Puschca

in the High Andean weavers Village of Quenqo,located 45 km outside of Cusco Peru at 4000m ASL. The spinning of threads, is ... all » incorporated into all daily activities of the Andean women. The traditional Andean spinning top hand spindle called a Puscha is used to make threads from the raw wool. The threads are dyed and get a second spinning using two threads intertwined to complete the final working thread.

Music: Pueblo Andino, singing Mujer Hielandera (thread maker women) Film: Sacred Valley Productions Camera: Lucho Silva Edit: Jeff Hall

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• weaving
• andes
• quechua
• cusco
• sacred
• valley
• machu
• picchu
• peru

[chaska108]

your welcome. the ladys are spinning threads all day long, as they walk, as they cook, as they chatt they are spinning, sometimes I think they spin in their sleep. For this I too find it fasanating to see their fingers at work.

[chaska108]

well the idea of the music is the words,, woman thread maker, teach me to spin threads, ill teach you how to love, since the video is about how the highland landys spin thread, it fits nice,, yes the band is Pueblo Andino and they are from Cusco Peru.

[GrandPatzer]

Olé la gente andina!

[gossemerwings]

Wow~ I love it! I'm a pretty new spinner and amazed that they get their yarn sooo thin! Aahhh~ to be able to spin all day long and noone to tell you to stop~ LOL! I've always loved Andean music, especialy the songs that take you away to a more peaceful place!

I would love to go to Peru, also Mongolia, and countries where they spin as a way of life, and live off of the land, surrounded by nature~ now THATS the life! {I'd do anything to get out of Brooklyn!LOL!!!} Thanks so much, huggys~ Dora :)

[windhavn]

the slow motion video portion is very helpful for viewing the hand technique for predrafting the fibers and long draw semi-worsted spinning technique on a drop spindle!!

[menilmuche88]

Gracias por este lindo video. Pero tengo un pequeño comentario : depues de hilar en el otro sentido los dos hilos juntos, la lana es torcida otre vez con la puchka para darle mas elasticidad. Solamente con este tipo de lana torcida se treje en el telar tradicional andino.

[thepsudo]

A beautiful video! I was finally convinced to create a YouTube account because I could not resist complimenting this fantastic video.

I cannot imagine taking the time to spin that much thread, let alone the constructing fabric and then clothing out of it. It is a beautiful art! Thank you for sharing it with the world.

[Vereteno]

Thank you so much for this vodeo! I watch it frequently, it's fantastic. When people ask me why I spin wool, I always send them link to this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[pinkveneer]

thanks for posting. i was researching how to use the peruvian spindle i purchased recently, and the slow motion and close-ups are very helpful in showing how it's used.

[TangledBara]

Sigh...They make it look so easy! Ah, well i can console myself with the knowledge that they've probably been spinning since they were children.... and I've only been doing it for about a month. :D

[barca1au]

Awesome! Thank you for the close ups of the women's hands! I wish my technique was as efficient as this!