Our plan in the morning was to rent a car and go around Sacred Valley close to Cusco. Unfortunately, we didn’t succeed in rental but instead, we asked and were driven to a place where “colectivos” (van buses) go to the small town that we wanted.
We arrived in Chincheros – the city that is famous for its handicrafts, especially weaving. The streets were full of sellers offering their handmade things mostly textile.
As we got into a random shop, one crafter started showing us how they dye their wool, where they get those natural colors from, etc. Then followed the demonstration of their method of weaving and thread-making which I also got to try. That was an amazing experience!
That craftswoman told us a lot about their traditions and weaving work. It’s just incredible that she started to learn how to weave being 8 years old. The patterns that she makes are so difficult and take so much time! To produce one ~ 2-meter piece of the textile takes around 46 days.