Secrets of Spinning, Weaving, and Knitting: In the Peruvian Highlands

by Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez

Winner, Silver Medal in the Craft/Hobby Category, 2018 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Nilda Calla?aupa 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998452351
• ISBN13: 9780998452357
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 8.9"