Monday 15 March 2010

A day in Teotitlan de Valle



Went to a village near Oaxaca, Mexico, called Teotitlan de Valle, which is renowned for its natural dyeing and hand weaving. Spent time with a family seeing how they produce the yarns and use natural dyes to weave with and create all sorts of artifacts. I couldn´t resist buying a beautiful orangey yarn dyed with Cochineal to knit something with!
I leant about many kinds of natural dyes and how they fix the colour with lime juice.
There are lots of other villages around Oaxaca, each known for producing different crafts e.g basket weaving, wood carving, black pottery. I am doing a week of much needed Spanish school but I hope to visit some more villages throughout the week.

1 comment:

  1. Querida Lucy,

    This looks fab! Wishing you well on your travels.
    I spent three months in South America many years ago and you are inspiring thoughts of another visit.
    I look forward to meeting up when you're back.
    With best wishes and bien viaje,

    Emma

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