Saturday, 21 August 2010

Manos del Uruguay

Manos del Uruguay are a cooperative of more than 800 women who produce hand-spun, hand-dyed yarns.

I recently received some wonderful photos of the cooperative and their work and can't resist showing them..

winding
spinning
winding

kettle dyeing



















purple hanks



                                                  
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5 comments:

  1. Sarah {The Student Knitter}21 August 2010 at 14:24

    ooooooo! Pretty!

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  2. Marushka C.21 August 2010 at 18:50

    Thanks! I love their yarns.

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  3. lori22 August 2010 at 05:58

    oh how great to see them at work! this makes me want to go buy some of the yarn. (um, i mean more than i usually want to do that anyway.) :)

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  4. Fru-la-la!22 August 2010 at 19:41

    gorgeous!

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  5. Unknown23 August 2010 at 07:53

    Oh so much work involved but they look like they enjoy it, and do a great job!

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