www: saving an ancient craft, micro knitting, good moths

Weaver Porfirio Gutierrez, has returned to Mexico to protect his Zapotec weaving heritage. You can learn more about Porfirio at his website, porfiriogutierrez.com

Pictured: Porfirio Gutierrez weaves a textile with a traditional Zapotec design using a nine-thread-count-per-inch comb loom. Photo by Javier Lazo Gutierrez.

“Saving an Ancient Craft: Porfirio Gutierrez Returns Home” by Justin Mugits. National Museum of the American Indian, Spring 2019 / Vol. 20, No. 1

Many knitters fear moths, artist Max Alexander has embraced them, by knitting their likeness. This article from a few years ago resurfaced and is a great introduction to her amazing work.

Visit Max’s World at maxsworld.co.uk

Pictured is the Zamarada Moth (Zamarada scintillans).

I am a “tiny knitter” (in that I enjoy 2mm and smaller needles) but I have nothing on the work of Althea Crome who is a Micro Knitter! Wow.

Learn more about Althea at her website, altheacrome.com

Pictured is her Sheep Farm trio (2018).

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