Traditional method of weaving Mayan skirts (charmingly demonstrated by a Guatemalan married couple at their home business).

Posted May 29, 2015, 1:31 AM UTC

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EmbroideredLexiconOP•

I posted this video in r/ArtisanVideos as well but feel you will probably enjoy it more. :)

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morelove•

this is fantastic to see how they make and do things. thank you for sharing.

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EmbroideredLexiconOP•

I'm glad you liked it!

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tankerraid•

I don't totally understand what they're doing with the tie-off before dying the thread. Is that tie-dying creating specific patterns? Or just variegating the yarn?

So many steps to the process, and beautiful results. Thanks for posting!

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3lue3onnet•

It looks like an ikat technique.

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