Knitters

Valida is from the village of Piral in the Qusar region and is a part of the Lezgi people group.   Valida knits in the long winter nights usually by visiting her sister who lives by herself and also knits for us.  They spend time knitting together so that her sister...

Khuraman is from the village of Motluyataq, in the region of Astara and is a part of the Talysh people group. Beautiful Khuraman is a single woman who takes care of her parents. Due to a slight disability she is unable to do much physical labor that is typical in...

Sevda is from the Qusar region and is a part of the Lezgi people. Sevda had been knitting for someone else when we met her, but she was not receiving fair wages. She was very pleased to find and start working with us. Her husband lost his job in the...