The Guatemalan woman in this photo is making thread from cotton. The cotton is pulled and spun creating a continuous thread that is then dyed and finally used to create the beautiful huipils that we offer to you on this website.
This Guatemalan woman and her daughters are all dressed in traditional clothing.
Women in Guatemala begin weaving by creating a ‘warp’ out of yarn. They wind the yarn around pegs on a warping board, crossing the strings in the middle to create a striped pattern. The warp is then attached to the bars of the loom and they are ready to begin the weaving process.
Lidia Lopez is teaching a class on how to weave on the backstrap loom.
Lidia Lopez teaching visitors how to set up and weave on a backstrap loom.
This is Lidia Lopez, a native Mayan woman from Guatemala, showing some of the textiles she has woven on a backstrap loom.
This woman is wearing a traditional style huipil and showing off her freshly baked pineapple upside down cake.