Textile Art Galleries - Europe

Barbro Nelly
Barbro Nelly, from Sweden, spins flax and wool to create unique handwoven items.

Birgit's Textile Art
Birgit's tapestries have been displayed at various galleries, including Vikingsbergs Museum of Art, Lilla Galleriet i Eslof, SWEA in Los Angeles and the offices of Malmo Industrial Association.

Breanish Tweed 
A small family handweaving business that makes lambswool and cashmere fabrics.

Cotswold Woollen Weavers
Visit the Cotswold mill and view lovely woolen throws and tartans made at an 18th Century mill, not a mega-conglomerate.

Harris Tweed
Harris tweed is made from pure new wool, spun, dyed and handwoven in the outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Jacqueline James Handwoven Rugs
A lovely selection of handwoven rugs and wall-hangings. Jacqueline James has also woven liturgical pieces for several churches in the UK, such as Westminster Abbey, York Minster and Blackburn Cathedral.

MIS - Alvah Handweavers
Made In Scotland handweavers make an exclusive range of individually designed handwoven goods using natural handspun yarns.

Peter Collingwood: Macrogauzes
Macrogauzes are a new type of textile woven on a loom, where the warp departs from its usual practice of lying parallel to the selvage, creating innovative 3 dimensional effects.

Riitta Sinkkonen Davies
Specializing in linen weaving, table linens, rugs and smaller items.

Silk Weaving Mill
Visit this interesting silk weaving mill. (The site is in Swedish.)

Snail Trail Handweavers 
Martin and Nina Weatherhead give courses in weaving, spinning and dyeing at their studio.

 Svalan
A Swedish site that has woven items as well as Poppana and other yarns. An email address is supplied, so you can write to them in English, requesting information on their yarns.

Virginia Teague
Virginia Teague creates exclusive limited edition shawls from handspun wool, silk and reproduction fabrics from bygone ages.

Weaveplan
A commercially-oriented site featuring the design work of Eileen Ellis.