ANDES ADVENTURES • PHOTO GALLERY

Photo Gallery showing traditional village knitters and weavers, a white alpaca, alpaca yarns dyed in the village, BTSA travelers helping out with the alpaca yarn dyeing, Andrea from Aacha Alta, with little Cynthia; Cynthia LeCount and knitter Roberto in his village, the courtyard of our favorite historic hotel in Cuzco, previous group members showing their knitting projects to villagers, and the fish-shaped money purse that is a workshop project!

Mother Andean knitter and knitting with baby on back, wearing chullo hand-knit cap.White alpacas near Cuzco PERUKnitter with popcorn stitch decorated cap in progress, Cuzco area, Peru

Yarns dyed in dye workshop near Cuzco PERUClaudia pulls dyed yarn out of the boiling dyebath, Chinchero, PeruLittle Cynthia, Roberto's daughter, near Cuzco, PERUKnitter with popcorn stitch decorated cap in progress, Cuzco area, PeruCynthia LeCount Samake with Roberto, Andean knitter Cuzco PERUHotel Los Marqueses in CuzcoKnitters in Copacabana Hotel at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia working on projectsBalls of yarn used for a chullo in progress, Urcos, PERUIlze and Sidney stir the dyepot.Weaver using PALLAY or pick-up method of patterning warp-faced textile, Cuzco, PERUBehind the Scenes traveler shows her mohair shawl to village knitters and weavers, Cuzco, PERU

Behind the Scenes Traveler shows her intricately knitted sock to village knittersFish purse made by Cynthia LeCount Samake with Andean knitting techniques