Taquile Textiles

 Trades and purchases 

The ever-popular rechargeable headlamps call for trading without delay. Taquile is known for exceptionally skilled knitting and weaving, which we bring back to Colorado and sell on our Etsy site.

Moises needed cash for school supplies for his grandchildren. His work is exceptional and we were happy to buy quite a bit. 

We help pay for the school supplies of over a dozen children, with considerable help in the form of donations from neighbors and friends back in Colorado. Moises is a more distant relative, so we bought with cash rather than free donation. Education is important, and now we find ourselves pitching in on advanced education for young graduates. 

Bernardo has perfected a design for fold-over mittens. Open for fine finger tasks, such as texting, close for warmth.We bought all he had; possibly our biggest single purchase ever. He did trade for a headlamp and 12v LED strip lights. 

Flora and her daughter spin and weave at Edwin’s house and B&B. 

Leocadio shows Sam a “mountain” of textile possibilities in trade for a few headlamps. 

It seems that everyone is warping a new project on the loom. 

Celbia is making a fully hand-spun wool blanket. Kusi helps toss the balls of yarn back and forth to warp the loom. 

The courtyard at Alejandrina’s home is full of looms in action. 

Olivia is weaving estalias, the special cloth used in the coca leaf ceremony, especially at Easter. 

Kusi helps Noemí this time, starting a wide belt for her son, who will be in his 3rd year of high school this year. 

Some trade items: 

Charge controller, for those still using rooftop solar and batteries. 

One kind of flashlight this year is “sensor activated,” on certain settings you can wave your hand over the light to turn lights on and off.