First they wind the wool around a thing kind of like a top.
Then they let it dangle and spin.
The tension and spinning makes a yarn.
Then they dye the yarn to get different colours.
This soil is used as a green dye.
The cochino bug that lives in the prickly pear cactus are dried and crushed for red dye.
Yellow and orange dyes come from flowers
After dying the yarn is spun again and then wound into balls.
Everyone helps.
Then the yarn is ready for weaving.
One end is attached to the tree and the other to their waist to keep the yarn under tension.
They use llama bones to help them separate the different layers of yarn.
The patterns are made by alternating which colour winds up on top and which stay inside.
