![]() ![]() No doubt the famous bandit, Jose María el Tempranillo (whose exploits are currently re-enacted in the village in early October) had a good selection of Grazalema blankets long before his wedding night. Wool ponchos and blankets have to be delivered by mule train, and the muleteers had to contend with not only the weather, but highway robbery. However, in the early days transport through these rugged sierras was a constant problem. For instance, teasels are still collected which are made by hand.įor decades the most cherished wedding gift for the newly betrothed was a Grazalema wool Blanket. The present, and last remaining mill, in Grazalema is now powered by electricity but many of the old skills and technical processes are preserved. Given that it has one of the highest rainfalls in Spain this must has been an advantage in the development of the industry as most of the mills of this epoc were water powered. ![]() In the C18 and C19 Grazalema was a good purveyor of wool blankets and ponchos. Interestingly, the similarity between the wooden looms used in North Africa and those used, until recently, in Grazalema has been noted, so it may have developed under the Arabs, when Grazalema as known as Ben - Zulema. ![]() We probably won’t see any Reviews here until we start shipping these pieces again.No one knows the exact date of the beginning of the textile industry in Grazalema, some historians based on ancient writings or their own intuition point to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The REVIEW feature below, which enables anyone to publish a review, was added in March of 2022. more utilitarian and suitable for more varied and extended backwoods ("trail") applications. we are exploring the possibilities of making a Trail Poncho. If you have ideas, we really really hope you will let us know!! - ALSO. We've had a number of design suggestions. We will probably be changing the Poncho a bit when we make it next.
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