She Was the daughter of the TUKANO creator god PAGE ABE. After her father had created humans, she descended to the earth and personally taught humans how to use fire and to cook, weave cloth and make pottery.how to build huts for shelter and how to weave cloth and make pottery.
“Spinning" can comprise up to 60% of the time involved in producing a finished product. It is also a very fine art. It is difficult to master the drop spindle, for which reason most people start learning at a very young age- five or six.”
Look at the demonstration here with a local Inca woman, showing us how wonderful the art of weaving is. The Lady Weaver will decide what designs and colors she will use for the finished product in order to begin with the warping process, which prepares the yarn for weaving.
Weaving is an ancient craft that is integral to the Incas culture high up in the Andean Mountains of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Women in the Andes, especially in rural areas, grow up learning how to weave from watching their mothers. This tradition is kept alive today partially because of the demand from tourism and people who enjoy buying and supporting handmade crafts. It is such a pretty sight to see the smiles of these ladies doing what they love most. ...
The indigenous people have been around for a long time. They dress distinctively. The women wear bright white shirts with embroidered flowers and long black skirts, multiple layers of gold beads around their necks, and their long, glossy hair wrapped with a ribbon in the back. Men wear black felt hats covering their long braided hair, wearing wool ponchos, and often with bright white pants. They both wear a sandal that looks like a flat espadrille. The people themselves are small – I am taller than almost every man here at 5’6″ – but they have broader chests that allow them to easily breathe at such a high altitude.
Durability:Wool fabrics are very durable and flexible. They can withstand being bent 20,000 times without breaking. In comparison, cotton breaks after 3,000 bends, silk after 2,000 bends, and rayon can only be bent 75 times without breaking. Wool is a hard wearing fiber that retains it's good appearance if given adequate care. It's natural elasticity means that the fibers will stretch under pressure rather than break, and since the fibers "spring back" when the pressure is released, woolen fabrics tend to retain their shape even after time. The natural elasticity also makes woolen fabrics resistant to tearing.
Our INCA BAG collections are made with wool fibers so that you get the best quality and durability on each item.
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