas de cultivo, e chegaron a exportarse
lenzos moi apreciados. Hoxe case desapareceu, debido á competencia da
produción a gran escala doutros países, e tamén ao laborioso da súa transformación.
No proceso, case exclusivamente feminino, a planta é sometida a diversas operacións sucesivas para preparar a fibra: ripa, cocido, maza, deluva, tasca, espadela, aseda, ata que chega ao fiadeiro. O fío pasa logo a mans das tecedeiras, que o elaboran no tear e cobran por iso unha cantidade en metálico ou unha parte do lenzo.
Raw materials for fabrics were mainly linen and wool. The former dominated for a long time, occupying large areas of cultivation, and greatly appreciated handkerchiefs were exported. Today it has almost disappeared due to large-scale production in other countries, as well as the difficulty involved in the process.
In the process, almost exclusively female, the plant is put through several successive operations to prepare the fiber . The final thread then passes into the hands of the weavers, which develope it at the loom and are paid a sum or a part of the handkerchief.
