Sunday, June 10, 2018

Llanas Casa Rosada in Bogota

Naturally, in visiting Bogata in January I needed to find what might be a "local yarn store." Celia and I tramped through downtown Bogata and off of Septima, the major city thoroughfare, we found this lovely spot,  Llanas Casa Rosada

Here I am with my spoils...actually there was another bag as well...







Cotton yarns



Disregard the sign, these are dyed wool rovings



cotton fibers



beautiful woven tapestries



fique (sissal) fibers here mixed with cotton




 and these...squirrel tails; something I've never seen before in a yarn store, although this was really a fiber store




I loved this creative use of a tire rim to make a yarn winder...


 There was natural sheeps wool as well, I asked what kind of sheep, the shop owner whose English was limited joked and said "Colombian sheep," but here is a link for more information.

http://www.uncovercolombia.com/en/item/traveller-s-guide-towns-boyaca-colombia where the sheep are