Category: HANDCRAFTS
Teotitlán del Valle: Weaving Wool, Dyeing with Cochineal
A pedal loom, sheep's wool and a red drawn from an insect, the cochineal. In Teotitlán del Valle these are the materials of the tapete, the handwoven wool rug that has given this village of the Central Valleys its name in textiles. Other communities in Oaxaca weave them too, but Teotitlán is the one most… Read more