Days , weeks and months are spent spinning. I met the who I was told was the only women hand spinning cabuya fiber. Eighty-six year old Luz spins beautiful cotton thread in coastal Ecuador. In Calcha this group of young spinners are cutting the wool from a fleeces. My teachers from Potosi, Julia and Hilda show me how it is done.
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