In a valley town outside of Oaxaca we visited a family to learn about their natural dyeing and weaving practices - basically my version of heaven. Some of these rugs take up to two months working 10 hours a day to complete and all the wool is dyed and spun on the premises. We're saving up for a big bedroom rug which (hopefully) we'll be able to get on our next visit down...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
DYE, SPIN, WEAVE
In a valley town outside of Oaxaca we visited a family to learn about their natural dyeing and weaving practices - basically my version of heaven. Some of these rugs take up to two months working 10 hours a day to complete and all the wool is dyed and spun on the premises. We're saving up for a big bedroom rug which (hopefully) we'll be able to get on our next visit down...