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Colorful Backpacks for Your Children
Having raised two lovely daughters, finding them backpacks that were not adult backpacks sold for children always frustrated me. I am sure mothers have found the same problem.
Ethical Fashion Guatemala Weavers all have kids, and for this reason, stunning, colorful backpacks abound in Guatemala for children of all ages.
I asked Rosa from Lema Weavers if we should come up with something different for kids.
An ethical fashion brand based in Panajachel, Guatemala, showcasing Maya artisans and their handmade creations. Grow Your Own Cure continues to support the work of Ethical Fashion Guatemala.
The Ethical Fashion Guatemala Shop features Maya textiles characterized by bright, vivid colors and patterns. They are woven, originally created with local plant fibers, with cotton or wool.
Many Mayan weavers today still use a traditional backstrap loom, which is a wearable contraption, to weave the threads into the fabric. The loom to make a backstrap The long strings (called the “warp”) are each tied to the top loom bar, pass through the slot or hole in the heddle, and are then tied to the lower loom bar.
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