{"id":3095,"date":"2020-02-20T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2020-01-26T15:51:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T20:51:46","slug":"my-first-large-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/20\/my-first-large-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Large Purchase!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a knitter and a “want to be weaver”, I have been dying (no pun intended) to visit a traditional weaving studio here in Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we visited the home of Josefina Mendez Lopez in Teotitlan del Valle, southeast of Oaxaca. She and her family are indigenous Zapotecs and have been weaving for generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived early so we were treated to a private demonstration of the entire weaving process by Josefina and her mother including shearing, carding, spinning, dying, and weaving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Josefina’s mother demonstrated carding. I wonder how many pounds of wool she has carded over the years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n