Channukah Greetings!
December 22, 2008 Filed in: Holiday
This weekend I attended my second conference as an exhibitor. I set up a booth with the Ethiopians handiwork and was surprised with a banner donated by a friend to serve as a backdrop for my table of Ethiopian handicrafts.It is the beginning of Channukah, a historical celebration of the victory of the Maccabees and called both the festival of lights and the festival of dedication. May we all rededicate ourselves to the love of our fellow man and the mitzvot of Hashem.
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Weaving Their Own History
December 09, 2008 Filed in: Handicraft
Weaving is a trade that has been passed down for many generations. The weavers pictured here are full time weavers, but a number of people also weave at night in their homes after working all day (most jobs don’t pay enough to live on).
In several cases we saw homes that just held the loom and the weaver’s bed,
as pictured here:
They also weave many other items such as dresses, table cloths, bed spreads, curtains etc. We will soon be offering table clothes, bed spreads and scarves on this site.
The Process of Weaving
It is then spun by hand into thread, washed and hung out to dry, and then spun onto spools used to weave with the loom.
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