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Back Strap Loom Weaving Demo

Posted by on Feb 16, 2014 in Blog | 1 comment

Back Strap Loom Weaving Demo

About a week ago a small group and I visited the village of Peguche, just a short distance for the town of Otavalo.  Peguche is home to some notable weavers.   At El Gran Condor artesan shop we were treated to a demonstration teaching us some of the processes that prepare the wool for working from carding, spinning, dyeing and weaving. The woman sitting at the back strap loom is a member of the family who owns the shop. Although the family use various types of looms, the back strap loom is the oldest type of loom they use. What I found particularly interesting was that the pattern she was...

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