Nail loom weaving classes in Santa Maria da Feira at Olaiescola atelier de costura for anyone who wants to discover the art of manual weaving through a simple and remarkably versatile instrument. Led by Cristina Pereira, a trained Textile Designer who divides her time between technical fabric design for the textile industry and creative weaving through her project Woven Design Têxtil, these beginner-level Saturday morning sessions run from 9am to 12pm, once a week, with monthly enrolment and no obligation to renew. Minimum three and maximum ten students per class. All materials provided for the first session.
The nail loom is an accessible starting point that opens up an extraordinary range of textures, patterns and techniques, and Cristina structures the course around four distinct approaches that students can choose between: Creative Weaving for total freedom to mix yarns, colours and textures; Krokbragd, the Scandinavian weaving technique adapted for the nail loom; Continuous Weaving, a fluid and fast technique using only the loom and a needle; and Technical Drawing and Structures for understanding the underlying architecture of woven fabric. Every technique covers the complete process from scratch to finishing, including building your own nail loom, preparing and mounting the warp, learning the main weaving stitches and safely removing and finishing the final piece.
What you’ll learn
🧵 How to build your own nail loom from scratch
🧵 How to prepare and mount the warp correctly before weaving begins
🧵 The main weaving stitches and how to apply them across different techniques
🧵 Creative Weaving, Krokbragd, Continuous Weaving and Technical Drawing approaches
🧵 How to safely remove your finished piece and complete all final finishing details
What’s included
🪡 All materials provided for the first session
🪡 Full guidance from Cristina Pereira throughout every class
🪡 Your finished woven pieces, which remain your property throughout the course
What you leave with
A growing mastery of nail loom weaving, finished pieces that are entirely your own and a creative Saturday morning practice that develops progressively week by week.
I am Cristina Pereira, a trained Textile Designer who divides my time between the technical rigour of fabric design for the textile industry and the freedom of Creative Weaving. Through Woven Design Têxtil I bring a personal project to life where I explore manual techniques and share this knowledge through workshops, uniting tradition and innovation in every thread.
Takes place at Olaiescola, Santa Maria da Feira. Saturdays 9am to 12pm, once a week. Monthly enrolment with no obligation to renew. Minimum 3 and maximum 10 students. All materials provided for the first session, students bring their own from the second session onward.
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