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Alpaca Goods Manufacturing

Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in Blog | 1 comment

Alpaca Goods Manufacturing

I was lucky enough to be invited to spend a part of Thanksgiving 2013 with friends who were providing a tour to a group of U.S. and Canadian citizens.  We toured Otavalo market and then got an invitation to see a busy shop in full action in a small village near Otavalo.  The work is created on antique imported machines from Europe.  I noticed one was made in Belgium.  As we entered the  noise level was rhythmic and some people began to dance to the beat as we entered the main production area.  It was jammed with machines all going very fast and we could see cloth being created right before...

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