My name is Caryn Maxim. I live in NJ but spend 2 weeks of each month in Cajola, a Maya Mam community in the western highlands of Guatemala. (The Mam people are one of the 22 Maya ethnic groups in Guatemala.) I have been helping a group of women start a weaving cooperative, MayaMam Weavers, over the past years. I would like to share with you some of their work, some of their stories, some of their wisdom, as well as why fair trade -- or trading fairly -- matters.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Hot Pink for your Summer Whites
We would like to share with you our shawls in hot pink and purple, in our herringbone weave. (We call this our B'e weave. B'e means road or journey, our destiny in life. However, our fans recognize it as herringbone, so....) As usual, we have combined two colors, and we think the resulting weave makes an entirely new color, with even a shimmer to it. For us it is a bit magical. We have one loom dedicated to making shawls. We take great pleasure in deciding which colors to select from our palette of yarns each warping, and we really enjoy seeing the magic of the combination.
If you like this shawl, look for it tomorrow on our Etsy store...
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