SCOPE :
This
project is currently focussed on Huichol communities. It
encompasses the production process from the obtaining of
fleeces, the preparation of the fibre, the production of
spinning wheels and spinning, dyeing with natural and
synthetic dyes, the production of looms, weaving and
marketing of the spun and woven goods. The project has
three facets:
- Manufacturing
in Mexico the optimum equipment required
such as spinning wheels, carders and
looms.
- Training
people to use this equipment and
distribution of this equipment.
- The
establishment of an infrastructure from
the production of the wool to the
commercialisation of the spun and woven
products. Thus many Huichol women who
would like to spin and weave will have
the opportunity to learn, to obtain the
equipment, and then working from their
houses in the Sierra, they will have
access to the raw materials, and the
opportunity to sell their work at an
attractive price. They will be capable of
producing woollen articles for their
families and will have surplus production
to sell in an established market.
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