THE WEAVING WORKSHOP
The reputation of the wool woven in Djerba has exceeded the country’s borders since the Middle Ages. The workshops were numerous on the island. The merchants were coming from Europe and Middle East to buy woollens. The weaving workshop or haouenet, easily recognisable with its triangular pediment, is composed by a large room with a vaulted ceiling where the weaver untiringly manages the ballet of the wool threads.
The threads are assembled, the designs take shape and the colours join in under the artisan’s nimble fingers.
Situated in the menzel, the weaving workshop is one of the most important activities on the Djerbian Island.
A triangular pediment above the entrance door. It is one of the weaving workshop originalities.
The weaver is working. In Djerba, the weavers are mostly men.
The vaulted ceiling is characteristic of the workshop, the textile are exposed in one of the rooms.
The wool carding is often done outside.
The weaver is focused on the threads assembling.
Before weaving, the wool spinning.
