Peruvian Weavers.. Writing by: Series Editor

This story is about a group of women weavers in a small village. These weavers the hair from sheep and llamas to make cloth. The weavers make blanket for their heals and shawls to wear, so they can stay warm. In a small village high in the Andes, the weaving process starts with just one sheep. The methods they use are traditional, but these villagers really are part of something new. The wool is for a weavers' cooperative that the women here manage. Nilda Cayanupa is the leader of the Centre for traditional, and her dreams that the younger generation should learn how to weave, so the weaving wont die. According to Nilda, her village produces a lot of very good foods. Farming has been a tradition in Chinhero for a long time. Many farmers here continue the traditions of the Inca people who lived in the Andes for centuries. Nilda agrees that these women weavers are becoming more important. They are becoming the main economic supporters of the family. Weaving has become a way to make the textile tradition stronger and to keep a part of the past a live. The young women learn to be self-sufficient. They can sell the blankets and clothes that they make in their free time. In the end, their cooperative may show that many treads together are stronger than one a lone.