Swakara Wool

One of the many gifts of the swakara sheep is wool. This wonderful fibre is woven into beautiful carpets using traditional weaving methods on an upright loom. Washing, dyeing, spinning and weaving provides much-needed employment in rural areas.

These handmade carpets are extremely hard-wearing and the designs vary from natural wool colours and African themes, to modern brightly coloured geometric designs. Most weavers will accept commissions, and produce carpets woven to your own specifications; the finished product then, becomes a unique and very personal creation.



Namibian swakara wool weavers: