Aytaj

Knitters

Aytaj

Aytaj is from the village of Leger in the Qusar region. She has 3 children.  She learned to crochet over 20 years ago. Those skills have been helpful for her to begin knitting finger puppets for us. She spends the money she earns from knitting on her children's education.

Mehebbet

Mehebbet is from the village of Hil in the Qusar region and a part of the Lezgi people group.She's been knitting for 15 years, having learned it from her mother and knitting for her family ever since. She's married and has two children. She is very happy that she can...

Milana

Milana is from Qusar region and a part of the Lezgi people group. She says she attended a handicrafts class and has been knitting since then. She really loved knitting in that class, then she started working on it and started teaching herself how to learn more knitting details online....

Gulmira

Gulmira is from Qusar region and a part of the Lezgi people group.As a child when her mother used to weave carpets, she learned all the secrets of these loops from her mother while helping her. As she slowly worked on each loop, a love for weaving filled her heart. She...