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Ra-Ro Journal
Rare Stories
Stories, news and behind the scenes of Portuguese craft. What’s happening in the workshops, at the fairs and at Ra-Ro.
Portuguese wool blankets: cobertor de papa, manta lobeira and shepherd's blanket, what is the difference
The cobertor de papa is a churra wool blanket woven in Maçainhas, near Guarda; the manta lobeira and the shepherd's blanket are two versions of it. The Ecolã shepherd blanket comes from Manteigas a...
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Cobertor de Papa: price, where to buy and how to spot the genuine one
A buyer's guide to the cobertor de papa: what it costs and why, where to buy the genuine blanket made in Maçainhas (Guarda), how to recognise it, shepherd's blanket versus manta lobeira, and how to...
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The phone and the wool: the Cobertor de Papa diary
A paper diary covered in Cobertor de Papa, the woollen blanket of Guarda's shepherds. Made in Céu Reis's workshop, with her mother, Rosa Baía, at the loom.
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