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Spinning wool by hand for knitting.

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Description

Spinning consists of turning or rolling the wool until it becomes more resistant, ideal for weaving. To spin the wool manually, a tool called in my community as "Huso" is needed. It consists of a stick that passes through a wooden circle forming a base to wind the thread that will be spun by turning or rolling it and leaving it ready for weaving.

Detail

Once the wool has been spun, we proceed to weave with a needle the backpacks that in my indigenous Arhuaco community we commonly use for our daily activities such as picking fruit or provisions such as yucca or malanga, we also weave our traditional clothing.