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Golon is a twill tapestry technique done with multiple heddles (a cord or wire used to separate warp threads) for raising the warps.

This is a special technique dating back to pre-Incan times, known as ikat in some places.

This skirt, which may be worn in multiples, is made of hand-spun plain weave wool or, sometimes, commercial fabric.

The montera is a hat, adapted from the Spanish.

A weaver joints the pieces of the textile and completes the textile’s borders.

To weave means to separate alternate threads, with half being raised and half being lowered.

To warp means to wind threads around sets of stakes, that may be horizontal or vertical.

Natural dyes can be made from a variety of plants and even animals: q’olle (flowers), molle (leaves), tayaka (leaves), chiqchi (root), qaqa sunkha (lichen), chillka (leaves), cochinilla (cochineal, a form of insect), mot’e mot’e (fruit), chaphi…

To wind, skein, and ply, single strands of yarn are first rolled into balls, and then skeined and washed.