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Secrets of spinning, weaving, and knitting in the Peruvian Highlands / Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez and the weavers of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Loveland, Colorado : Thrums Books, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: iv, 137 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0998452351
  • 9780998452357
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Contents:
Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Spinning; Starting to Spin; Other Techniques; Skeining; Plying; Weaving; Kh'ata Plain Weave; Doble Cara Complementary Warp; Ley Supplementary Warp; Watay Resist Dye; Ticlla Discontinuous Warp; Doubleweave; Golon Woven Band; Knitting; Chullo Hat; Scallop Cast-on Techniques; Motifs; Borders and Finishing Details; Q'urpu Bobble; Finishing; Awapa and Chichilla Tubular Borders; Kumpay, Chukay, and Tikachay Joins, Seams, and Embroidery; Tassels, Pom-Poms, and Watana; Waraqa Sling Braid; Glossary
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 746.1409 A473 Available 33111008842771
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Winner, Silver Medal in the Craft/Hobby Category, 2018 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez has gathered artisans of all ages to share their knowledge, lore, and deep skills, highlighting many of the techniques used by craftspeople in the Andes. They reveal clever highland secrets for everything from skeining yarn and knitting in reverse to weaving tubular borders and embellishing fabric with complex stitches. For many of these techniques, they provide concise step-by-step instructions accessible for North American crafters. Thoughtful, detailed descriptions of Andean cultural traditions frame each section, providing context and rare insight into what textile work means as a living heritage of the Quechua people.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Spinning; Starting to Spin; Other Techniques; Skeining; Plying; Weaving; Kh'ata Plain Weave; Doble Cara Complementary Warp; Ley Supplementary Warp; Watay Resist Dye; Ticlla Discontinuous Warp; Doubleweave; Golon Woven Band; Knitting; Chullo Hat; Scallop Cast-on Techniques; Motifs; Borders and Finishing Details; Q'urpu Bobble; Finishing; Awapa and Chichilla Tubular Borders; Kumpay, Chukay, and Tikachay Joins, Seams, and Embroidery; Tassels, Pom-Poms, and Watana; Waraqa Sling Braid; Glossary

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