From Warp to Weft: The Complexities of Traditional Weaving

By Rachel Snack, Resident Designer for Awamaki Weaving has always been a complex process, but with the recent innovations brought about by modern technology, it’s become a more accessible craft. Here, in rural Peru weaving is a practiced, traditional, process and has hardly evolved past the traditional back-strap loom. As a weaver going in to the Weaving Immersion Workshop in Patacancha, I was confident in my skills and ability to translate my knowledge of weaving on a floor loom to the back-strap loom. Setting up the loom was quite a breezy task, but it turned out that weaving with the...