Call the Search Off: Guatemalan Organic Handspun Cotton Cloth Found

Wajxa ib Kan, Weaving Cooperative, Chavacruz, Solola

When traveling to cloth-weaving villages, there’s generally one “something” that I’m intrigued by or in search for. Three years ago, it was the seemingly rare handspun cotton and handwoven cloth made from the organic natural cotton beige color “ixcaco”, the … Read the rest

Tinkuy, A Global Textile Experience Not to Be Missed!

Linda Ligon spinning with Peruvian weavers during Tinkuy 2010

 

 Here’s a link to the 2013 Tinkuy Brochure including workshops, travel arrangements, cost and add on tours. 

 

Here’s an interesting blog from Backstrap Weaving featuring Tinkuy 2010 to give you a good feel for what you can look … Read the rest

Capturing the Past in Cusco, Peru

Nilda Callañaupa

Nilda Callañaupa had a vision decades ago. She imagined a museum that would showcase the traditions and textiles of her people, the Quechua descendents of the Incas of the Andean highlands.

There’s a long story behind that vision, but the … Read the rest