“On Monday morning I am going to weave the loom to knit a poncho”, Dona Martina invited us “come and see”.
And we went.
Weaving a Creole loom is an easy task if you know the know-how, those subtle details that do not appear in the tutorials. You have to be very careful not to cross the threads and keep them in the same tension for a little more than a kilometer and a half that Dona Martina will walk, back and forth, along the five meters that the loom measures
It is like a mantra in which you cannot lose concentration, back and forth. In ancient times weaving had a Magical connotation. While a blanket, a puyo or a poncho or a shawl was being made, the face of the future owner was visualized, wishing him good fortune.
Round-trip the ball is finished and another is tied. Over fifteen hundred meters of sheep's wool yarn, previously cleaned carded and hand-spun for hours of fiber twisting. Always careful not to cross the threads.Pinch the ball tightly so that it does not escape from the hands, rubbing the thread between the fingers, maintaining the tension, without losing attention, back and forth.So from the first knot to the final knot.The Sun tightens, the warp is ready, it is mate time.
“Early in the morning, with the cool I will put the smooth ones. I wait for you"Round trip..
TO BE CONTINUED
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