Quest for Fiber

A main theme of my travels is to engage with people who spin, knit, weave, felt, or do anything to create handmade textiles.

Quest for Fiber: Chinchero Textiles

I enjoyed visiting Centro Textil Llank’ay the most. The women were very welcoming and since we were the only customers, we had a nice visit with them. One talented young woman was knitting a very fine chullo (hat) and manipulating three colors of yarn which she ran around the back of her neck.

Islas! Islas!*

I decided to take a little tourist jaunt to the island of Amantani in Lake Titicaca. You can purchase a tour  from one of many agencies in Puno, but if you go to the pier in Puno and pay the captain directly for the trip and then pay your host family directly, the families receive more of the proceeds and don’t have to wait for the agency to send the money.