 The transportation strike update is good. The strike is over. It ended on Tuesday night (earlier than what the rumors indicated) - which means we have been able to continue with life as normal.  That means having a full class yesterday.  Here you can see I am modeling the scarf that our class participants learned how to crochet yesterday. It was a popular design that our women seemed to fall in love with right away. Our teacher Carmen suggested selling the scarf for 20 soles(= $7) together with a hat.  Our women seemed to think this was a lot of money; but Carmen reminded them a lot of work goes into this model.  Plus, it is a unique model to Cajamarca.  I tried my hands at the crochet techinque and failed miserably.  But, since I now know 17 women that can make the same model for me I can just buy a beautiful scarf from one of them.
The transportation strike update is good. The strike is over. It ended on Tuesday night (earlier than what the rumors indicated) - which means we have been able to continue with life as normal.  That means having a full class yesterday.  Here you can see I am modeling the scarf that our class participants learned how to crochet yesterday. It was a popular design that our women seemed to fall in love with right away. Our teacher Carmen suggested selling the scarf for 20 soles(= $7) together with a hat.  Our women seemed to think this was a lot of money; but Carmen reminded them a lot of work goes into this model.  Plus, it is a unique model to Cajamarca.  I tried my hands at the crochet techinque and failed miserably.  But, since I now know 17 women that can make the same model for me I can just buy a beautiful scarf from one of them.  Paz ~ Nora
 

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