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Bolivia Paola Gianturco and Toby Tuttle from their book In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World Monacelli Press, 2000
Even holidays do not keep knitters from working. Drinking chicha (corn beer) from a gourd, Margarita Torrico de Vargas, a member of Freedom from Hunger's microenterprise Ion group, celebrates Corpus Christi while she knits. Gianturco and Tuttle photographed and
interviewed ninety Editor's Note: The above was obtained from the calendar, In Her Hands - Craftswomen Changing the World, published by Pomegranate Communications, Inc., Box 6099, Rohnert Park, California 94927, USA. For more information or to place an order: 800-227-1428; www.pomegranate.com Think Globally - Act Locally - Pray for World Peace
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Doll-shaped
purses knitted of colorful yarn were inspired thirty years ago by a Peace
Corps volunteer who encouraged Quechua women in southern Bolivia to
substitute bright hues for traditional grays and tans. Local women
wear these purses dangling from their belts, a male and female paired,
each doll unique.
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