The Weaver

Every summer during high school, I would travel down to Guatemala for a month.  The trip was supposed to be an educational trip through the use of basketball as a intermediary between Guatemalan students and American high schoolers.  It was one of the best times of my life.  However, while the trip was a great time, what struck me the most was the work ethic of the people down there.  Every year we had a trip to a local weaver who lived in the rural highlands with his family of weavers.

While this is not my picture (I sadly cannot find any picture of the annual trip to the weavers), the had about 4 machines like this set up throughout their property.  The area for weaving was the size of their other 2 rooms which housed the kitchen and sleeping areas.  The family would work at all hours of the day just to get by, creating amazingly intricate designs.

 

The wife and children would spend time breaking up the the wool they used, a long and arduous process that got all of us tired wthin 10 minutes:

Once it was fine, they would spin it on an old fashion spinner that looked like it was about to fall apart:

After that was complete, it was time for the dying process.  They would process the wool in natural coloring aids that they would let sit for at least 24 hours, depending on the type of dye.  Finally the weaving process began.  There was 4 weaving looms set up for the family of 6 (the two youngest were below 5).  The mother and father would weave from 6 AM to 10 PM, sometimes spending up to a weak working on very large blanket.  But what really struck me was their teenage son and daughter.  They would also start to work around 6, but they would then go to school around 9.  Be home by 3 and back to work on the loom until 10, but they didn't complain.  That's what they had to do to survive.  Quite the schedule.  Makes me think I definitely do not put enough work into everything I am do.

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