Nepal has a large and thriving weaving industry. Strewn around my house and school are dozens of small-scale weavers. Many houses have looms on the ground level and the sounds of the metal and wood scratching together can be heard at almost any time of day. Below are some images from a pair of looms just down the street from my school.
Two men work the looms.
This weaver is partly blind but has amazing control of his machine.
After a few strokes he got into his rhythm.
The looms are individually human-powered.
The raw material before processing.
The room was barebones but each loom can put out 2-3 meters of cloth per day.
HI Simon
ReplyDeleteyes students can learn without teachers but it just takes much longer...
the hardest part of weaving is setting up the loom and I wonder if that specific weaver got blind because of his trade or was it an accident?
There ae several other techniques for making wearables (knitting, crochet are just 2) but weaving is at the chore of fabric materials and can be quite beautiful...When I just recall the beautiful sarees worn by Indian women at a recent event (we missed you)
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G